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Post #1by Dollan » 24.03.2006, 01:42

Hi folks...

A question here for our German speaking friends. I'm currently revamping an add-on for the ArcBuilder setting, set in orbit of the star Gliese 643. In the setting, the system is initially examined by a German team, and I thought it would be a good idea to have them give the planets names in the German language. The names I'm looking for are:

"Aged Desert Rose"
"Blue Lotus Blossom"
"Watcher Afar"
"Frozen Bride's Veil"

I know, I could use one of the many online translation sites available, but I want to be *certain* that I have the proper syntax and grammar for proper names.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Post #2by t00fri » 24.03.2006, 07:35

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"Aged Desert Rose"               = Welke (Alte?) Wuestenrose
"Blue Lotus Blossom"            = Blaue Lotusbluete
"Watcher Afar"                      = Waechter Afar
"Frozen Bride's Veil"              = Gefrorener Brautschleier



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Post #3by Dollan » 24.03.2006, 15:58

Very nice. Thanks, Fridger!

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Post #4by t00fri » 24.03.2006, 18:15

Dollan wrote:Very nice. Thanks, Fridger!

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Do be perfect, you should replace the ue and ae composites by the respective umlauts, ?? and ?¤, respectively!
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Post #5by Dollan » 24.03.2006, 22:20

Ah, I was wondering about that this afternoon as we were driving around the countryside. Unfortunately, Celestia won't accept those characters (I tried previously with a world named W??rm)... unless there's a function that I'm not aware of that will allow them.

However, once these names get on the web page, they *will* have the proper characters. Thanks again!

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Post #6by Dollan » 24.03.2006, 22:25

Just to double check... are these correct?

Welke W??stenrose
Blaue Lotusbl??te
W?¤chter Afar
Gefrorener Brautschleier

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Post #7by Guckytos » 25.03.2006, 12:37

Hi Dollan,

the translations seem correct, mostly.

I do not know exactly what you mean with "Watcher Afar".
If you mean a watcher with the name "Afar" Fridgers translation is correct.

If you mean watching from far away the translation should be:
Watcher Afar --> Entfernter Beobachter (or Entfernter W?¤chter, if the watcher is more in the direction of a guardian)

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