Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation is a side quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. After hearing that there's something afoot at the Mill of Budin (sometimes called Budinsky) from the Innkeeper of Ledetchko, Henry finds that the Miller and his hired hands have captured a Cuman.
You may need lockpicks.
Synopsis
Some millhands in Budin have captured a Cuman raider. From what I've heard, none of them knows quite qhat to do with the captive.
Objectives
- Find a translator
- (Optional) With the help of the vagrant, interrogate the Cuman prisoner.
- Talk to the Miller
- Take the Cuman with you
- Find the Cuman's stash
- Capture the Cuman
- Follow the Cuman
- Take the Cuman's stash
- Bring the Millar his half of the
- Decide the Cuman's fate
- Take the Cuman's stash
- Take the Cuman to Rattay
- Get your bounty from the Bailiff
- Follow the Cuman
- Capture the Cuman
- Talk to the Miller
- (Optional) With the help of the vagrant, interrogate the Cuman prisoner.
- (Optional) Free the Cuman
- Take the captive to Rattay
- Follow the Cuman
- Take the Cuman's stash
- Decide the Cuman's fate
- Take the Cuman to Rattay
- Get your bounty from the Bailiff
- Follow the Cuman
- Take the captive to Rattay
Walkthrough
Head to Budin (located on the river between Sasau and Ledetchko), and speak to the miller and his hired hands. They will tell you that they have captured a Cuman, who fell from his horse and struck his head. Now, he is tied up in the shed behind the barn, guarded by two of the hired hands.
They ask for Henry's help in determining what is to be done with him. If want to work with them, and you're intent on taking the prisoner to Rattay, the Miller will need to be convinced, bribed for 50 
or threatened into letting him go.
Miller's Stats
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| 6-7 | 4-5 | 12-13 |
However, the Miller is much more interested in questioning the man, who he suspects has a secret stash hidden away somewhere. But without anyone to speak Hungarian, they cannot communicate with their prisoner. Luckily, the miller knows of a Vagrant at Katzek Mill, who swears in Hungarian when playing dice. Henry travels the short distance north along the river to arrive at the other mill, where the Vagrant may have to be bribed to attend.
Once back at the Budin mill, Henry has the Vagrant demand that the Cuman reveal the location of his stash, and can either threaten to beat him or promise him his freedom. Eventually, the Vagrant tells you the Cuman has agreed to lead you to the hidden treasure.
After the interrogation, speak to the Vagrant and ask whether he translated everything the Cuman said. If you pass the skill check, you'll discover the two of them had planned to trick you - the Cuman would lead you straight into an ambush from his fellow Cumans, and the Vagrant would get the hidden stash. Go back to the Miller and tell him about the interrogation, that you are heading out to find the loot, and agree that Henry will receive half, and can decide what to do about the Cuman once the job is done.
If you don't talk to the Vagrant before asking the Cuman to lead you to the stash, the Cuman will lead you to three heavily armed Cumans, furious to see what you've done to their countryman. You'll have to fight them off, then recapture the Cuman. He will lead you to the real stash this time - assuming you believe it still exists, and don't take him to Rattay or kill him on the spot.
Vagrant's Stats
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| 5 | 0 | 6 |
Send the Vagrant packing, and go back to the Cuman. You may not speak the language, but you make it quite clear there is to be no funny business. He will take you to the stash, hidden inside a hollow tree stump - an Antidote, 2 x Saviour Schnapps, and 800 . Don't get too far ahead though, or he'll escape and the quest will fail.
Once the loot is recovered, Henry can either release the Cuman, execute him, or take him to Rattay for torture and execution in exchange for 100 from the Bailiff. Head back to Budin and give the Miller his share of the haul - or not, as the case may be.
Miller's Stats
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| 6 | 3 | 12 |
Alternatively, Henry can decide that he wants no part in the Miller's scheme, and set the Cuman free himself. First though, he has to break him out of the small shed he's tied up in. Either pick the lock, pickpocket the key, or knock out or kill the hired hands. Once the Cuman is free, decide what you should do with him. Of course, one option is to let him go, even though there's no reward in it for you. Go! Be free, little Cuman.
A more profitable option is to escort him to Rattay. You can ignore his pleas and promises of treasure, take him directly to the Rattay jail, in which case the Bailiff will pay you 100 , or you can follow him to where he has hidden his loot. Now that's done, let the man go free, execute him on the spot, or insist on taking him to Rattay for the Bailiff's reward.
Notes
- It is advisable to travel with the Vagrant, rather than separately, as he sometimes bugs out in the woods and walks in circles, never reaching the mill.
- For a full translation of the conversation between the Vagrant and the Cuman, see here.
- You cannot kill the Cuman, at least not while still at the Mill. You'll fail the quest.
- The quest is also marked as a failure if you let him lead you to the treasure, set him free, and then kill him "manually".
- Despite the stash containing 800 Groschen, the dialogue option to give the Miller half of it says "give 100 Groschen".
- The captive Cuman may disappear after the quest is started, making it impossible to complete or fail the quest.
NPCs
- Bailiff of Rattay
- Vagrant
- Captive Cuman
- Miller of Budin
- Hired hands of Budin
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