Housepets!

Well, let’s start with the original sentence ‘all hail the rain-ing king!’
Of course, it cannot be properly translated as it is in Italian, thus I chose another ‘climatic’ pun.
‘Su questo non ci piove’ it both means ‘this is just true’, and also is a mockery about the inability of the weather wizard to make any rain –‘non ci piove’, lit. ‘it doesn’t rain over us’

it wasn't really hard to hide Grape's gender for a few strips. for example, I put substantives instead of adjectives, such as in 'blashpemer', which I replaced with 'blasfemie' (sub) instead of 'blasfemo' (adj)

The real challenges I had were with Rufus 'dead' jokes in the farm arc and above all the 'ode to the cat' Peanut recited for his napping friend.

valerio wrote:
The real challenges I had were with Rufus 'dead' jokes in the farm arc and above all the 'ode to the cat' Peanut recited for his napping friend.

But... Grape's gender was reveled much much before that, in the cat-lover ark, so I don't think it's necessary to hide it anymore after that.

lopiko wrote:

valerio wrote:
The real challenges I had were with Rufus 'dead' jokes in the farm arc and above all the 'ode to the cat' Peanut recited for his napping friend.

But... Grape's gender was reveled much much before that, in the cat-lover ark, so I don't think it's necessary to hide it anymore after that.

Oh wait no! you mean the puns, not the gender hiding, haha, yeah, I'll have a fun time with those...
but it was hard with the rain-ing king joke, because, I don't even get the joke! English puns are hard...

Mas!

The spanish maniacal laugh WINS!

I always think that Spanish speakers laugh harder because our "J" is stronger then their "H" jeje

lopiko wrote:I always think that Spanish speakers laugh harder because our "J" is stronger then their "H" jeje

For me its almost the same, but I prefer "Haha" than "jaja"

God job Lopiko, i can fully understand in chilean spanish.

It's really similar, it only gets difficult when using very country-specific words and slang, but other than that I think this is understandable for most people, and believe me i will completely avoid Mexican slang in the translation.

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Oh man I'm so sorry! but sometimes I had to do many things and I'm sometimes away from the computer I use to translate...
sorry, but 3 more coming today!

The three I promised, but wait... I lied...

...Because there are six today.

teh gaim is kewl like these translations.

I wonder if people from Spanish speaking countries (where the game's not played) will get the whole thing... but well.

I keep approving of these translations
'Rayos' is the best swearing I heard in this language!

PS - I wouldn't have used a genre-indicating word such as 'tramposo', since Grape's gender is not to be revealed for some few strips more

valerio wrote:I keep approving of these translations
'Rayos' is the best swearing I heard in this language!

PS - I wouldn't have used a genre-indicating word such as 'tramposo', since Grape's gender is not to be revealed for some few strips more

Well, it's no much like s swearing, means litterally "lightning"and it's the same as saying darn-

and, yeah I know Grape's gender must be kept ambigous now, but remember everybody in the comic thinks that Grape's a guy, until they're told otherwise, and if you see the original English of that particular strip, somebody says: "give HIM the chainsaw" meaning they believe Grape is a guy.

Wow, and I'm surprised how I can understand some Italian without studying it, and you can undertand some Spanish too (Although I don't know if you studied it) pretty cool.

lopiko wrote:and, yeah I know Grape's gender must be kept ambigous now, but remember everybody in the comic think that Grape's a guy, until they're told otherwise, and if you see the original English of that particular strip, somebody says: "give HIM the chainsaw" meaning they believe Grape is a guy.

Of all the people besides me who noticed that, the first who actually mentioned it is from Mexico. Awesome.

uh, Mexican :p

edit: haha! the time it took me to correct you was the same time it took you to realize, Oops.

lopiko wrote:uh, Mexican :p

edit: haha! the time it took me to correct you was the same time it took you to realize, Oops.

Hahaha, sorry, man.
When I said it, I didn't really think in terms of nationality so much as that's what the language is called. It was a silly mistake.

hehe, no problem, I'm not... like... to be offended by something so simple

the only spanish I ever 'studied' was the one of the 'Mafalda' comic. Since I already had the italian edition, comparing helped me through many words.

I think I should do the same with you Italian translation, you know, to learn some words, and as for the pronunciation, it's very similar, and what it's not similar I know it

Three easy and short ones for today, I was going to star with the "Cat-lover" ark today, but no... I start with it tomorrow while I figure out how the heck I'm supposed to translate "Cat-lover" to Spanish...

Valerio, I see the Italian word is "Gattaro" funny you can say it in one word hehe, but, how so?

YAY More spanish stuff. Mmm, good...

Anyway, back to biz:

Valerio, I see the Italian word is "Gattaro" funny you can say it in one word hehe, but, how so?

the regular term should be 'amante dei gatti' or 'gattofilo'. But the first was too long for translations and the second too technical. Spoils all the fun.
'Gattaro' is used in Rome to define those people (usually our elders) who use to take care of the stray cats, especially the ones living by the Colosseo. It's more of a slang word, but it defines excellently a cat lover. Couldn't resist using it.
So, is 'mascota' the spanish word for 'pet'? In this, italian is a disaster, we don't have a single word for it

PS - since you use to translate each strip's title (a thing I should do as well), here are two suggestion for 'a real buzz' you seem to have forgotten

un zumbido
un verdadero choque

Wow! that word is so perfect! I wish Spanish could have a word like that hehe
And yeah, Mascota is the word for pet... much longer than the word pet, which gives me problems sometimes...

and yeah! thanks for the help with the word "Buzz" I know what it means, but not all the meanings of it are so easy to translate...
how did you get it?

shamelessely used online dictionaries and google translator

valerio wrote: un verdadero choque

Wahahahaha ohhhh that's wonderful
I love it
Use it

typo: chocolare? more like chocolate

keep doing it, you are making a good job.

Oh, crap! sorry, I will ensure to spellcheck them 58 times before uploading them...

Anonymous_Pyro wrote:typo: chocolare?

It's Latin!

chocolare, chocolavi, chocolatus sum: to be delicious

To be delicious! hahah, good one.

rickgriffin wrote:

Anonymous_Pyro wrote:typo: chocolare?

It's Latin!

chocolare, chocolavi, chocolatus sum: to be delicious

I love you, O Latin master.

rickgriffin wrote:

Anonymous_Pyro wrote:typo: chocolare?

It's Latin!

chocolare, chocolavi, chocolatus sum: to be delicious

I didnt know this thread was the latin translation of the comic

anyway thanks for the info

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