08-05-2004 07:42									#1
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I have problems with the words the faction leaders use and often have to bring up the dictionary. Do you people have similar problems?

	08-05-2004 08:03									#2
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Your ineptitude makes me belligerent and so I declare vendetta on your operation!

	08-05-2004 08:37									#3
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Are you making fun of me or is this a joke?

	08-05-2004 08:58									#4
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I would guess both.

	08-05-2004 13:55									#5
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dictionary?

	08-05-2004 14:23									#6
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mi ynglzh iz alzo nod weri koot, to nod vory, mani piple not unterstat mi tu

	08-05-2004 17:15									#7
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quote: Originally posted by mart7x5 mi ynglzh iz alzo nod weri koot, to nod vory, mani piple not unterstat mi tu

Translation: Mijn engels is ook niet zo goed, wees niet ongerust, veel mensen begrijpen mij ook niet.

Now I wonder how that would come back translated in english.

	08-05-2004 17:59									#8
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Kadang-kadang kita lupa masih ada orang di dunia yang tidak berbahasa Inggris.

Tapi, bahasa Inggris 'kan salah satu bahasa nasional Canada?

	08-05-2004 19:14									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar d=me, please don't tell me you consider those to be big words.

Yes these are big words for me.

	08-05-2004 19:15									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns I would guess both.

What's your problem? why are you always against me?

	08-05-2004 19:24									#11
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Well, I see I've stumbled into a bitter succession struggle here. I'll come back.

	08-05-2004 23:47									#12
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quote: Originally posted by d=me Yes these are big words for me.

It's just SMAC talk.

	09-05-2004 00:08									#13
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quote: Originally posted by d=me What's your problem? why are you always against me?

He is not against you, it is just his style.
I hope you aren`t serious with this thread.

	09-05-2004 00:22									#14
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Wait, maybe English isn't his native tongue? Or perhaps he's really young? I mean, at age 12, how many of you knew what 'magnanimous' meant? (for the sake of avoiding pretension please do NOT answer this entirely rhetorical question)

	09-05-2004 00:53									#15
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At that age, I quickly realised what seething ment. I did not understand some words, but I certainly didn`t need a dictionary.

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	09-05-2004 00:55									#16
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d=me,
we are just joking here. As for me, I am not native english speaker myself. Many words I do not understand either right away, just need dictionary for that. Languages usually have thousands of words, my biggest English Dictionary has like over 300,000 words. Hardly it is possible to know all of them all the time. I also need to use my native language dictionary too sometimes. Imagine for example traditional Japanese written language. Learning languages is dynamic process for life. You may speak a language whole your life and yet still not know every of its word. Yes, SMAC thaught me some new words. ...like belligerent for example.

	09-05-2004 01:00									#17
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As an aside, I'd just like to say how cool it was of the designers to use terms like 'magnanimous', 'belligerent', 'solicitous' and 'seething' instead of bland 'happy', 'annoyed', 'angry' etc. Just another one of those little details that makes SMAC so much more engaging.

	09-05-2004 01:13									#18
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quote: Originally posted by TheProvost As an aside, I'd just like to say how cool it was of the designers to use terms like 'magnanimous', 'belligerent', 'solicitous' and 'seething' instead of bland 'happy', 'annoyed', 'angry' etc. Just another one of those little details that makes SMAC so much more engaging.

How nicely put Provost

	09-05-2004 01:59									#19
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d=me, as well as English you can get SMAC in several other languages. A few were put out by Firaxis but I believe our 'community' here and elsewhere has expanded from that base.

	09-05-2004 07:03									#20
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quote: Originally posted by d=me What's your problem? why are you always against me?

I think you mis-interpreted my comments.

	09-05-2004 11:44									#21
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I didn't know what magnanimous meant until I started playing civ2

	09-05-2004 22:08									#22
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Usually, I don't have those problems, because in many cases, a written version of the texts is included somewhere in the game. But there is one thing that puzzles me:

When I quit the game, it's always quoted here in the forum as "... the drones are looking up to you". I can do what I want but the second word never matches "drones".

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the drones need you.
they look up to you.

Really have a life outside SMAC?
> Yes, I want to have a job and a partner and a life
> No, SMAC is all I need. Teach those drones a lesson!

	13-05-2004 09:37									#24
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Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.
Gelieve te gaan niet. De hommels vereisen u. Zij kijken tot u.
Veuillez ne pas aller. Le besoin de bourdons vous. Ils regardent jusqu'à vous.
Bitte gehen Sie nicht. Die Drohnenotwendigkeit Sie. Sie schauen bis zu Ihnen.
Παρακαλώ μην πηγαίνετε. Οι κηφήνες σας χρειάζονται. Κοιτάζουν μέχρι σας.
Non vada prego. Il bisogno dei ronzi voi. Osservano fino voi.
Por favor não vá. A necessidade dos zangões você. Olham até você.
Пожалуйста не пойдите. Потребность трутней вы. Они смотрят до вас.
No vaya por favor. La necesidad de los abejones usted. Miran hasta usted.
(worldlingo.com)

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	13-05-2004 10:15									#25
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	13-05-2004 10:49									#26
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Just having a little fun with a handy website I know about. There's a funny little problem in a few of those translations, though: When you translate them back to English, drones comes back as bumblebees!

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quote: Originally posted by gwillybj Just having a little fun with a handy website I know about. There's a funny little problem in a few of those translations, though: When you translate them back to English, drones comes back as bumblebees!

To dutch it's literally translated as: Kindly not go. The bumblebees need you. They look at you.

	13-05-2004 13:45									#29
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gwillybj, your russian is incorrect!

quote: Ïîæàëóéñòà íå ïîéäèòå. Ïîòðåáíîñòü òðóòíåé âû. Îíè ñìîòðÿò äî âàñ.

EDIT - it is the russian text made unreadable by my stupid machine

in english is:

Please dont go to.
(not "go away" but "go to". russians have many "go's")
Need drones you.
sounds quite nice,but a normal russian will go when you say him this, he wont understand it so as it is meant
They look till you
"do bac" is not right - "ha bac" is right. In cyrillic of course

	13-05-2004 14:04									#30
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Hah!

The German one is pretty wrong too

Notwendigkeit is the noun for need (As in "they felt the need")

The drones "brauchen Sie" is more like it

-Jam