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    So, I un-lazied myself and found the Kanji for the other two. 双蛇党 for the Order of the Twin Adders, which is more like Twin Adders Place; and 不滅隊, which is more like Non-extinguishing Military Group, or something (character-by-character it's Non Extinguishing Military-group, for anyone that doesn't know Kanji). If you really think that those are better options, well. . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
    So, I un-lazied myself and found the Kanji for the other two. 双蛇党 for the Order of the Twin Adders, which is more like Twin Adders Place; and 不滅隊, which is more like Non-extinguishing Military Group, or something (character-by-character it's Non Extinguishing Military-group, for anyone that doesn't know Kanji). If you really think that those are better options, well. . .
    And there you have it. For it to sound sufficiently epic in English, you need to find something stylised without breaking the lore. "Immortal Flames" seems to fit the bill quite nicely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
    So, I un-lazied myself and found the Kanji for the other two. 双蛇党 for the Order of the Twin Adders, which is more like Twin Adders Place; and 不滅隊, which is more like Non-extinguishing Military Group, or something (character-by-character it's Non Extinguishing Military-group, for anyone that doesn't know Kanji). If you really think that those are better options, well. . .
    Kanji alone has different meanings than Kanji put together. 不滅隊 is actually Immortality Corps. The use of Kanji can get pretty complex.

    According to the explanations below, it sounds to me like each different language of the game is essentially playing a different game, since the three groups seem to each have a different ethos in each different language because their names are also different in each different language, am I correct? So if you are fluent in both French and English, and you decide to change to French, suddenly The Order of the Twin Adder doesn't sound like the best company for you 'in that language', and maybe they would sound better in German or Japanese?

    I suppose Culture-wise, some/many couldn't handle it being called 'The Black Vortex Group' for various reasons. I would rather it be called that tho.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reika View Post
    I suppose Culture-wise, some/many couldn't handle it being called 'The Black Vortex Group' for various reasons. I would rather it be called that tho.
    It's not necessarily that I don't like the name, I just think that, and try not to pelt me with [item=3011454]prickly pineapple[/item]s for saying this because I mean no antagonism, but "The Black Vortex Group" sounds more like the successors to Team Rocket than the navy of a sophisticated post-pirate thalassocracy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
    So, I un-lazied myself and found the Kanji for the other two. 双蛇党 for the Order of the Twin Adders, which is more like Twin Adders Place; and 不滅隊, which is more like Non-extinguishing Military Group, or something (character-by-character it's Non Extinguishing Military-group, for anyone that doesn't know Kanji). If you really think that those are better options, well. . .
    不滅 actually does mean immortal. To the OP, I just can't agree. I even know Japanese, and I prefer the English (though to be fair, English is my first language). Literal translations hardly, if ever, work out well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sav View Post
    不滅 actually does mean immortal. To the OP, I just can't agree. I even know Japanese, and I prefer the English (though to be fair, English is my first language). Literal translations hardly, if ever, work out well.
    Did you read any of my other posts in the topic? >_>
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