Flight Rising Discussion

I am not an english speaker, and i randomly thought "Oh how would be FR's breed names in portuguese?"(my language)
And like
no
thank you but no

Pearlcatcher are an exception.
Like, Cata-pérola hehehe

Non english speakers, please share your experiences and the worst and best breed in your language please

Edit: Oh wow this got very popular huh
Well, since people are translating all the breeds, i must do it too.

Banescale: Escama da Desgraça (this one is cool)
Bogsneak: Pantâno Furtivo (??? what the-)
Coatl: Coatl
Fae: Fada
Gaoler: Carcereiro
Guardian: Guardião
Imperial: Imperial (oh lol)
Mirror: Espelho (No thank you)
Nocturne: Noturno
Pearlcatcher: Cata-pérola (best)
Ridgeback: Costas-de-Cume
Skydancer: Dançarino-do-Céu (this one is cool too)
Snapper: Pargo (according to google translator)
Spiral: Espiral
Tundra: Tundra (just like everyone)
Veilspun: Véu-Girou (This one. I like this one)
Wildclaw: Garra-Selvagem

Interesting question!
These are going to sound so bad but I'll give it a try for Italian:

• Banescale - Scaglia Rovinosa/Malefica
• Bogsneak - Sgattaiolare di Palude (gosh this might be the worst one)
• Coatl - Coatl (it'd be the same as it would come from the name "Quetzalcoatl")
• Fae - Fata (which is closer to "fairy" than fae but we don't differentiate)
• Gaoler - Carceriere
• Guardian - Guardiano
• Imperial - Imperiale
• Mirror - Specchio
• Nocturne - Notturno
• Pearlcatcher - Cacciatore di Perle
• Ridgeback - Schiena Crestata (though this would be a more accurate translation if the name was "Ridgedback")
• Skydancer - Danzatore del Cielo/Celestiale/Celeste (though using the noun would make it sound more like "celestial" rather than "sky")
• Snapper - oh boy this one could have a lot of meanings, but if we stick to the lore it would be something like Mordace/Spezzatore
• Spiral - Spirale
• Tundra - Tundra
• Veilspun - Velo Girato/Tornito (this one is just weird)
• Wildclaw - Artiglio Selvaggio/Selvatico

The main problem with Italian is that it's quite difficult to put two words together and make a name out of it because of the language structure, even creating nouns from adjectives and vice versa is complicated and not at all easy as in English (like adding -er to the end of a word to make a noun? or any other suffix/prefix is so convenient but it doesn't work like that most of the times in Italian) so a lot of names come out very awkward.

Anyways this was fun!
The best sounding one would def be any of the single word ones as they reflect "real" words and can be translated relatively easily, but I really, really like Snapper as Mordace the best!

i actually like to refer to breeds in polish over english every then and now, mostly when i dont feel like thinkin in english. anyway, heres my, very bad attempt at translation of all breed names. screenshot from notepad because fr discriminates against polish and doesnt allow usin our special letters. commentary below. [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/375342118912262145/841970683205910588/unknown.png[/img] banescale - that one was actually kinda hard and is not a literal translation, 'piekielna' means 'hellish', rather than 'bane', but no form of literal translation fit just right, although its close in meanin, and very fiery bogsneak - not much trouble here, actually coatl - duh fae - i still feel like i could do this one better, the word i used literally means 'fairy', as we dont really have a word for 'fae' specifically, i could try to dig deeper to make some cool mythology reference in this place but im at work and too tired gaoler - i wasnt happy with the 'correct' and literal translation [as it was too long and literal] so i went funkier again, this particular word actually means [i]prisoner[/i] rather than [i]jailer[/i], alternatively simple 'dozorca' can be good, as its short and keeps the intended meanin guardian - this one didnt cause me much issues. i actually considered handin the word to gaolers imperial - this ones an adjective, hence [smok] before it mirror - same as above, noun would be 'lustro' but thats weird. sometimes i like to refer to them as 'miry' ['singular 'mir'], which has compeltely different meanin ['peace' in old polish, still used in same meanin in other slavic languages though] nocturne - first word got the same treatment as imps and mirrors, second in more literal translation, but its borin lol pearlcatcher - its a pearlhunter now ridgeback - went funky here again, the translation only refers to the first bit of the breed name, '-niec' doesnt have any particular meanin, but its a fairly common suffix for various place and animal species skydancer - its a heavenlydancer now snapper - i have no idea what i did here but i like it spiral - were gettin more straightforward here tundra - could be changed into an adjective too, tbf veilspun - yeah wildclaw - yeah x2

I can already tell you they will sound weird and/or terrible in my language (Polish), but let's try... [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/839923847474315284/841976282006028288/FR-BreedNames.png[/img] Banescale - Luskowa Zmora/Zgubna Luska (first one translated back would be more 'scaly bane', but I also feel it makes more sense as the breed name) Bogsneak - Bagienny Skradacz (I don't think 'sneak' has a direct translation, but that doesn't sound so terrible) Coatl - Coatl (as someone mentioned above, it's from Quetzalcoatl and thus doesn't have any translation; potentially could be written as "Koatl", but... no, just no) Fae - Wrózka (not super accurate, as it's more 'fairy' than 'fae', but also there is no seperate word for fae in Polish as far as I know) Gaoler - Straznik Wiezienny (if we go directly from "Jailer")/Dozorca (similar meaning, but imo sounds better) Guardian - Straznik Imperial - Imperialny Mirror - Lustro/Lustrzany (first one is a noun, second an adjective, but both work) Nocturne - Nokturn Pearlcatcher - Lapiacy Perle/Lapacz Perel (very direct translation), Chwytajacy Perly ("The one that catches pearls") Ridgeback - Grzbiet/Gran (I mean... directly it would be "grzbiet grzbiet" I guess? But a singular "Grzbiet" sounds a bit better) Skydancer - Podniebny Tancerz Snapper - Klapacz Spiral - Spirala Tundra - Tundra Veilspun - Przedzacy Zaslone ("the one who spins the veil") or Tkajacy Zaslone ("the one who weaves the veil"), although I would probably translate it as Przadka ("Spinner"? as in "the one who spins") just because it sounds a bit better. Wildclaw - Dziki Pazur/Dziki Szpon Keep in mind these are fast translations and I didn't sit too long on them, so I'm sure some of these could be done much better (although the translations probably would be pretty far from being direct) Edit: I didn't know FR doesn't allow special characters! Pffft :O (added a screenshot with correct symbols etc)

[quote name="weffle" date="2021-05-12 02:45:55" ] i actually like to refer to breeds in polish over english every then and now, mostly when i dont feel like thinkin in english. anyway, heres my, very bad attempt at translation of all breed names. screenshot from notepad because fr discriminates against polish and doesnt allow usin our special letters. commentary below. [img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/375342118912262145/841970683205910588/unknown.png[/img] banescale - that one was actually kinda hard and is not a literal translation, 'piekielna' means 'hellish', rather than 'bane', but no form of literal translation fit just right, although its close in meanin, and very fiery bogsneak - not much trouble here, actually coatl - duh fae - i still feel like i could do this one better, the word i used literally means 'fairy', as we dont really have a word for 'fae' specifically, i could try to dig deeper to make some cool mythology reference in this place but im at work and too tired gaoler - i wasnt happy with the 'correct' and literal translation [as it was too long and literal] so i went funkier again, this particular word actually means [i]prisoner[/i] rather than [i]jailer[/i], alternatively simple 'dozorca' can be good, as its short and keeps the intended meanin guardian - this one didnt cause me much issues. i actually considered handin the word to gaolers imperial - this ones an adjective, hence [smok] before it mirror - same as above, noun would be 'lustro' but thats weird. sometimes i like to refer to them as 'miry' ['singular 'mir'], which has compeltely different meanin ['peace' in old polish, still used in same meanin in other slavic languages though] nocturne - first word got the same treatment as imps and mirrors, second in more literal translation, but its borin lol pearlcatcher - its a pearlhunter now ridgeback - went funky here again, the translation only refers to the first bit of the breed name, '-niec' doesnt have any particular meanin, but its a fairly common suffix for various place and animal species skydancer - its a heavenlydancer now snapper - i have no idea what i did here but i like it spiral - were gettin more straightforward here tundra - could be changed into an adjective too, tbf veilspun - yeah wildclaw - yeah x2 [/quote] Oh dear, the veilspun name. Thanks I hate it. Wieziennik tho? Nice.

Ok here goes! The names in swedish:

1. Banescale - Fördärvfjäll/ Undergångsfjäll
2. Bogsneak - Träsksmyg (sounds like a type of swamp bird)
3. Coatl - Coatl
4. Fae - Fe
5. Gaoler - Fångvaktare
6. Guardian - Väktare
7. Imperial - Kejserlig/ Majestätisk
8. Mirror - Spegel
9. Nocturne - Natt
10. Pearlcatcher - Pärlfångare
11. Ridgeback - Bergsryggsrygg (this one sounds cool but weird at the same time..)
12. Skydancer - Himmelsdansare
13. Snapper - Snappare
14. Spiral - Spiral
15. Tundra - Tundra
16. Veilspun - Slöjspinnare/ Slöjspunnen
17. Wildclaw - Vildklo

Banescales sounds so haunting in swedish, I love it. And bogsneaks makes me laugh because their name sounds so cute.

[quote name="modernIcarus" date="2021-05-12 02:54:37" ] I've never though about this! Let me give a try for german. Shouldn't be that hard, you can make a name out of almost anything, just smash the words together. Banescale - Fluchschuppe/Unheilschuppe (not really great...) Bognseak - Moorschleicher (cute but suspicious, I like it) Coatl - Coatl Fae - Fee Gaoler - Gefängniswärter (awful. you could shorten it to Wärter though) Guardian - Wächter/Hüter/Beschützer (I think these are all a good fit) Imperial - Kaiserlich Mirror - Spiegel Nocturne - Nocturne Pearlcatcher - Perlenfänger (that's a cute one) Ridgeback - Kammrücken (quite literal) Skydancer - Himmelstänzer (also a cool one) Snapper - Schnapper Spiral - Spirale Tundra - Tundra Veilspun - Schleiergesponnen (doesn't really work... especially since it's past tense) Wildclaw - Wildklaue/Wildkralle (that's a okay. sounds like a warrior cats name tho) [/quote] @modernIcarus Veilspun would kinda work if it were Schleierwirbel. But overall, meh. Once I play games in English I can't warm up to German versions.

[quote name="HoraDusk" date="2021-05-12 01:55:37" ] Interesting question! These are going to sound so bad but I'll give it a try for Italian: Banescale - Scaglia Rovinosa/Malefica Bogsneak - Sgattaiolare di Palude (gosh this might be the worst one) Coatl - Coatl (it'd be the same as it would come from the name "Quetzalcoatl") Fae - Fata (which is closer to "fairy" than fae but we don't differentiate) Gaoler - Carceriere Guardian - Guardiano Imperial - Imperiale Mirror - Specchio Nocturne - Notturno Pearlcatcher - Cacciatore di Perle Ridgeback - Schiena Crestata (though this would be a more accurate translation if the name was "Ridgedback") Skydancer - Danzatore del Cielo/Celestiale/Celeste (though using the noun would make it sound more like "celestial" rather than "sky") Snapper - oh boy this one could have a lot of meanings, but if we stick to the lore it would be something like Mordace/Spezzatore Spiral - Spirale Tundra - Tundra Veilspun - Velo Girato/Tornito (this one is just weird) Wildclaw - Artiglio Selvaggio/Selvatico The main problem with Italian is that it's quite difficult to put two words together and make a name out of it because of the language structure, even creating nouns from adjectives and vice versa is complicated and not at all easy as in English (like adding -er to the end of a word to make a noun? or any other suffix/prefix is so convenient but it doesn't work like that most of the times in Italian) so a lot of names come out very awkward. Anyways this was fun! The best sounding one would def be any of the single word ones as they reflect "real" words and can be translated relatively easily, but I really, really like Snapper as Mordace the best! [/quote] VELO GIRATO,,, SGATTAIOLARE DI PALUDE,,, my lungs