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killuminated
2008-05-20, 00:57
Need to type them with ASCII too, so nothing crazy.
Blood )As many words involving blood as possible)
Mage/Wizard (like high fantasy)
Compassion
Love
Empath
Empathy
Sympathetic
And anything similar
killuminated
2008-05-22, 07:51
Still need these, c'mon.
Can't just check a dictionary? And would you care to explain why you need them? (cause it's a strange collection of words)
killuminated
2008-05-22, 16:19
Can't just check a dictionary? And would you care to explain why you need them? (cause it's a strange collection of words)
Having a hard time finding a translator with words that will fit in a name-thing for an MMO. Why those words?
My soon-to-be Blood Mage in Vanguard is an asian human:
Mastery over blood allows the Blood Mage singular control over the entire spectrum of mortality, from life to death. Blood Mages can drain an opponent of life and grant it to an ally or simply share some of his own. Healing comes naturally to the Blood Mage, as does the destruction. With the ability to explode an opponents organs, bring their blood to boil and heal an ally by draining their life essence, the Blood Mage makes a valuable friend and a terrible foe.
killuminated
2008-05-22, 22:06
Got this:
Blood:
chi, ketsueki, chishio
Empathy:
ninjou, enpashi-, kanjouinyuu
But I dunno what they mean EXACTLY, and if one is good or.. anything.
Hoping for name similar to Blood Empath in Japanese.
Anymore help here?
Rev Ziggy
2008-05-22, 22:26
I think I just reconsidered taking Japanese next semester.
killuminated
2008-05-23, 05:44
Need more help here, we're getting closer and closer to a name.
I think I just reconsidered taking Japanese next semester.
I knew a guy who studied japanese language / culture, all his classmates were fanboys.
killuminated
2008-05-23, 21:04
Really need help with this, can someone suggest another forum or.. something? Straight word for word translations lose a lot of meaning depending on how it's used.
Rev Ziggy
2008-05-23, 23:53
I knew a guy who studied japanese language / culture, all his classmates were fanboys.
That doesn't surprise me in the least, I met a few of my would-be classmates and was turned-off completely (Naruto head-bands FTL).
flat_head_screwdriver
2008-05-26, 14:11
the way I will show you is with the translation, phonetic English characters and then the Japanese symbols that represent the word, in that order :)
Blood - chi - 血
Wizard - mahoutsukai ー魔法使い
Compassion - theres not a general direct translation, but 'nasake' probably does the job - 情け
Love - ai (the emotion) aisuru ('to love’) - 愛 / 愛する
Empthy - kanjyouinyu - 感情移入
Sympathetic - doujoutekina or omoiyarinoaru (second one would be gay in a character name because i think it literally means something like "having sympathy for you") so, maybe in that case "omoiyari" could do it as "sympathy" but im not 100% sure on that one because I havn't seen it detached from the 'noyaru' suffix. 同情的な / 思いやりのある / 思いやり
as for a character name that says wizard / master of the blood..
chino osesnsei (pretty literal that one, as "blood master")
inochino tennou (i was thinking you could use the word for japanese emperor, and life itself, to make 'emperor of life' which is what that says. because back in pre prime minister days japan was ruled under the emperor and he had control of the lives of pretty much everyone)
you can interchange chino and inochino if you like, so as they would form:
emperor of blood: chino tennou
and
master of life: inochino osensei
im only 98% sure that combining emperor with life or blood would create literate japanese meanings, because im not sure if tennou is already inferred as "ruler of Japan" and might look stupid if you can only accociate tennou with a country, but even if they dont, people with any japanese knowledge will still know what your on about ;)
you can change tennou with koutei if you like, which still means emperor, but isn't Japan specific.
actually, probably using koutei will be safer, and it has a better ring to it i reckon :)
flat_head_screwdriver
2008-05-31, 14:38
oi! killumifuckinnated, i put time into that post, you could at least acknowledge it with a reply...
know that i have acknowledged it and feel slightly better
oi! killumifuckinnated, i put time into that post, you could at least acknowledge it with a reply...
If we still had rep', I'd give you some.