Yekaterina Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 When we click on the unit of any faction it says something. I don't speak Koine Greek nor Persian, and I would like to know what my units are talking about. Please can the developers put a translation of their speech in English and their original language? I am really curious about what the 'theisti raso' mean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Yekaterina said: When we click on the unit of any faction it says something. I don't speak Koine Greek nor Persian, and I would like to know what my units are talking about. Please can the developers put a translation of their speech in English and their original language? I am really curious about what the 'theisti raso' mean. At some point I wouldn't mind making a mod where the units speak English, French, etc. So, click on a Spartan Hoplite and it says, "Yes, sire!" or "Yes, Basileus!" Task them to chop wood and they say, "Lumbering!" Edited March 11, 2021 by wowgetoffyourcellphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Just now, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: At some point I wouldn't mind making a mod where the units speak English I am satisfied with units speaking their mother tongue because historically they did not speak English, in fact English was not even invented then. The classical languages do make the settings sound more authentic. All I wanted is just a translation as I am also quite curious about those languages myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted March 11, 2021 Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Yekaterina said: All I wanted is just a translation as I am also quite curious about those languages myself. Where on screen would you want the translation to appear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2021 Anywhere will do, perhaps at where the player messages would be or on the right hand side of the screen. Alternatively you can just post the list of Greek, pronounciation and translation in the forum like a dictionary and I will refer to the list, eventually remembering the language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azayrahmad Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 The voice list is here: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Audio_Voice_List. It's nice though if this documentation is available in-game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 during the first alphas the Greeks were a single fraction. It was not until Alpha 11 that they were divided into at least 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Thank you so much I found the list of translations. This really helps. I just want to point out that Carthaginians spoke Punic instead of Hebrew, although the two languages are somewhat close. I don't think we can piece together Punic anymore because almost all records of it have been destroyed by Romans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Yekaterina said: Thank you so much I found the list of translations. This really helps. I just want to point out that Carthaginians spoke Punic instead of Hebrew, although the two languages are somewhat close. I don't think we can piece together Punic anymore because almost all records of it have been destroyed by Romans. We know. that is why we have decided to use Hebrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 For the Carthaginians, I think we can replace Punic with Phoenician, which is close enough. They have almost the same alphabet as Carthaginian. I found a Phoenician-English dictionary: https://en.glosbe.com/en/phn. Other languages that thrived within the region were Numidian, Mauritanian, Berber and Greek. Some of them also spoke Latin, so we can also replace their current speech with Latin if Phoenician is too much trouble. I am no expert at ancient languages myself but I have some Classics and History teachers in my school who might offer some help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, Yekaterina said: For the Carthaginians, I think we can replace Punic with Phoenician, which is close enough. They have almost the same alphabet as Carthaginian. I found a Phoenician-English dictionary: https://en.glosbe.com/en/phn. Other languages that thrived within the region were Numidian, Mauritanian, Berber and Greek. Some of them also spoke Latin, so we can also replace their current speech with Latin if Phoenician is too much trouble. I am no expert at ancient languages myself but I have some Classics and History teachers in my school who might offer some help. Could you get us some kind of Aramaic that has been spoken in the area of Syria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lion.Kanzen said: Could you get us some kind of Aramaic that has been spoken in the area of Syria? Here is a list of Aramaic dialects available for translation. I am not sure which one was spoken in Syria but I think the Official Aramaic looks promising. The ancient Syrians spoke Syriac languages which contains many sub-languages that are quite distinct from each other, so it is difficult to choose one. But I think we can't go too wrong with Official Aramaic as it is still used today in some areas of the world. Also why do you want Aramaic? Are you adding a new civ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 The same serves different purposes both in mods and within the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 OK. I will see what I can do to get you some Aramaic. Can you show me a list of words you would like to translate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yekaterina Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 I found an English to Aramaic dictionary http://congyhwhprescottaz.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/7/6/2476874/aramaic_english_dictionary.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Yekaterina said: OK. I will see what I can do to get you some Aramaic. Can you show me a list of words you would like to translate? It would be the same basic list that all civilizations have. https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Audio_Voice_List Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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