Interview Slovaks check in on The Witcher

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

Hmm, are the English translations of the stories official or just translated by some fans? 'cos I saw "Lesser evil" once and the translation seemed... well, not bad maybe, but not as good as I'd like it to be. It'd be cool to see a full, professional English translation of all Sapkowski's works.

Anyone knows who is the translator for the upcoming collection of short stories?

Out of the three english translations I know two are definatly done by amateurs. Indeed "lesser's" translation was....not optimal.

 

[Amasius]

I've read some of the translated short storys, good stuff. I don't mind the realtime combat if only CD Projekt captures the atmosphere of Sapkowskis books.

storieS? Where are the others? I have found only the Lesser Evil, and the Malady.

Found them here

 

[Naked_Lunch]

Just curious: is there a "proven" developer with an RPG you are looking forward to?

Dragon Age
Sacred 2
Geneforge 4
uh.......
ummm...

 

[Durwyn]

Just curious: is there a "proven" developer with an RPG you are looking forward to?

Dragon Age
Sacred 2
Geneforge 4
uh.......
ummm...

No Mass Effect or Fallout 3 ?? Shame on you !

 

[lilithn]

Found them here

Thanks so much! /me is an idiot, should check the official forum more frequently (not just once in half a year.)

 

[lilithn]

Out of the three english translations I know two are definatly done by amateurs. Indeed "lesser's" translation was....not optimal.

I don't know, I loved it. Although I'm sure it does not do any justice to the original in Polish. But I was too happy to find one translated. :D

 

[Durwyn]

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0575077824/ref=pd_sims_dp__2/028-0725554-8943737
I found it on The Witchers forum. Sadly they translated Wiedźmin (The witcher) in to Sourcelor or something like that, so the translation might be fucked up.

 

[Jasede]

"Sourcelor" has got to be the most ridiculous word I have heard this decade.

 

[Durwyn]

"Sourcelor" has got to be the most ridiculous word I have heard this decade.

It's even better : sorceleur

 

[caliban]

even better : sorceleur

"Sorce...something" is a French word for the witcher, so I believe that must've been some crude French->English translation. Ack!

 

[suibhne]

Yeah, it's like they translated the French translation into English rather than starting with Sapkowski's original. Ridiculous.

 

[Durwyn]

They went the easy way. Instead of translating all the polish archaic words, they based on their french transations.

 

[bozia2012]

The movie title (don't watch it it's ultracrappy) is The Hexer, in the book he is a sorceleur and in the game industry he is the witcher (since 1997 i think - game was developed first by Metropolis but never saw the day). Well, that's logical: different medium - different translation...

EDIT: Just found my Witcher X-mas card! Behold!: English - Witcher; German - Hexer; French - Sorceleur; Russian - well, it's in cyrillic but something like "vyedmak"; Hungarian - Witcher; Chech & Slovakian - Zaklinac...

 

[sheek]

'Sorceleur' doesn't mean anything in French. 'Ensorceleur' maybe or more commonly 'sorcier'.

Which in English means a Sorcerer...

They must have just made it up.

 

[kingcomrade]

Well, Witcher isn't really a word in English either.

 

[sheek]

True but unlike Sorceleur it doesn't sound completely retarded.

 

[27]

Well, Witcher isn't really a word in English either.

Neither is 'Wiedźmin' in Polish. Just like in English, it's a made up masculine form of 'witch' ('wiedźma'). Quite obvious I guess.
So the 'witcher' would be the best possible form, as it creates similar semantic connotations as in original language - unlike Hexer and that Sorceleur thing.

 

[Shannow]

Well, Witcher isn't really a word in English either.

Neither is 'Wiedźmin' in Polish. Just like in English, it's a made up masculine form of 'witch' ('wiedźma'). Quite obvious I guess.
So the 'witcher' would be the best possible form, as it creates similar semantic connotations as in original language - unlike Hexer and that Sorceleur thing.

Hexer is the masculin form of Hexe which in german means witch...
so Sorceleur is the only one which doesn't seem to fit.

 

[Astromarine]

is the leader of his order called the Witchest?

 

[Claw]

Ouch, man.

I also believe PA may have used that joke before.

 

[Fez]

Careful now, he was angry to start with and you are only going to make him worse. Think of the children.

 

[Claw]

I am doing nothing but think of the children. I've got a present even:

 

[caliban]

Hell, let's just ditch all those damn neologisms and call him a Licensed Monster Control Inspector or a Vampire Extermination Specialist instead :wink:

 

[Claw]

I assume that in good German tradition, Gerald will simply be called a Witcher. We love us some English words.

 

[Amasius]

I assume that in good German tradition, Gerald will simply be called a Witcher. We love us some English words.

Yeah, like "Handy" for mobile phones...