funniest mtg german card translations? (ex athreos dott der uberfahrt)
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Posted on Aug. 7, 2014, 9:09 a.m. by turtur
ones that i know of athreos goblin-bummspezialist wurmspiralmaschine what ones do you guys know?
I just bought a Through the Breach in german. Durch den Durchbruch sounds really funny to me. I expected Kamigawa to have some interesting hits.
August 7, 2014 10:03 a.m.
Hopeful Eidolon - Hoffnungsfrohes Eidolon. Why does it needs to have a so long name!?
Satyr Rambler with Trample - Umherstreifender Satyr with Verursacht Trampelschaden.
Again, it has so long names!
Scry - Hellsicht :-)
August 7, 2014 1:42 p.m.
gidgetimer-did i double post?! im sorry can you link me to the other oine so i can delete it?
August 7, 2014 1:49 p.m.
NorthernRaven, Hoffnungsfrohes Eidolon is an accurate translation of Hopeful Eidolon , it just happens to be a long word. But german card names are usally crap. Sometimes WotC seems to use Google Translate. Boza, yes Kamigawa got some nice ones. But as I mentioned earlier most german cardnames sound just stupid. Because of the crappy names, most german players, like me, prefer using english cards.
August 7, 2014 2:30 p.m.
hyperlocke says... #7
Champion of the Parish - Champion des Sprengels. Very few people know what a "Sprengel" is (at least in my region), it's used very rarely..
Brutalizer Exarch - Vertierer-Exarch. Many people think "vertieren" was a loanword because it's very unusual. But it's German for "to become an animal".
Elderwood Scion - Spross des Hollerwaldes. "Elderwood" sounds like a very old, awe-inspiring forest. "Hollerwald" just sounds ridiculous.
Tidehollow Sculler - Ruderer der Gezeitenleere. Does "Tidehollow" sound as stupid to English-speaking people as "Gezeitenleere" does to Germans?
Mimic Vat - Bottich der Nachaffung. I... I just... What?
And my absolute favorite:
Dreadship Reef
- Riff der Schiffe des Grauens... I mean come on, the English name is great, in German it's just laughable. What's up with that double genitive?
August 7, 2014 4:37 p.m.
RussischerZar says... #8
Scuttling Doom Engine - Krabbelnde Verschrottungsmaschine (Scuttling Scrapping Engine)
What does "doom" have to do with scrapping metal? :(
August 8, 2014 7:34 a.m.
TheRedDude says... #9
Elvish Mystic = Elfen Mystische
Sounds an awful lot like an elf with a Mustache
Black Lotus = Schwarzer Lotus
one of the best and most expensive cards in the game is not a "schwarz"...
Xenagos, god of Revels = Xenagos, Gott Fruet sich (Xenagos, God is Pleased)
Madcap Skills = Madcap Fahigkeiten
Ive got Fahigkeiten!!!!
Gidgetimer says... #2
Why you double post?
August 7, 2014 9:30 a.m.