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French translation: Sombres-sangsues

08:42 Jul 8, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
English term or phrase: darkoleeches
Hi All,

It's a Fantasy MMORPG


"Rescue? Hardly. Selena has moved my temporary quarters to the prison cells... lest I forget my place.\n


\n
She has found me a less than perfect consultant for her ongoing efforts to raise darkoleeches. My performance has not been so poor as to spark outrage, but enough that she is getting reckless.\n


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She may be using me, but one could not ask for a better place to witness her efforts and actions."


Je n'ai pas plus de contexte...


Merci d'avance
alex.saviano
France
Local time: 01:56
French translation:Sombres-sangsues
Explanation:
The way you translate it is purely a matter of taste in this case.

I personally would go for :
1/ something close to the source text

2/ something which calls to the imagination, without being too "young adult" or silly - it's supposed to represent a threat, so go for something more frightening.

You could say:
"Ombres noires des sangsues"
"Noires sangsues" (can concatenate as one word if you prefer, such as "Noiressangsues"
"SombresSangsues"
or "Sombres-sangsues", etc...

I would personally go for a translation of the the word "dark" before the rest, since it's the first thing that comes to mind, and establishes a feeling, a tone...

And it's the feeling that matters in a video game.
Best o'luck,
H
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Hugues D.
France
Local time: 01:56
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merci
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Summary of answers provided
4Sombres-sangsues
Hugues D.
3Sangsuesombres
Hélène OShea
Summary of reference entries provided
sangsunèbres
Maximilien Petitjean

Discussion entries: 1





  

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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Sangsuesombres


Explanation:
c'est littéral mais sinon sangsuenoires peut aller aussi

Hélène OShea
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Sombres-sangsues


Explanation:
The way you translate it is purely a matter of taste in this case.

I personally would go for :
1/ something close to the source text

2/ something which calls to the imagination, without being too "young adult" or silly - it's supposed to represent a threat, so go for something more frightening.

You could say:
"Ombres noires des sangsues"
"Noires sangsues" (can concatenate as one word if you prefer, such as "Noiressangsues"
"SombresSangsues"
or "Sombres-sangsues", etc...

I would personally go for a translation of the the word "dark" before the rest, since it's the first thing that comes to mind, and establishes a feeling, a tone...

And it's the feeling that matters in a video game.
Best o'luck,
H


Hugues D.
France
Local time: 01:56
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7
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merci
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Reference comments


3 days 2 hrs
Reference: sangsunèbres

Reference information:
Bonjour, voici une petite création de ma part qui rappelle le mot "ténèbres" ou "funèbre".

Maximilien Petitjean
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Note to reference poster
Asker: C'est top ça ! merci !

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