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[DayZ Homepage] Improved German Translation of "Welcome to DayZ" paragraph

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I admit it, I was bored.

 

I have noticed that the German translation of the "Welcome to Chernarus" text on the homepage of dayzmod.com contained a couple of minor mistakes (spelling, punctuation). I went on improving the translation a bit.. although it was already quite good in the beginning, don't get me wrong.

 

So, fellow German DayZ players, please check if I haven't made any new mistakes and kindly give your feedback for the "new" translation, then someone can exchange the text on the website.

 

 

Suggestion for new translation - German:

 

* Updated *

 

Ein 225 km² großer, frei begehbarer, ehemaliger Sowjetstaat wird durch einen bisland unbekannten Virus getroffen, der den Großteil der Menschheit auslöscht.

Du bist einer der wenigen Überlebenden, der dieses Ödland durchstreift, im Kampf um das eigene Überleben und gegen jene, die den Virus in sich tragen.

Wähle deinen Weg in dieser brutalen und unbarmherzigen Welt - allein oder als Teil einer Gruppe. Versuche, zu überleben. Mit welchen Mitteln auch immer.

 

 

Orginal text - German:

Ein 225 km² großer, frei begehbarer, post sovietischer Staat, welcher durch einen bislang unbekannten Virus getroffen wurde, der den Großteil der Menschheit ausgelöscht hatte.

Du bist einer der wenigen Überlebenden der nun dieses neue Ödland durchsuchen muss während er gegen die verbleibenden Infizierten kämpft.

Kämpfe allein, im Team oder mach was auch immer du willst in dieser brutalen Welt. Benutze egal welche Mittel um zu überleben.

 

Original text - English:

A 225 km2 open world post-soviet state and one of the areas hit by a new and presently unknown infection which has wiped out most of the world's population.

You are one of the few who have survived and now you must search this new wasteland in order to fight for your life against what is left of the indigenous population, now infected with the disease.

Go Solo, team up with friends or take on the world as you choose your path in this brutal and chilling landscape using whatever means you stumble upon to survive.

Edited by GodOfGrain
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Why do Germans always need to translate everything? I've been there a couple of times, and one of the times I saw Die Hard. With German voice-over!

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Why do Germans always need to translate everything? I've been there a couple of times, and one of the times I saw Die Hard. With German voice-over!

because there are more ppl on this world that speak german than for example...danish :P

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Well, it is already translated, but does contain mistakes.

The first page a viewer sees should not necessarily contain mistakes ;)

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Why do Germans always need to translate everything? I've been there a couple of times, and one of the times I saw Die Hard. With German voice-over!

 

After two failed wars we shifted our ambitions towards establishing a dominance of German language.

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After two failed wars we shifted our ambitions towards establishing a dominance of German language.

 

Haha, good one. I surrender. Translate whatever you want :D

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Suggestion for new translation - German:

Ein 225 km² großer, frei begehbarer, postsowjetischer Staat, welcher durch einen bislang unbekannten Virus getroffen wurde, der bereits den Großteil der Menschheit ausgelöscht hat.

Du bist einer der wenigen Überlebenden, der nun dieses Ödland durchstreift, im Kampf um das eigene Leben und gegen jene, die nun den Virus in sich tragen.

Wähle deinen Weg in dieser brutalen und unbarmherzigen Welt, ob allein oder als Teil einer Gruppe. Versuche zu überleben, mit welchen Mitteln auch immer.

 

 

Ein 225 km² großer, frei begehbarer, ehemaliger Sowjetstaat wird durch einen bisland unbekannten Virus getroffen, der den Großteil der Menschheit auslöscht.

Du bist einer der wenigen Überlebenden, der dieses Ödland durchstreift, im Kampf um das eigene Überleben und gegen jene, die den Virus in sich tragen.

Wähle deinen Weg in dieser brutalen und unbarmherzigen Welt - allein oder als Teil einer Gruppe. Versuche, zu überleben. Mit welchen Mitteln auch immer.

 

 

I hope you don't mind. :) Quite liked your version, but I thought I should throw my version out there.

I changed one or two things here and there to get rid of a couple of commas (as usual in German there were far too many) and to create a bit more tension while reading by altering the punctuation.

 

I also changed the first sentence significantly, as the second part is present, while the first one was past - which doesn't make sense at all.

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Deutsche sind Korinthenkacker, stehen auf Beamtendeutsch, lieben Behördengänge und am hätten am liebsten alles dreilagig ( translate this ) ;)  :lol:

 

You deleted one or two things in the first sentence...The translation is good enough imo.

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I hope you don't mind. :) Quite liked your version, but I thought I should throw my version out there.

I changed one or two things here and there to get rid of a couple of commas (as usual in German there were far too many) and to create a bit more tension while reading by altering the punctuation.

 

I also changed the first sentence significantly, as the second part is present, while the first one was past - which doesn't make sense at all.

 

Yea, good changes. Have included them above

 

Btw, I actually like the English original a lot. Difficult to get there in German without rewriting it completly.

Perhaps English is just very well suited to write about a zombie-apocalyptic setting.

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