26-04-2002 22:47									#1
	Latin CivII Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Last year, in this forum, I suggested translating Civ II into Latin. I saw some interest here and have been working on it a little at a time. I have put a call for help on my new Web site:

http://www.geocities.com/jacobite1688

Any takers?

	27-04-2002 03:38									#2
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

My God! (Can we say that or will the auto censor strike us down with a bolt of lightening?) I had forgotten that thread entirely - I still think it is a splendid idea - why not try for some mechanical translation - there are a couple of sites out there that do this...

SG[1]

	28-04-2002 01:51									#3
	Increase Your PM Length

What exactly comprises "half way finished"?

	29-04-2002 08:19									#4
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

I'd help if I knew any latin... I remember the thread, and would still download it for my brother-in-law once complete. My sister would thank me endlessly!

	29-04-2002 23:02									#5
	Suffering from ads?

quote: Originally posted by Mercator What exactly comprises "half way finished"?

The rules are really just about done. More or less considerable work is done on labels, city, menu, game and pedia. Why, can you read Latin ? Wanna proof-read what me and my wife got done? Can you finish one or more of the files?

Let me know.

	29-04-2002 23:50									#6
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Your wife is helping you with this?! You are a lucky man. Either that, or you are both a bit crazy...

	30-04-2002 16:17									#7
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Latin???!?!? Is anyone more confident in their Latin reading abilities than any other language Civ2 has been translated into?

	30-04-2002 20:26									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt Latin???!?!? Is anyone more confident in their Latin reading abilities than any other language Civ2 has been translated into?

No, but I do know this game well enough to make do in most languages as long as I can read the character set - and that includes Latin -- don't you think it would really make for a convincing simulation?

SG[1]

	01-05-2002 22:51									#9
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Years ago somebody published a humorous Latin phrasebook for the modern man. It was written in such a way that a decent comprehension of any Romance language would suffice to glean the odd twists.

I saw one of the best lines in a sig here on Apolyton. It translated "I have a gun. Give me your money or I'll shoot." as "I have a catapult. Give me your money or I'll hurl an enormous rock at your head."

What you really should do is look for the silliest, overly literal, way of translating game features into Latin. Then supply the excessively literal translation back to English… :P

	06-05-2002 09:42									#10
	Put an end to popups!

quote: Originally posted by Straybow What you really should do is look for the silliest, overly literal, way of translating game features into Latin.

A certain degree of this has already been done, the AI now barks:

"Ut semper tui similis es! Etiam indignaris?
Haec est alea MARTIS!"

	08-05-2002 15:11									#11
	Tired of ads?

quote: Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt Latin???!?!? Is anyone more confident in their Latin reading abilities than any other language Civ2 has been translated into?

Well, I can speak Latin somewhat .

	15-05-2002 01:54									#12
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

It posted twice and wont let me delete this one

	15-05-2002 01:54									#13
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

The Website has been updated! Check it out!
http://www.geocities.com/jacobite1688

	15-05-2002 02:46									#14
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

quote: Originally posted by Jacobite1688 The rules are really just about done. More or less considerable work is done on labels, city, menu, game and pedia. Why, can you read Latin ? Wanna proof-read what me and my wife got done? Can you finish one or more of the files? Let me know.

I'm a little late

I am supposed to know Latin. It was one of the subjects I did in highschool. But that's 4 years ago now. And it consisted mostly of translating Latin texts with the use of a dictionary. I'm not sure if I can really be of any help... (And I'm pretty busy too)

But I wouldn't mind if you wanted me to have a look at it, as long as you don't expect too much of it.
You can send it to jorrit_v@hotmail.com