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[Mart]

d=me,
we are just joking here. As for me, I am not native english speaker myself. Many words I do not understand either right away, just need dictionary for that. Languages usually have thousands of words, my biggest English Dictionary has like over 300,000 words. Hardly it is possible to know all of them all the time. I also need to use my native language dictionary too sometimes. Imagine for example traditional Japanese written language. Learning languages is dynamic process for life. You may speak a language whole your life and yet still not know every of its word. Yes, SMAC thaught me some new words. ...like belligerent for example.

[TheProvost]

As an aside, I'd just like to say how cool it was of the designers to use terms like 'magnanimous', 'belligerent', 'solicitous' and 'seething' instead of bland 'happy', 'annoyed', 'angry' etc. Just another one of those little details that makes SMAC so much more engaging.

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by TheProvost
As an aside, I'd just like to say how cool it was of the designers to use terms like 'magnanimous', 'belligerent', 'solicitous' and 'seething' instead of bland 'happy', 'annoyed', 'angry' etc. Just another one of those little details that makes SMAC so much more engaging.

How nicely put Provost

[RedFred]

d=me, as well as English you can get SMAC in several other languages. A few were put out by Firaxis but I believe our 'community' here and elsewhere has expanded from that base.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by d=me
What's your problem? why are you always against me?

I think you mis-interpreted my comments.

[Dis]

I didn't know what magnanimous meant until I started playing civ2

[Adalbertus]

Usually, I don't have those problems, because in many cases, a written version of the texts is included somewhere in the game. But there is one thing that puzzles me:

When I quit the game, it's always quoted here in the forum as "... the drones are looking up to you". I can do what I want but the second word never matches "drones".

[Enigma_Nova]

the drones need you.
they look up to you.

Really have a life outside SMAC?
> Yes, I want to have a job and a partner and a life
> No, SMAC is all I need. Teach those drones a lesson!

[gwillybj]

Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you.
Gelieve te gaan niet. De hommels vereisen u. Zij kijken tot u.
Veuillez ne pas aller. Le besoin de bourdons vous. Ils regardent jusqu'à vous.
Bitte gehen Sie nicht. Die Drohnenotwendigkeit Sie. Sie schauen bis zu Ihnen.
Παρακαλώ μην πηγαίνετε. Οι κηφήνες σας χρειάζονται. Κοιτάζουν μέχρι σας.
Non vada prego. Il bisogno dei ronzi voi. Osservano fino voi.
Por favor não vá. A necessidade dos zangões você. Olham até você.
Пожалуйста не пойдите. Потребность трутней вы. Они смотрят до вас.
No vaya por favor. La necesidad de los abejones usted. Miran hasta usted.
(worldlingo.com)

Insomnia in the Adirondacks

[Frankychan]

Frankychan------------->-gwillybj

[gwillybj]

Just having a little fun with a handy website I know about. There's a funny little problem in a few of those translations, though: When you translate them back to English, drones comes back as bumblebees!

[Illuminatus]

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by gwillybj
Just having a little fun with a handy website I know about. There's a funny little problem in a few of those translations, though: When you translate them back to English, drones comes back as bumblebees!

To dutch it's literally translated as: Kindly not go. The bumblebees need you. They look at you.

[binTravkin]

gwillybj, your russian is incorrect!

Ïîæàëóéñòà íå ïîéäèòå. Ïîòðåáíîñòü òðóòíåé âû. Îíè ñìîòðÿò äî âàñ.

EDIT - it is the russian text made unreadable by my stupid machine

in english is:

Please dont go to.
(not "go away" but "go to". russians have many "go's")
Need drones you.
sounds quite nice,but a normal russian will go when you say him this, he wont understand it so as it is meant
They look till you
"do bac" is not right - "ha bac" is right. In cyrillic of course

[Jamski]

Hah!

The German one is pretty wrong too

Notwendigkeit is the noun for need (As in "they felt the need")

The drones "brauchen Sie" is more like it

-Jam