Translation of Race for the Galaxy into Spanish
Posted: 24 January 2012, 21:44
Hello all,
As suggested by Sourisdudesert, I'm opening this topic in order to coordinate the translation of Race for the Galaxy into Spanish. As I commented in a previous entry, there are several valid options to translate the terms in RFTG and there is no official translation to guide us so everything is up to us. It's normal that each translator has their own preferences so this thread is meant to avoid any bickering around growing one's TU account. I propose the following items to discuss:
1) Here you can find a list of the main terms we need to agree on. Feel free to add any term you miss and that may be problematic:
World
¿Planeta o mundo?
Windfall (world)
This is a hard one. Mundo abundante doesn't make much sense and de abundancia may have weird effects like Mundo de abundancia de tecnología alienígena
Production (world)
¿Productivo o de producción?
Explore - Develop - Settle - Trade - Consume - Production
¿Exploración, etc o Explorar, etc? That is, ¿verbo en infinitivo o sustantivo?
Good
¿Bien o producto?
Novelty (world, good)
Another dificult translation. My bets are on (planeta, producto) de innovación
Rare elements (world, good)
Gene (world, good)
¿Genético o de genes?
Alien (world, good)
¿Alien o alienígena?
(Unspecialized) Military / Military force
¿Poder o fuerza?
Uplift
Another hard translation. This term is extracted, according to the designer, from the novels of David Brin. Has anyone read them in Spanish?
2) Caps or not.
Guys we need to decide which terms are we going to use in caps and be consistent with that decision. Is it going to be 1 punto por cada desarrollo or Un punto por cada Desarrollo
3) Card names.
This is going to need lots of coordination due to the high number of cards. I'll try to make a proposal of names over which we can discuss.
I'd like to point out that I have found some spelling errors (accent marks, mostly), so please pay attention to the details!
Please post your opinions and feel free to add any issue you may have stumbled upon.
Thanks in advance, guys!
Gallardus
As suggested by Sourisdudesert, I'm opening this topic in order to coordinate the translation of Race for the Galaxy into Spanish. As I commented in a previous entry, there are several valid options to translate the terms in RFTG and there is no official translation to guide us so everything is up to us. It's normal that each translator has their own preferences so this thread is meant to avoid any bickering around growing one's TU account. I propose the following items to discuss:
1) Here you can find a list of the main terms we need to agree on. Feel free to add any term you miss and that may be problematic:
World
¿Planeta o mundo?
Windfall (world)
This is a hard one. Mundo abundante doesn't make much sense and de abundancia may have weird effects like Mundo de abundancia de tecnología alienígena
Production (world)
¿Productivo o de producción?
Explore - Develop - Settle - Trade - Consume - Production
¿Exploración, etc o Explorar, etc? That is, ¿verbo en infinitivo o sustantivo?
Good
¿Bien o producto?
Novelty (world, good)
Another dificult translation. My bets are on (planeta, producto) de innovación
Rare elements (world, good)
Gene (world, good)
¿Genético o de genes?
Alien (world, good)
¿Alien o alienígena?
(Unspecialized) Military / Military force
¿Poder o fuerza?
Uplift
Another hard translation. This term is extracted, according to the designer, from the novels of David Brin. Has anyone read them in Spanish?
2) Caps or not.
Guys we need to decide which terms are we going to use in caps and be consistent with that decision. Is it going to be 1 punto por cada desarrollo or Un punto por cada Desarrollo
3) Card names.
This is going to need lots of coordination due to the high number of cards. I'll try to make a proposal of names over which we can discuss.
I'd like to point out that I have found some spelling errors (accent marks, mostly), so please pay attention to the details!
Please post your opinions and feel free to add any issue you may have stumbled upon.
Thanks in advance, guys!
Gallardus