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Niemand

5/30/2012 3:05 PM UTC

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I'll have to play through this map again. At least I'll remember what's what.
The first time, I think I played through this map using the Tower. There's a castle on the snow, as far as I remember.

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makshaker

5/31/2012 4:33 PM UTC

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Good day! I have a question: as far as I know, in English, the combination of letters "PH" is pronounced like the Russian sound "F". So why, in all versions of Heroes 3, is the name of the elf Mephala written as "Mephala" and not "Mefala"?

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hunter98

5/31/2012 4:37 PM UTC

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makshaker

Good day! Here's a question: as far as I know, in English, the combination of letters "PH" is pronounced like the Russian sound "F". So why in all versions of Heroes 3, the name of the elf Mephala is written as "MePHala" and not "MeFала"?

That's how we do localization here... but honestly, what difference does it make? When I play as Mephala, I don't even pay attention to her name; even if they wrote something offensive instead of her name, it wouldn't matter... =)

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

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Niemand

5/31/2012 5:40 PM UTC

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makshaker

Good day! I have a question: as far as I know, in English, the combination of letters "PH" is pronounced like the Russian sound "F". So why, in all versions of Heroes 3, is the name of the elf Mephala written as "MePHala" and not "MeFала"?

Not in all versions. In my complete collection from Buka, it's written as "MeFала".

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2hunter98: does it really make that much difference?

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hunter98

5/31/2012 5:53 PM UTC

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GoedenDag

Not in all of them. I have the complete collection from Buky - it still has Mephala.

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2hunter98: so it's really not that different?

I'm more interested in her specialty than her name. Although, if there's really going to be swearing, I'll laugh))) but then I'll get used to it and stop paying attention...

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

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dnaop-wr

5/31/2012 6:16 PM UTC

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hunter98

That's the kind of Russian localization we have...

That's right. In Armageddon's Blade, the alchemist, Tan, is somehow called Tanya – is it a machine translation or a translator's quirk? I don't know, but it looks ridiculous.

Техника в руках индейца мертва.
Справочник по НоММ-4 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-heroes-iv.html

Памятка по НоММ-3 http://handbookhmm.ru/pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii.html
и HotA http://handbookhmm.ru/vyishla-obnovlennaya-pamyatka-dlya-homm-iii-hota.html

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hunter98

5/31/2012 6:25 PM UTC

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dnaop-wr

That's right. In Armageddon's Blade, the alchemist named Tan is somehow called Tanya – is it a machine translation or a translator's quirk? I don't know, but it looks ridiculous.

It's scary to even imagine... what if someone named Christian is translated as Christina...
P.S. In all translations, there's a female cleric named Sanya!!1 When I read it for the first time, I laughed for a long time...)

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

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Niemand

5/31/2012 7:05 PM UTC

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dnaop-wr

That's right. In Armageddon's Blade, the alchemist named Tan is somehow called Tanya – is it a machine translation or a translator's quirk? I don't know, but it looks silly.

And indeed – I found the AB executable in the WoG folder. Definitely Tanya. Well done, translators! :D :D :D

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Marmot

5/31/2012 8:35 PM UTC

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hunter98

It's scary to even imagine... what if someone has a character named Christian - Christina...
P.S. In all the translations, there's a female character (cleric) named Sanya!!1 When I read it for the first time, I laughed for a long time...)

"Alexandra, Alexandra..." :) (there's a song like that)
And what difference does it make to you: Mephala or Mefala? In different editions and in different translations, names and titles of cities and creatures sound different, but I've long been used to it and don't pay attention to it. I remember being surprised when I learned from the Complete Collection that some hero is actually... a heroine! :D So what: we're not going to marry them, are we?! :D

Воскресайте, камінні душі, Розчиняйте серця і чоло, Щоб не сказали Про вас грядущі: їх на землі не було…
(Василь Симоненко. Люди – прекрасні)

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hunter98

5/31/2012 8:45 PM UTC

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Marmot

"Alexandra, Alexandra..." :) (there's a song like that)
And what difference does it make to you: Mephala or Mefala? In different editions and in different translations, the names and titles of cities and creatures sound different, but I've long gotten used to it and don't pay attention to it. For example, I was surprised when I learned from the Complete Collection that some hero is actually... a heroine! :D So what? We're not going to marry them, are we?! :D

If you're talking about the dessert, then I understand) it's very difficult to determine by name, as well as by the picture. I always thought that the dessert was a guy.:D
By the way, regarding Sanya and Alexandra. It seems that Sanya is a male version of Alexander, but I've never heard of women being called Sanya. Sasha is another matter, but... Sanya... the authors have a good imagination.

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

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Juristis

5/31/2012 8:52 PM UTC

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hunter98

If you're talking about DESSA, I understand. It's very difficult to tell based on the name or the picture. I always thought DESSA was a guy. :D

DESSA is a guy; in the editor, his gender is set to male.

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hunter98

5/31/2012 8:54 PM UTC

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Juristis

That guy, he has the male gender selected in the editor.

Well, that's what I'm saying, it's hard to tell who's male and who's "female." By the way, it turns out I was right to think that... =)</

"Никто не уходит из героев вечно", - убедился на личном опыте, гоняю в сингле до сих пор :D

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Dirty_Player

5/31/2012 11:36 PM UTC

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hunter98

P.S. In all translations, there is a female character (cleric) named SANYA!!1 When I read it for the first time, I laughed for a long time...)

Well, actually, Sanya is difficult to translate otherwise. By the way, I have a friend named Alexandra, and I sometimes call her Sanya :)

makshaker

6/1/2012 8:08 AM UTC

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Good day to all! I didn't think my question about "Russification" in Heroes would spark such a lively discussion. Here's another example – the hero Jeddite. According to all parameters – both the portrait and the editor – he's a male. But in the hero's description, it says that Jeddite saw Xenophax's face. Now, a question on a different topic. I downloaded a program to launch Heroes in any screen resolution. I've been looking for something like this for a long time; my respect and kudos to the author. So, the question is: can it be adapted to launch Heroes Chronicles?

Marmot

6/1/2012 7:15 PM UTC

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makshaker, that's exactly the one I meant! In the Complete Collection, her name is written as Jeditta. And her biography is also from there: "...considering she's still alive..." But the default gender is male! :D Basically, she's a transgender character! :D