 Need German translation for a name, Because relying on Google Translate is stupid |
 Jun 21 2012, 05:16 PM
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Old Man Jones  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699  |
This is a request for the German-speaking folks here.
I'm writing up a villain NPC for a home Silver-Age style superhero game. It's an insane robot, part of an invading force from an alternate universe where the Axis won World War 2 and now has set their sights on conquering other dimensions. The character's moniker is "Iron Maiden", but I was wondering if there was good German translation that works well as a name. I know the German translation for "iron maiden" is "eiserne jungfrau", but is there any better way of writing it? Doesn't exactly trip off the tongue. Sometimes I see multiple German words mashed together to make names, but not being a native speaker I'm not sure about the grammar rules for doing that. -k |
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KarmaInferno Need German translation for a name Jun 21 2012, 05:16 PM
StealthSigma QUOTE (KarmaInferno @ Jun 21 2012, 01:16 ... Jun 21 2012, 06:13 PM Grinder Schmetterling Putsch doesn't make any sense at... Jun 22 2012, 01:40 PM
StealthSigma QUOTE (Grinder @ Jun 22 2012, 09:40 AM) S... Jun 22 2012, 02:58 PM Grinder QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Jun 22 2012, 04:58 ... Jun 23 2012, 06:24 AM CanRay "The Devil has made a Robot!" Jun 22 2012, 04:48 PM Nikoli how's about Eisernenikel? loosely translates ... Jun 22 2012, 05:55 PM Grinder QUOTE Eisernenikel
That's no valid word. Jun 23 2012, 06:23 AM CanRay Or go Asimov on it, give it a typical human name a... Jun 23 2012, 06:49 AM Thanee I. Robot, short for Insane Robot. Ah, wait, that... Jun 23 2012, 08:42 AM Stahlseele Terminatrix for a female robot?
Most people will k... Jun 23 2012, 10:23 AM Naysayer Eiserne Rüstungs-Waffe, Infanterie Nahkampfeinheit... Jun 23 2012, 11:49 AM StealthSigma QUOTE (Naysayer @ Jun 23 2012, 07:49 AM) ... Jun 26 2012, 11:37 AM KarmaInferno Thanks so far for all the responses.
The invading... Jun 25 2012, 03:19 PM Thanee In that case, I would probably stay with "Eis... Jun 25 2012, 04:23 PM Sengir How about shortening it to "Die Eiserne?... Jun 25 2012, 05:04 PM Stahlseele Eisenmagd is pretty close, but in english it would... Jun 25 2012, 11:32 PM CanRay QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jun 25 2012, 06:32 PM... Jun 26 2012, 01:06 AM  |
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