#tlovm s3e11

[sonicskullsalt]

TLOVM S3E11 in the German dub

When Ripley is talking about Percy in the beginning, she says, "But I knew a pettier man [Percy]." In German, she says, "Aber eigentlich war er ein armseliger Wicht." (But actually, he was a pathetic wretch.) I'm not sure if it's the best match for petty here, but I kind of like it.

A little later, Ripley says, "He'd rather let the masses die," which in the dub is "Er ließ unschuldige Wesen lieber sterben." (He would rather let innocent beings die). I don't know why they got rid of the masses. I mean, they had a whole conversation about how guns would be the great equalizer.

When Korrin tells Keyleth "Tie yourself to him [Vax]", the German dub says "Lass die Einsamkeit zurück" (Leave loneliness behind). A literal translation would "Binde dich an ihn", or at least something like "Verbinde dich mit ihm" (connect with him). No clue, why they changed it so strongly.

Kaylie's "Listen, you old twat" is "Lauscher auf, du Sack." and that just made me laugh so loud 🤣

Once, when Raishan calls Keyleth "Child!" that's "Schweig!" (Be silent!) in the dub. Don't know why they changed it, but maybe it was a better way to get the patronising tone across.

When Raishan says, "Only one thing remains." and Keyleth replies, "Yeah. For you to die", that reply is "Ja, die Erlösung im Tod" (Yes, the release of death). Erlösung can also mean salvation. That's more poetic than the original and probably also refers to Raishan no longer having to suffer from her disease once she's dead.

[arabella-strange]

Brutal, devastating, kinda hilarious callback for Ripley to say Percy didn’t possess “foresight”—when 1) Keyleth cast Foresight on Percy in the Search for Bob one-shot with some great effects; and 2) Keyleth cast Foresight on Vax once, in c1e102…

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Did they make a titanic reference???

[sonicskullsalt]

TLOVM S3E12 in the German dub

The translator didn't always translate it when Raishan calls Keyleth child. See also my post about S3E11 (Schweig!). But Keyleth also doesn't get her great payoff line from the campaign (for whatever reason), so it maybe just seemed unnecessarily repetitive to keep using the word child.

When Pike tries to fend off Raishan's fire with the Dawn Martyr's Plate, Raishan says "These flames burn different. " that's "Diese Flammen sind stärker" (These flames are stronger). That's not quite the same idea.

When Keylet yells "They didn't cause your disease." that's "Deine Rache gilt nicht ihnen." (Your revenge isn't directed at them). I mean, it could have been "Sie haben die Krankheit nicht ausgelöst." or something, and I don't quite get the change here.

In the flashback to the conversation between Vex and Percy, he says the famous line "Well, one can certainly try." In German, that's "Man kann es sicherlich versuchen." I realise, I never put that in the post for the earlier episode.

Vax tells Vex that he would gladly give his soul " for one day of your happiness ". In the dub, that's simply "um dich lächeln zu sehen" (to see you smile).

Orthax tells Vax that the Matron's fate cannot be changed to which Vax replies that it can certainly be bent when a golden thread appears in front of him. In German the fate is "in Stein gemeißelt" (carved in stone) and Vax says "Aber sicher nicht der Weg dahin" (But surely not the path leading to it) This is a free translation and I like it a lot, especially with the thread appearing that shows Vax the way to Percy.

Raven Champion is Rabenkrieger. I love it, especially because fairly often translations struggle with champion and rather keep the English than actually just using Kämpfer or Krieger, which are fitting translations in this context.

Winter's Crest remains in English. Interesting. You'd definitely need a really good idea for this because just putting Midwinter is maybe a bit too simple.