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That's good and all but I wouldn't say there was an error with that. If I'm remembering that scene correctly they weren't even on the MC's/our Earth. There is no real way to know their culture. It may have been similar but I don't think it was "home".Hello. I enjoyed seeing romanian names in the story, but there is an issue. Viorel is a male name in romania. it is a reference to the flower violet. however, we use it only for males. for females there is the Violeta version (more modern) or Viorea (a bit more ancient and outdated).
then, based on your argument, it would be no issue naming the other girls names like Frank, Pierre, Oleg, Mamoru, Mirko, Hasan, Fernando or Frederik.That's good and all but I wouldn't say there was an error with that. If I'm remembering that scene correctly they weren't even on the MC's/our Earth. There is no real way to know their culture. It may have been similar but I don't think it was "home".
yeah, because in those other worlds that would be normal, I would have a few qualms yelling out frank while im inside of a woman, but in universe 1093892 thats completely normal.then, based on your argument, it would be no issue naming the other girls names like Frank, Pierre, Oleg, Mamoru, Mirko, Hasan, Fernando or Frederik.
If that's how it works in their realm, then sure? My response was about the fact that they aren't even on earth, not so much about the names themselves. A name is just a name in the end.then, based on your argument, it would be no issue naming the other girls names like Frank, Pierre, Oleg, Mamoru, Mirko, Hasan, Fernando or Frederik.
I believe someone mentioned this before.Hello. I enjoyed seeing romanian names in the story, but there is an issue. Viorel is a male name in romania. it is a reference to the flower violet. however, we use it only for males. for females there is the Violeta version (more modern) or Viorea (a bit more ancient and outdated).
Different countries use the same names (or very similar) for different genders.then, based on your argument, it would be no issue naming the other girls names like Frank, Pierre, Oleg, Mamoru, Mirko, Hasan, Fernando or Frederik.
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About Maria, yeah, you have a slew of famous people who did use it as a middle name, usually nobles. On the same note, one of the most famous military commanders of Royal France is a dude named Anne de Montmorency. In the same language, Michel (pronounced the same as Michelle) is a male name if you use that spelling.Different countries use the same names (or very similar) for different genders.
e.g. Michelle is specifically female, in English. Whereas Michele is male, in Italian (the pronunciation is notably different, to be fair).
Maria is a common male middle name, in central Europe. It's distinctly female in English.
As our own countries have these differences, it shouldn't really come as a surprise that different worlds do, too.
What makes you think that it is about translation at all, that there was any translation software used at any point as opposed to thinking "Hmm, Viorel sounds like a good name for an elf girl"?My argument about Viorel was improperly built. I should have pointed out specifically, by using words `hey, if you used some kind of translation software, it might have not given you the best result`, that, as far as i am concerned, there might be an issue with the translation.
i think i explained in my original post why i would think thatWhat makes you think that it is about translation at all, that there was any translation software used at any point as opposed to thinking "Hmm, Viorel sounds like a good name for an elf girl"?
I for one find it endearing to hear Romanian names and it's always nice to see different cultures represented respectfully and naturally in indie games (AAA games seem to suck at it lately). Hell in my headcanon the elves in that world are what we'd call Romanians on Earth so I always wonder how the language would form compared to the Earthling counterpart.You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Nice post. I think the only thing you didn't bring up was unisex names.Names for fictional characters come in different types.
Sometimes the name is chosen very precisely to be just that, it will be part of the story so to speak. Louis Cypher. Tom Marvolo Riddle/Lord Voldemort. This by the way has included names which made the people around them wonder about their gender (think of "A Boy Named Sue").
Sometimes the name is chosen and includes a small bonus. The brothers Vilkas (Lithuanian for "Wolf") and Farkas (Hungarian for "Wolf") are characters in Skyrim with wolfish attributes. You don't need to know that but it may evoke a chuckle if you do.
And sometimes a name is just a name. I mean people will still think about connotations - names may sound upper class or lower class in their culture and so forth, but apart from that an author is just a parent who will try to give their "child" a name that just works, and whether it's John or George doesn't really carry any implications despite whatever your literature teacher was telling you to read into it. ("'John' has for letters, so it is a four letter word, pointing at all the troubles he will go through, also the vowel 'o' expresses surprise for the same reason.")
And always you will have the problem that there are thousands of languages on earth, and even if we discount New Guinea still a lot remain, and basically everything pronounceable may be a name somewhere. Star Trek tried to name their characters so that they do not carry connotations - yet Deep Space 9's Sisko is "sister" in Finnish. You just cannot do it.
And while I see how it may be confusing to have a name "gender swapped" in your culture, especially when the game may include boinking them and you are not bisexual so it may matter, this stuff has happened already in real life (examples are some above).
There are similar problems when a name is chosen to represent a specific culture and doesn't fit. Many games with a token Asian girl get confused by the Korean and Japanese name order of family name first, which makes it awkward for players who know better. Others include Scandinavian/French/German names because they want a character from that region, only that the name doesn't work for a Scandinavian/Frenchman/German, it just looks vaguely like that from the outside but might not even be correctly pronounceable without stumbling. And yes, that has sent a few shivers down my spine as well.
Then again I met all kinds of people with strange to outrageous names in real life, and after a while I just accept their name. Still cursing their parents maybe, but accept their name and move on. And yes, this includes names which "should be" the opposite gender.
The primary aspect is that he described it as an error\issue, because it's a male name in Romania.If this whole discussion is about (what I presume to be) a fellow Romanian pointing out the fact that "Viorel is a masculine name" then your response is kind of exaggerated for some pretty mild "criticism" if we can even call it that. I'm fairly certain Zanith dealt with way crazier people and those are only the interactions I saw on this site.
I'm not sure how that would work. Someone would have to steal it from the MC maybe? It's sitting in your inventory right now so unless there is a mishap somehow I don't see any more scenes like that, unfortunately. At least not with that item. I'm with you on the goth El though. They have made a habit of showing off multiple costumes and not letting us have any fun with them...Can't wait to see what personalities the others would have.
Also insane names. Like, who in the right mind would call their child something that is spelled with an em dash (look it up...), squidward (yes, a guy actually tried) or Paris. And yet alas they do.Nice post. I think the only thing you didn't bring up was unisex names.