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de — German

##Place Names

Good place names are important to give the levels a sense of coherency and fluidity. Try to make up names that aren't just transliterations, but instead translate the words and find a good name that fits with the rest of the levels.

Original	Translation	Comments
Backwoods Forest	Backwoodwald	A rough patch of dense forest
Cloudrip	Wolkenreißer
Cloudrip Mountain	Wolkenreißerberge	Place name
Plainswood	Flachlandwald
Kithgard	Kithgard
Kithmaze	Kithirrgarten
Thornbush	Dornbusch
Thornbush farm	Dornbuschfarm

##Programming concepts

Original	Translation	Comments
Array	Array	Wird in der Literatur noch verwendet

#Wörter

Original	Translation	Comments
Ambush	Hinterhalt
Buildables	Erstellbare	Baubar oder Beschwörbar
Brawler	Raufbold	Schläger?
Clan	Clan
Chieftain	Häuptling
Casts	Zaubern/Wirken	as in "casts a spell"
Challenge level	Herausforderungs-Level
DPS	SPS	Schaden pro Sekunde
decoy	Lockvogel
Dungeon	Verlies
Fangrider	Fangrider	Google kennt's :-/
Gem	Edelsteine
Griffinrider	Greifenreiter
Hero	Held/Heldin
munchkins	Zwerg-Oger	Zwerge könnte missverständlich sein
Ogre	Oger
Spell	Zauberspruch
Scout	Scout	Späher? Aufklärer?
summon	rekrutieren, herbeirufen
Thang	Thang
Tharin Thunderfist	Tharin Donnerfaust	(The Knight)

#Hard to translate phrases

• loop over an array

English	German	Translation Back
Loop over an array	Iteriere über einen Array	Iterate over an array

To be discussed

English	Translation	Issues / Comments
Defeat the Ogres	Oger müssen sterben	sehr martialisch. Alternative: Besiege die Oger
Hero	Held / Heldin	generisches Maskulinum? Abwechseln? Binnen_I?
Defeat all ogres	Besiege alle Oger	identisch mit "Defeat the Ogres"?