i18n Glossary nb

nb — Norwegian Bokmål

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	Villnisskogen	A rough patch of dense forest
Cloudrip	Skybrudd	"Skybrudd" means "a downpour of rain"
Cloudrip Mountain	Skybruddfjellet	Place name
Plainswood	Flatskog
Kithgard	Kithgård
Kithmaze	Kith-labyrint
Thornbush	Tornbusk	I thought "Tornebusk" would be too close to the common word for "thorny bush". It's a name after all. —@mogsie
Thornbush farm	Tornbuskgården

Programming concepts

Original	Translation	Comments
Array	Vektor?	or "array"? Wiktionary says "vektor" for Swedish. Wiki translates array to "Tabell"

Other

Original	Translation	Comments
Ambush	Bakholdsangrep
Buildables	Byggbare ting	"Ting som kan bygges" ?
Clan	Stamme
Chieftain	Høvding
Casts	Kaste	as in "casts a spell"
DPS	SPS	Damage → "Skade"
Dungeon	Fangehull
Gem	Juvel
Hero	Helt
Ogre	Troll	"Uhyre"?
Spell	Magisk formel or Trylleformel	See discussion below
Thang	Thang	??? Should we translate this to "Tang" like "ting og tang"?
Tharin Thunderfist	Tharin Tordenneve	(The Knight)

Hard to translate phrases

"to cast" has a direct translation "å kaste" which is a common phrase for throwing things.

"spell" has no direct translation, or at least the translations are loaded with positiveness or negativeness:

• "forbanne" - curse
• "fortrylle" - enchant
• "forhekse" - bewitch
• "formel" - formula
• "magisk formel" - magic formula
• "besvergelse" - ???

English	Norwegian	Translation Back
XX casts a YY spell on ZZ	XX forhekser ZZ med forbannelsen YY	XX bewitches ZZ with the curse YY
XX casts a YY spell on ZZ	XX kaster den magiske formelen YY mot ZZ	XX throws the magic formula YY towards ZZ