How do they translate 'Urianger speak' into other languages?

[Imora]

Funny part that I figured out when I played through I think it was ShB... He uses the worth "thither". This is quite uncommonly used in English, but it's actually used a lot(translated, of course, the concept) in Swedish. It means "to go to a specific place". In modern English we usually just say "over there".

I don't think there was a word of his I had to look up. I kinda like archaic words. lol

[DamianFatale]

My understanding from my japanese speaking friends descriptions is basically that. He speaks in VERY old style/dialect using exceedingly formal words most of the time.

According to the lore, Doman's speak the same language as the majority of places. They don't speak a Hydaelyn version of Japanese. Hence why they sound mildly British.

[Garnix]

How do they deal with all the ye olde English in other languages? Does it get translated to ye olde Japanese for example, or do they do something else?

In French he doesn't use "old French" more than anyone else. The structure of his sentences is a little bit more complex, but nothing like his English dialogues in my opinion.

[Krotoan]

According to the lore, Doman's speak the same language as the majority of places. They don't speak a Hydaelyn version of Japanese. Hence why they sound mildly British.

I'm reasonably sure OP means localization, not in game languages.

[JTF-Taru]

If a layperson can understand it, it's not old English. English has changed so much since old English that to understand it you would need at least some training in historical linguistics or specific study in old English.
Urianger's vocabulary is even more archaic than the rest of the cast, but it's still just English.

I'm not talking about Old English.

'Ye olde English' means a kind of faux old fashioned English you get mostly in fictional media. I just wondered how it was translated into other languages.

For the record, we had Middle English after Old English. And not everyone spoke a form of English. Some spoke Old Norse or one of the Celtic languages. And there were various dialects of each language.

[Quintessa]

Sure, but some people also don't understand that the trope is not Old English. We still get the occasional "what's with all the old english?" in both the Novice Network and the localization forum.

Isn't it just Middle English? The two are quite different.

[Alestorm]

I would say he speaks Shakspearian; not really an older form of english. Learning about "middle english" was weird.

[wereotter]

If a layperson can understand it, it's not old English. English has changed so much since old English that to understand it you would need at least some training in historical linguistics or specific study in old English.

Urianger's vocabulary is even more archaic than the rest of the cast, but it's still just English.

You're being pedantic here when the question wasn't "what dialect of English does Uriangier speak" but rather questioning how that's localized in French, Japanese, and German.

But since that's the topic, he speaks Early Modern English, which was the language used about 300-400 years ago. So to many people's perception of time, that's pretty old.

[RicaRuin]

In german, he doesn't really use a different manner of speaking compared to the other Scions.

[Vidu]

Its barely noticeable in german, I'd say - the odd sentence might be a bit more complicated than absolutly necessary and the odd word might be exchanged for a more "sophisticated one". But nothing that would remind you off middle high german (which, from my understanding must be the equivalent to middle english).