Rest of the domain is cool, though
Domain of paranoia: Alwetend
I'm sure 'Alwetend' sounds intresting and mysterious to the English-speaking Ravenloft-gamers, but in Dutch it kinda sucks, I'm sorry. My (dutch) players would laugh their pants off. Don't wanna be around when that happens. To translate it in English, the name of the domain would be 'all-knowing'..
Rest of the domain is cool, though
Rest of the domain is cool, though
Denn du bist
was du isst
und ihr wisst
was es ist
~ Rammstein
was du isst
und ihr wisst
was es ist
~ Rammstein
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Gwenfloor
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That is sort of the point. The government is quite arrogant and propaganda-driven.Vlad wrote:I'm sure 'Alwetend' sounds intresting and mysterious to the English-speaking Ravenloft-gamers, but in Dutch it kinda sucks, I'm sorry. My (dutch) players would laugh their pants off. Don't wanna be around when that happens. To translate it in English, the name of the domain would be 'all-knowing'..
Rest of the domain is cool, though
What would be a better suggestion?
Landen van Overvloed, or maybe Het koninkrijk van de Schemering
"Deities are no more than mortals with supernatural powers, and thus are capable of making mistakes."
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~Alper, Kobold Alchemist in my Ravenloft Campaign
Well, I don't like dutch names as names of places, at least not the one with a direct meaning in Dutch. Takes the gothic mood away imho.
I'm thinking on an alternative. Gran Hermosa for instance. Very suitable except to spanish players, because it translates to Big Brother....
I'm thinking on an alternative. Gran Hermosa for instance. Very suitable except to spanish players, because it translates to Big Brother....
Denn du bist
was du isst
und ihr wisst
was es ist
~ Rammstein
was du isst
und ihr wisst
was es ist
~ Rammstein
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Nathan of the FoS
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That's "Hermano Mayor".Vlad wrote:Well, I don't like dutch names as names of places, at least not the one with a direct meaning in Dutch. Takes the gothic mood away imho.
I'm thinking on an alternative. Gran Hermosa for instance. Very suitable except to spanish players, because it translates to Big Brother....
(Mayor is two syllables--mai-YOR.)Gran is "great", as in "Alexander the Great", hermosa is "beautiful" or "a beautiful woman." So what you've got there is "Great Beauty." If you put the adjective after the noun (Hermano Grande), grande does mean big, but it's "physically big", not "older".
Here endeth the Spanish lesson.
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