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I was just updating the Thousand Pounder page and this struck me funny. What's he going to be called in the localized versions of D3? After all, in the immortal words (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/quotes) of Vincent, foreigners "don't know what the f*** a quarter pounder is."
Somehow, calling this boss the, "Four hundred and fifty four kilo'er" doesn't have quite the same ring to it... Maybe call him "500 Kilos"? that's a nice round number. "500 kiloer" looks weird, though. Does anyone ever refer to something as a "kiloer" in countries that use the metric system?
"Pounder" is a recognized vernacular in the US. Someone might say of a fish they caught, "It was a seven pounder." Besides, there's a nice pun, since you get the "hit with a club" meaning of "pound" also. Although, "kilo'er" almost sounds like "killer'" which isn't bad either. Sadly, some things just can't be translated neatly...
It doesn't happen often, but in this case. I believe americans should just assume we understand and use the same things as they do. Thousand Pounder is just fine, and if some people don't understand it, perhaps they should expand their minds and learn something about american culture.
Some things can't and shouldn't be translated.
Mad Mantis
31-01-2009, 16:25
"500 kiloer" looks weird, though. Does anyone ever refer to something as a "kiloer" in countries that use the metric system?
No. However he is almost 500 kilos, which would be half a ton. So you Could call him that.
I always thought Pounder meant one who pounds.
NioTumsSpik
31-01-2009, 16:52
everybody that have eaten on mcdonalds should now what a quarter pound its atleast :P
Nightswipe
31-01-2009, 17:11
Fettklump?
Mcwhopper
31-01-2009, 18:33
Ill just say: +1 for the quote that noone else seem to get :thumbsup:
teh_Thrasher
31-01-2009, 19:37
mmm royal with cheese :D
lol no mayonaisse for my fries though. gross!
i dont think theres need to be any translation.. they dont really translate names, and thats the monster's name. they dont call Baal or Diablo something different do they?
Kiroptus
31-01-2009, 23:11
*sigh* we really need some news and updates about Diablo 3.
We are running out of subjects :( arent we?
Its such a pain to be a diablo fan right now...
stillman
31-01-2009, 23:32
The mini boss is WAY more than one thousand popunds. The barb wieghs 300 pounds. The 'thousand pounder' is what, 7 times the size of the barb? That's 2100 lbs, about double what its' name implies.
D2 is full of lies by Blizzard, and d3 will be too.
Again, "pounder" means "One who pounds" in this case. Hence the giant mallets.
Valvolux
01-02-2009, 00:45
Well it's a US game, so most other countries put up with the lingo and bad spelling…i.e. ‘Honor’ rune word not the correct ‘honour’.
Fettklump?rofl (translation: lump of fat/grease)
Any name with kilo in it would just not sound... right. "Half Tonner" would be alright, I guess.
Rashiminos
01-02-2009, 04:23
Hemiton. .
I think Thousand Pounder sounds a bit like a joke, a la "Frozenstein".
I like those names. I accept there are some guys don't like them, and they think these names are "cartoony" names.
But I find them really cool. Names like those just make me laugh a bit. And it's so good.
IN European contest, I agree that "kilo" is not representative. When someone is a big fat one like this boss, perhaps "ton" is better. Big Ton would be a possible name, or perhaps "Greasy Tonner", "Thousand Tonner" or something like that.
I think the name Thousand Pounder is ok. Couldn't be better IMO.
Well it's a US game, so most other countries put up with the lingo and bad spelling…i.e. ‘Honor’ rune word not the correct ‘honour’.
Ah, a Brit. :unimpressed:
You guys are still bitter that we didn't keep your method of spelling? :wink:
Doctor Salvador
01-02-2009, 07:01
Again, "pounder" means "One who pounds" in this case. Hence the giant mallets.
As the first post stated, Pounder can be perceived as either "One who pounds", or in American slang "One who weighs one thousand pounds".
P.S. Fighting Frozenstein is always one of my favorite fights just because he's the 'Stein.
Well, as an Australian (we bastardised the English language in a slightly different way) I have no probs with a thousand pounder. this is the world of Sanctuary. They're probably running in old world measurements like pounds and miles, measurements relevant to the people. It's a lore thing if they want to tackle it like that.
As for the naming, some are ridonculous. Frozenstein? Please. I'd much prefer a name more relevant for Demons, such as Rakanishu or relevant to the peasants the beast has killed such as "the Monastery Lurker" for a scavenger or some such at a particular location.
I was thinking more like, Korea. China. Japan. Etc. I'm sure the UK and Oz and other English language countries could deal, as could other EU countries where English is common. Lots of people in Asia speak English, but that doesn't mean they know slang or uncommon terms like "pound" as an archaic unit of weight. And in any event, they wouldn't get the pun/double meaning of "pound(er)" which would be a shame. I guess such are the perils of localization.
As for his/its weight actually being 1000 pounds... I didn't think that was necessarily literal. He looks like he'd be closer to a ton, (or a metric ton, the Fat Bastard) so maybe his name should really be 1000 Kilos? Or perhaps he's hollow? Or he actually is made of marshmallows. They don't weigh much, after all, being mostly puffed air.
http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/data/503/ghostbusters-1000lbs.jpg?6654
I don't know about non US countries but most Americans do have some knowledge (or a lot) on the metric system so wouldn't the same go to Europe for example?
SlechtWeerBeer
01-02-2009, 20:12
I myself always forget how much a pound and an ounce is, but at least here in the Netherlands it's taught during elementary. Doubt it's different for the rest of Western Europe.
I myself always forget how much a pound and an ounce is, but at least here in the Netherlands it's taught during elementary. Doubt it's different for the rest of Western Europe.
Same here (Spain). This is not an strange word for us. It's not in use, but I think everybody knows it.
teh_Thrasher
02-02-2009, 06:14
who said the barbarian is 300 pounds?
that demon looks about a thousand pounds to me...
and if u want a more literal meaning to his name u could think he "pounded" 1 thousand people.
i really like the funny name combinations that can spawn in d2 they bring good humour to the game and dont always need to be robotic
Nightswipe
02-02-2009, 06:44
I noticed something today. Don't know if anyone else has.
But when the 1000 pounder is summoned, all 5 summoners flies away dying, then 2 pillars crumbles quite powerful, but the barbarian stands in front of them not moving a muscle...
:)
Valvolux
02-02-2009, 07:32
Ah, a Brit. :unimpressed:
You guys are still bitter that we didn't keep your method of spelling? :wink:
That’s right, I’m exceedingly bitter every time I spell a word correctly. To stay on topic, I’ve always liked the humour throughout the Diablo games, Thousand Pounder gets my nod.
I don't know about non US countries but most Americans do have some knowledge (or a lot) on the metric system so wouldn't the same go to Europe for example?I'm from Belgium and I can agree with what slechtweerbeer said so what you're thinking is absolutely right.
ps :
slechtweerbeer, your name is so accurate right now...freezing my *** off...again
I don't know about non US countries but most Americans do have some knowledge (or a lot) on the metric system so wouldn't the same go to Europe for example?
We are forced to because you and the Britten are to stubborn to do normal.
Clair de Lune
02-02-2009, 19:57
and if some people don't understand it, perhaps they should expand their minds and learn something about american culture.
wtf, when was the last time your self-absorbed redneck *** 'expanded your mind' and learned about other' culture?
bigots like you give americans a bad name, just like bush.
@Nase
How are Americans too stubborn to learn the metric system?
I lived in American since I was almost 2 years old and I've been taught the metric system, along with pounds and inches since I was in elementary school. Even in high school, we still used the metric system in chemistry and physics class. It's fine that you assume so about us, but trying to make an actual fact about it without any room for exception is plain old arrogant as well.
Hello,
I just stopped by to say the even foreingers know about the imperial system. We all have to deal sooner or later with americans ;)
Everybody will get the pun ;)
wtf, when was the last time your self-absorbed redneck *** 'expanded your mind' and learned about other' culture?
bigots like you give americans a bad name, just like bush.
Actually, many Americans are pretty knowledgeable about the world. The whole "Americans don't know about anything outside U.S. borders" myth is very tiresome, and it betrays your ignorance. Only people from very rural areas have little interest in or understanding of the international community, but that can be applied to any country. I've spent alot of time abroad, and I found that I knew more about the world than most of the Europeans and Asians I met in my travels.
Also, don't call someone on this forum a redneck ***. Not only is it flaming, but for all you know he may be better educated and more traveled than you (because honestly that's what it's sounding like).
Hello,
I just stopped by to say the even foreingers know about the imperial system. We all have to deal sooner or later with americans ;)
Everybody will get the pun ;)
Well, we still have a long way to go before we catch up with your bosom friends, the French.
The whole "Americans don't know about anything outside U.S. borders" myth is very tiresome, and it betrays your ignorance.
Allow me to point out the it's not our fault we view Americans like that (just like it's not our fault that we view Muslim in a certain fashion). There have been a video about an American claiming Belgium to be the capital of Brussels. Or that issue about that vice president thinking that Russia is very close to Alaska.
It's our fault that we generalise these things, yet it's not our fault that we have that impressions in the first place.
@Nase
How are Americans too stubborn to learn the metric system?
We have quite a few books in English - because translation in Dutch is to expensive for the few Dutch students. And in almost all of those books, they talk about inches, pounds, psi etc. Now they do talk about SI unites, yet I don't get why a serious science refuses to abandon those ancient unites. In some occasions, there is a separate version for Americans - or non-Americans - and I believe it's because the unites aren't by their standards.
If you are making different versions just because some unites are a bit strange, I believe you are being stubborn.
P.S. And don't start saying your system is better then ours and that we should be learning you system. There is only one logic system - that I'm aware of - and that's the SI system.
P.P.S. Now that we are offtopic anyway. What's your (All Americans) problem with the French?
I myself always forget how much a pound and an ounce is, but at least here in the Netherlands it's taught during elementary. Doubt it's different for the rest of Western Europe.
Or you can always pick up youre mobile phone and check. Most mobiles these days have a program that converts pounds to kilo´s - inches to meter/cm and so on :whistling:
@Nase again
Thanks for not addressing 90% of my post but I'm not talking about the SI units or any other system of measurements. I'm telling you that Americans DO learn the metric system.
No system is better than the other, in the end they all come to the same real. measurements.
Allow me to point out the it's not our fault we view Americans like that (just like it's not our fault that we view Muslim in a certain fashion). There have been a video about an American claiming Belgium to be the capital of Brussels. Or that issue about that vice president thinking that Russia is very close to Alaska.
It's our fault that we generalise these things, yet it's not our fault that we have that impressions in the first place.
I've seen videos made by Europeans highlighting how ignorant Americans supposedly are. What they don't tell you is that they stand there all day interviewing people, and in the end edit everyone else out so that only the few idiots they caught on tape would be seen. Come on now. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. For some reason, quite a few Europeans delight in this myth that they're all smarter than Americans, that's why I love running into them abroad. They almost never speak the local languages, so they're bitter when I, an American, do. And I'll guarantee you a Belgian will know more about Belgian history than I do, but so what? I know more American history than the Belgian does. Does that make the Belgian an idiot?
You can't blame others for your prejudices. They're yours, and yours alone. If you want the truth, travel to the States and see for yourself, otherwise don't be surprised when I say that a certain European sounds ignorant on the internet for making generalizations based off of a movie.
And for the record, the Russian and Alaskan shorelines are 103km/64mi apart at the narrowest point, which is close. And she's a governor, not a vice president.
P.P.S. Now that we are offtopic anyway. What's your (All Americans) problem with the French?
Some French (mostly Parisians, for some reason) had a problem with Americans first. We liberated them in WWII, which I can only imagine must have been embarrassing for some of them. Some French are bitter about their loss of stature in the international community in comparison to the U.S., and in recent history have delighted in trying to kick us in the shins (while we're doing the heavy international lifting) whenever possible. That's why Americans don't like some French. But I have many European friends (including French), and it's my understanding that we're not the only ones.
1 inch = 0.0833333333 feet.
While
1 cm = 0.1 dm = 0.01 m.
I hope you see the advantage of SI-system.
And you're welcome.
Keighvin
03-02-2009, 18:36
Well, if I ever had to express things in a decimal of a foot, instead of just using the inches, then I'm sure I would. However, my main problem is that I can't picture distance, so I can't eyeball measure, which is unaffected by the system of measurement.
Nase I don't give a damn what you say about the SI system and I don't need a lecture on it either. I'm in calculus/physics and a math/computer major as well, I have to use learn all different types of measurements including electricity, pressure, etc. If you're not going to address my points then don't say anything.
And FYI: I DO use the SI system for my physics class AND the American system as well for house measurements and other types of architectural jobs. It didn't matter which way I do it, I come out with the same answer, my answer is accurate if you scale the SI with the American measurement, and both took the same amount of difficulty. It's not like I'm doing it in my head so it didn't matter.
Valvolux
04-02-2009, 00:39
Some French (mostly Parisians, for some reason) had a problem with Americans first. We liberated them in WWII, which I can only imagine must have been embarrassing for some of them. Some French are bitter about their loss of stature in the international community in comparison to the U.S., and in recent history have delighted in trying to kick us in the shins (while we're doing the heavy international lifting) whenever possible. That's why Americans don't like some French. But I have many European friends (including French), and it's my understanding that we're not the only ones.
Geez arrogant much? Tell me, was it hard typing all that with your head so far up your own arse?
ZephyreKid
04-02-2009, 02:53
SI is used in medicine, science, and technology because of its precision. This is just my opinion, mind you, but SI should be adopted into American society, but the problem is that the Imperial/Common system is so integrated into our society, that an immediate change would cause quite an uproar, not to mention the funding required to do such a thing. However, gradual changes are/have been made so that the US is slowly inching its way to SI, as international conversions between the US and other countries are costly. Unfortunately, the bulk of those changes were made back in the 60's and 70's; I think we've slowed since that point.
Geez arrogant much? Tell me, was it hard typing all that with your head so far up your own arse?
Really? This coming from the person who's so proud of their British spelling? That's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black. The man asked a question, and I gave him an honest answer. Notice I tried not to generalize all French, a courtesy that you Europeans (as "civil" as you supposedly are) rarely extend to us.
But I suppose you're right. If the truth were as painful for me as it obviously is for you, I'd probably try to avoid it too.
now I wonder why should anyone blame hitler for starting a war, since it's obvious that even smalltalk about a burger develops into an international crisis... I guess that waiting for so long for D3 really gets to some of us.
I'm from eastern europe, I do know what a "pound" means, and even if I didn't, I'd rather google for it first before starting a quarrel of global proportions.
That's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black.
This coming from the nationalist repeatedly expressing their deep-set prejudices for every non-American country they've so far mentioned and in the same breath ranting against anti-Americanism...
Well, some people do say Americans don't get irony...:whistling:
:StirsAndDucks:
stillman
04-02-2009, 12:00
who said the barbarian is 300 pounds?
that demon looks about a thousand pounds to me...
and if u want a more literal meaning to his name u could think he "pounded" 1 thousand people.
i really like the funny name combinations that can spawn in d2 they bring good humour to the game and dont always need to be robotic
Blizzard said so in a quote, but I don't feel like digging it up. However, the Blizzard guy may have been exaggerating, who knows. I think 300 pounds is a good approximation though. He has to be that big to bully around demons.
Anyway, I believe that Americans aren't really as dumb as some make them out to be. For instance, there was this popular TV segment here in Canada called Talking to Americans where Rick Mercer goes the States and tries to sucker people into looking stupid on camera. It goes a bit like this:
-Camera is turned off.
-Mercer, a sociopath in a nice looking suit, goes up to Americans and says "Canada is in celerbration of a new national history musium built to display Canada's very first 24 hour clock. Would you folks all say 'Congratulations Canada on getting your first 24 hour clock?' You will?! Great!"
-Camera is turned on.
-The Americans say "Congratulations Canada on getting your first 24 hour clock!"
-Mercer smirks, having maniplated these random nice people, and a bunch of people here in Canada are tricked into thinking Americans are that stupid.
But getting back to the topic, I'm sure the name doesn't imply pound as in pounding the weapon. This would mean the monster pounds the weapon a thousand times or the weapon weighs a thousand pounds. The 'pounder' part refers to the mosnter's weight. People hold up a fish, for example, and say "This is a 5 pounder."
Fettklump?
ROFL!
I think the fact that he pounds things makes people understand that he's to be reckoned with..
Also, I don't know of anyone who never heard of "pound", even if they don't know exactly how much that is in weight.
This coming from the nationalist repeatedly expressing their deep-set prejudices for every non-American country they've so far mentioned and in the same breath ranting against anti-Americanism...
Well, some people do say Americans don't get irony...:whistling:
:StirsAndDucks:
I know you're just instigating, so I won't spend much time with this one. I'm no worse than some others in this thread spewing anti-Americanism, so you'll excuse me if I don't accept the accusation that I'm somehow the only one out of line here.
I don't there's any need to change the Thousand Pounders' name. Even for the few who aren't accustomed to the "pound" measurement, I'm sure they'll agree that it still sounds cool.
Anyway, I believe that Americans aren't really as dumb as some make them out to be. For instance, there was this popular TV segment here in Canada called Talking to Americans where Rick Mercer goes the States and tries to sucker people into looking stupid on camera. It goes a bit like this:
-Camera is turned off.
-Mercer, a sociopath in a nice looking suit, goes up to Americans and says "Canada is in celerbration of a new national history musium built to display Canada's very first 24 hour clock. Would you folks all say 'Congratulations Canada on getting your first 24 hour clock?' You will?! Great!"
-Camera is turned on.
-The Americans say "Congratulations Canada on getting your first 24 hour clock!"
-Mercer smirks, having maniplated these random nice people, and a bunch of people here in Canada are tricked into thinking Americans are that stupid.
Is the joke supposed to be that there's no such thing as 24 hour clocks, or that Canada would just now be getting its first one? There could be a misunderstanding here that Mercer wasn't picking up on.
As I'm sure you already know, there are 24 hour clocks used for military/astronomical time. It's also called railway time. 24 hour clocks are still dominant in some countries, so I'm sure Canadians would know of it, which makes the prank all the more odd. However, I would think that Americans would suspect that Canada would already have 24 hour clocks, so it couldn't possibly be the first. It's possible they were just trying to be polite.
http://i41.tinypic.com/et5mhh.jpg
Either I'm just missing the humor, or Mercer should research his pranks better.
Mad Mantis
04-02-2009, 21:31
Could we leave the chauvinism out of this thread before it turns even more ugly and I'm forced to lock it?
Yes please. This is a game, guys. It was a very fun topic until some people started to fight against other.
I honestly think each country is different, each culture is so ways different. There are fools in all of them, and also there are normal and open-mind guys in all of them. It's all.
The good thing is Diablo let us to be united. It doesn't matter if I'M Spanish, it doesn't matter if you're Swedish, it doesn't matter if you are Canadian.
I think the guys arguing against another country that think every man of "X" Country is a fool, are only showing their own lack of culture and their foolish. Don't be one of those guys, please.
Pounder would be a cool name (as I think) or a stupid name (like other people think), but this CAN'T point to a childish discussion between countries in a "multi-culture" forum because Diablo is better than those immature things.
Please, Ok? I'm very sad reading posts like those :/
The mini boss is WAY more than one thousand popunds. The barb wieghs 300 pounds. The 'thousand pounder' is what, 7 times the size of the barb? That's 2100 lbs, about double what its' name implies.
D2 is full of lies by Blizzard, and d3 will be too.
Muscle weights more than fat! Since the "thousand pounder" looks like an air filled tub of lard, I think it's safe to assume that the pound weight per cubed inch of monster to barbarian is likely to be something other than a 1:1 ratio. :scratchchin:
Nahlraka
05-02-2009, 02:04
To say that in Europe we don't use the imperial system is utterly absurd and hopelessly naive.
A quick look on wikipedia is enough to know that imperial units were in fact created by the British Empire and is STILL USED TODAY in many countries over here. We still use pounds, ounces, feet, inches, etc. Blizzard needs to wise up and get their facts right.
We both speak the same language, so keep the names the same!
No one said Blizzard thought that.
shorter version of this thread (and every religious argument in human history):
What I'm familiar with (since I happened to learn it as I grew) up is right. Whatever I'm unfamiliar with is wrong.
On the weight/size issue, the Barbarian was described thusly on the Denizens of Diablo panel at the WWI launch event. Quote from the Barbarian page in the wiki (http://www.diablowiki.net/Barbarian#Character_Design), which has a link to the source.
With the Barbarian, we had to updating a classic. The Barbarian was exciting for us to work on -- to take a classic char we all love to play and bring him back to life. What's this guy been doing for the past 20 years? This guy's 8 feet tall and 300 lbs of pure muscle. He saw things during the events of Diablo II that would have killed most people, but he's still around. In D3 we aged him, grayed his hair, gave him some scars. We think those elements help sell the story visually. Signs of age, how he wears his armor. All that helps us tell the story visually.
At the time I wondered about that math. Obviously it's an approximation thrown out during a discussion, but the Barbarian has to weigh considerably more than 300 pounds, unless he's lying about his height. There's never been a muscular human who was that tall, since the human body/bones/ligaments/etc can't support that much weight. Look at basketball players. The tallest who can still run effectively are just over 7 foot. You get up to 7'6" or taller and they become very frail and birdlike, and by 8 feet humans can't really function athletically.
I'd say Jay just exaggerated the height, and 7 feet is a more realistically size. (Not that realism is exactly required, in a magical game with 50 foot demons, etc.) If the Barb is really 8 feet, he's got to be superhuman and magical (duh) and would have somewhat remapped proportions. Thicker legs, at the very least.
Just to explore tha concept, recent reports say that LeBron James is upwards of 270 (http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=851204&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=7029ef33e1cf35cab63707e7c9927c0e). He's 6'9" and is in incredible shape, but isn't hugely muscular. Dwight Howard is listed at 6'11" and 265, and he's muscular for an NBA player (http://magazine.stack.com/TheIssue/Article/5078/Strength_Training_with_Dwight_Howard.aspx), but nothing like the Conan-esque Barbarian. Reports were that Shaq weighed upwards of 360 a few years ago. He wasn't in the best shape at the time, but he's only a little over 7 feet. Many NFL linemen weigh 350+ and few are taller than 6'6".
Speaking of Conan, Arnie was 215 or so at his Mr. Olympia peak, at about 6 feet. Modern body builders have (http://ironage.us/virtual/virtual6.html) better training and nutrition and HGH and such and as a result they are much bigger, 260+ at that height. Which means they'd scale up to well over 350 pounds at 7 feet, and would be be 400+ by 8 feet, if the human body could support that kind of size and mass.
The Barbarian isn't as cut and defined as a body builder, but he's got (http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=872&size=big&cat=563&si=barbarian&perpage=24) huge chest/arms/thighs (http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2432&si=barbarian), so estimating his weight along the lines of body builders isn't out of the question. The other issue is movement and flexibility. Arnie's said he had to lose weight before filming Conan, since his chest and arms were so big he couldn't do the sword swinging the role required. But we'll just overlook that since the Barbarian is special. And magical!
http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/data/563/medium/art-trailer-char14.jpg
mallemout
05-02-2009, 12:10
Or that issue about that vice president thinking that Russia is very close to Alaska.
Uhm, did I miss something, Russia is close to Alaska right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait
Maybe I was taught wrong in school, but I suppose it depends on which part of Russia or Alaska you are revering too.
But Flux, very true, people generally quickly go for , what I know is right and what others know and doesn't agree with what I know is wrong. Too bad humans haven't evolved enough yet to be able to do without leadership persons.
As for the naming, if we take very localised versions such as a dutch version (as if it would ever appear) the pound wouldnt be a problem as we have a word "pond" which describes half a kilo. This is rougly the same as the American pound so we should be okay over here :D
Uhm, did I miss something, Russia is close to Alaska right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait
Maybe I was taught wrong in school, but I suppose it depends on which part of Russia or Alaska you are revering too.
But Flux, very true, people generally quickly go for , what I know is right and what others know and doesn't agree with what I know is wrong. Too bad humans haven't evolved enough yet to be able to do without leadership persons.
As for the naming, if we take very localised versions such as a dutch version (as if it would ever appear) the pound wouldnt be a problem as we have a word "pond" which describes half a kilo. This is rougly the same as the American pound so we should be okay over here :D
I think he meant the stupidity of Sarah Palin by saying that she wasn't unfamiliar with dealing with Russia and thereby the US foreign politics on this matter, just because she could almost see it out of her window at home in Alaska..
ON: I don't care about the non-metric names. American culture dominates the world in a lot of things (not meant in a bad way) so most of the rest of the world is used to terms as pounds and yards etc. Although the US could choose to lose the conventional and conservative attitude by just taking over the metric system.. just a thought :$
Topics like these make you realise how bad the community is in need of some real diablo3 related news :(
Srikandi
17-02-2009, 07:41
Woo, flamefest on a language issue, my favorite part of the Internet :) And such a big part too!
What I took from Flux's question has not been addressed at all here: do all languages spoken in cultures that use the metric system actually have a word that translates to the same unit as the American "pound"?
I know at least some do... in Europe... but I have no idea about Asian languages, for instance, and it's an interesting question :)
And even if you do, of course you lose the pun in the translation.
It must be a challenge, being a game localizer. Like the old saying goes, a translation is like a man: if it's faithful it's not beautiful, and if it's beautiful it's not faithful ;) (OK, the old saying is about a woman, but I changed it to match my personal observations. Let's have another flamefest about that! :D )
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