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tikru 01-06-05, 05:29 PM	Hi, I'm new here! :D I don't know if this has been answered somewhere, but I haven't found an answer. I'd like to know what Forgotten Realms is called in other languages. I think I know some names: Spanish: Reinos Olvidados Italian: Regni Dimenticati German: Vergessene Welten Dutch?: Vergeten Koninkrijk French: Les Royaumes Oublies Any other names? And are these right? Is there any place I could check this? Help much appreciated! :)
Sammael_the_Chosen 01-07-05, 02:32 AM	Well, there isn't an exact translation for "realm" in Serbian, so out of the several possible choices, our word for "kingdom" fits the best. Serbian: Zaboravljena Kraljevstva
Perun 01-07-05, 03:20 AM	Well, there isn't an exact translation for "realm" in Serbian, so out of the several possible choices, our word for "kingdom" fits the best. Serbian: Zaboravljena Kraljevstva And it's the same in Croatian. You could also translate 'realm' as 'svijet' (which actually means 'world -- I noticed above that in German it's translated as 'welten', which (IIRC) means 'worlds'). So, "Zaboravljeni svijetovi". Although the official translations of the FR novels use "Zaboravljena kraljevstva".
Mysterio 01-07-05, 04:32 AM	Forgotten Realms is translated as "Vergessene Reiche" in German.
Mr. FIXIT 01-07-05, 05:51 AM	Forgotten Realms would be translated into "Glemte Riger" in Danish.
Gez 01-07-05, 06:35 AM	While forgotten is pretty clear, realm means many things and can be translated several ways. It means a domain. At first a king's domain (aka kingdom), but it was expanded to a broader meaning ("the animal, vegetal and mineral realms", for example). So it can be a synonym of kingdom ("King Bob's realm"), of land ("the strange realm of the marsupial bearfrogs"), of domain, etc. German: Vergessene Welten Forgotten Realms is translated as "Vergessene Reiche" in German. Which is it? :) French: Les Royaumes Oublies Les Royaumes Oubliés, even. (Accents are important as they could change the meaning of the word, but they're not easy to get on most keyboards.) Royaume, just like Realm in fact, means both a land/world/place, and a king's domain. Also, Faerûn was translated to Féerune... (Other funny translations: Waterdeep -> Eauprofonde, and Waterdhavian -> Aquafondéen; Moonshae -> Sélénaë.)
faridjo 01-07-05, 06:37 AM	Hahhah this is quite fun, how about a translation of forgotten realm in my mother language the malay language. Well here i goes:- Alam yang dilupakan basicly Alam mean realm and dilupakan means forgotten.
tikru 01-07-05, 06:52 AM	Thanks for the many replies! :) I forgot to mention in my first post that I actually meant "official" translations, used by WOTC, which may not be literal in some cases. Some translations (in my first post) I got when I Googled, and saw some "keywords" to a Baldur's Gate site. So that's why I think the German version is "official", used by WOTC or its subsidiaries, although Welten means of course "worlds". What about the official translations? I don't even know in which languages FR is published besides English. Spanish, German and French at least, probably? Would you be so kind and mention if your translation is official or unofficial? :D EDIT: forgot to say how cool it is to find out what it is in your own languages, official or not. Thanks again!
Mysterio 01-07-05, 07:24 AM	I use some German Forgotten Realms source books and the official German translation is definitely "Vergessene Reiche" :)
Tempus665 01-07-05, 07:33 AM	Dutch?: Vergeten Koninkrijk While there is no official Dutch translation that I know of, I'd translate it as Vergeten Rijken. Koninkrijk means kingdom, which, IMO, is too specific.
boblastears 01-07-05, 11:35 AM	In portuguese they use Forgotten realms, with the sub title "Os Reinos Esquecidos"
tikru 01-07-05, 03:56 PM	updated and moved the list, which is now in reply no. 25
Perun 01-07-05, 05:07 PM	Serbian: Zaboravljena Kraljevstva * This might be seen as nitpicking, but I'll risk it nonetheless... Although Serbian and Croatian names for FR (and many other things) are identical, they're still two different languages, and I don't know whether any FR novels have been oficially translated to Serbian.
Sammael_the_Chosen 01-07-05, 05:17 PM	I believe Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds have been translated into Serbian. And yes, Perun is correct - Serbian and Croatian used to be a single language (Serbo-Croatian) but are now considered separate. Same goes for Bosnian. And Montenegrins are making a claim for their own language as well... Of course, if you ask me, I'd just call the language "Southern Slavic" and be done with it. I wouldn't miss the name "Serbian" at all. The majority doesn't share my opinion, though.
WizO_BigSister 01-10-05, 12:51 PM	Here's the Forgotten Realms page (http://www.devir.es/producto/dnd/reinos_olvidados/inicio/index.htm) for the complany that sells the Spanish translations. Someone who reads Spanish will be able to tell you what's on offer :P Sadly I am a monoglot :embarrass
Gladi 01-12-05, 04:41 PM	Bright day In Czechia only novels are published, but we are not allowed to speak of them here...EDIT: huh me got to read Nov upsate, me sorry now. Anyway Czech: Zapomenuté Říše (Zah-poh-men-oo[but short]-teh[now long, the accent mark in czech shows long wovel] Rzh[true sound is unpronounciable by English]-e-she[like in Shem]).
Finrod 01-13-05, 06:21 PM	In Greek it would be: Xehasmena Basilia or Xehasmeni Lai
dragonfriend 01-14-05, 03:33 AM	The Realms have also an Italian Edition...and we prefer the word "Reami" instead of "Regni"..so "Reami Dimenticati"
ManinDarkness 01-14-05, 03:34 PM	Here's the Forgotten Realms page (http://www.devir.es/producto/dnd/reinos_olvidados/inicio/index.htm) for the complany that sells the Spanish translations. Someone who reads Spanish will be able to tell you what's on offer :P Sadly I am a monoglot :embarrass The titles and proper names are so crappy when traslated. A friend of mine even had trouble finding Aguas Profundas (Waterdeep). And if the game haven't been named Neverwinter, I would never guess that was the city of Noivern (a more accurate, but still crappy, traslation would've been Nuncainvierno). On the other side, it is a lot cheaper and faster for me to buy the books online than waiting their traslation and import from Europe, so all my books are the english version.
dragonfriend 01-14-05, 04:56 PM	The Realms have also an Italian Edition...and we prefer the word "Reami" instead of "Regni"..so "Reami Dimenticati" As above, "Reami Dimenticati" is the italian translation...but we still use "Forgotten Realms" on the covers of the books. www.25edition.it is the website of the italian publisher for D&D+FR+DL+ other games. :) :)
warlockco 01-15-05, 01:30 AM	This might be seen as nitpicking, but I'll risk it nonetheless... Although Serbian and Croatian names for FR (and many other things) are identical, they're still two different languages, and I don't know whether any FR novels have been oficially translated to Serbian. Just like how there are two different Spanish Languages. There is "Mexican" Spanish and there is "Spain" Spanish (starts with a C, can think of the actual word). A friend of mine got in trouble with her Spanish Teacher, because her Grandfather was teaching her "proper" Spanish (Spain) and the Teacher was teaching her "Mexican" Spanish.
Perun 01-15-05, 12:37 PM	Just like how there are two different Spanish Languages. There is "Mexican" Spanish and there is "Spain" Spanish (starts with a C, can think of the actual word). A friend of mine got in trouble with her Spanish Teacher, because her Grandfather was teaching her "proper" Spanish (Spain) and the Teacher was teaching her "Mexican" Spanish. Kind of similar, but not quite :) And it's Castillan, if I'm not mistaken (the other "spanish" languages being Catalonian and Galician, with Euskara/Basque among the euskaldunak/basques).
Cahir The Knight of Nilfgaard 01-15-05, 06:13 PM	In Polish it would be: "Zapomniane Krainy" ;)
ManinDarkness 01-17-05, 12:00 PM	Kind of similar, but not quite :) And it's Castillan, if I'm not mistaken (the other "spanish" languages being Catalonian and Galician, with Euskara/Basque among the euskaldunak/basques). The nowadays Castillan is Spanish. It is a politically correct term to name the language in Spain. The diferences between "Castillan" and the Spanish spoken in Mexico are quite nil, mainly regionalisms, quite as are the diferences between American English and the British one.
tikru 01-19-05, 05:03 PM	WOW, new replies! Again, many thanks to you all! So, this is a list of translations so far. There's a * (star) if it's officially used. Croatian: Zaboravljena Kraljevstva * Czech: Zapomenuté Říše Danish: Glemte Riger Dutch: Vergeten Rijken Finland: Unohdetut Valtakunnat French: Les Royaumes Oubliés * German: Vergessene Reiche * Greek: Xehasmena Basilia or Xehasmeni Lai Italian: Reami Dimenticati Malay: Alam yang dilupakan Polish: Zapomniane Krainy Portuguese: Os Reinos Esquecidos * Serbian: Zaboravljena Kraljevstva * Spanish: Reinos Olvidados * Swedish: Glömde Riken Feel free to add or make corrections!
dragonfriend 01-21-05, 03:07 AM	WOW, new replies! Again, many thanks to you all! Italian: that's funny, reami? I could swear I saw a (picture of a) cover of an Italian book and it had "regni" in it! Maybe "regni" is the official translation but people like to use "reami" instead? Strange... Feel free to add or make corrections! Belive me, no book has "Regni" on the cover, as said, we use "Forgotten Realms" on covers and "Reami" inside the books.
biomante 01-21-05, 01:08 PM	Warlockco: ManinDarkness is correct, there is only one Spanish (Castellano); the differences between countries are just regionalisms (You can even find different ways of speaking inside Spain itself, depending on the area). Some expressions change according to the country (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Spain, Chile, etc. ; besides Spain there is almost one continent out there with the same language), but we understand each other perfectly. So any person that thinks that only spanish from Spain is the "proper" language is quite wrong; it would be like saying that Canadians or Americans don't speak proper english because they don't speak like the British. Besides, languages are always evolving, specially when they are used by so many people, as is the case of Spanish. Well, I just wanted to clarify that... Saludos a todos los hispanoparlantes que frecuentan este sitio
tikru 01-21-05, 03:29 PM	Alright, I take your word for it, dragonfriend :) I changed it to reami. I couldn't find the pictures of the covers of the books in Italian anymore, don't know where in the internet I saw them, so I can't prove my case :D
dragonfriend 01-21-05, 09:44 PM	Alright, I take your word for it, dragonfriend :) I changed it to reami. I couldn't find the pictures of the covers of the books in Italian anymore, don't know where in the internet I saw them, so I can't prove my case :D Maybe you have seen some old novel edition :confused: but I don't remember anything like that. Well, I'm happy you trust me and, as written before, check www.25edition.it theitalian publisher of the Realms.