How words "Alien" and "Predator" are translated in your language?

Started by Kradan, Feb 04, 2019, 08:53:57 PM

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How words "Alien" and "Predator" are translated in your language? (Read 4,639 times)

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Immortan Jonesy

In Spanish, Space Jockey is Jinete del Espacio and Engineer is Ingeniero ;D

Local Trouble

Yet another UPP tongue.

Voodoo Magic


Samhain13

If we are going to include other terms, for portuguese:

Space jockey = Jóquei espacial
Engineer = Engenheiro
Xenomorph = Xenomorfo
Alien queen = Rainha alienígena
Synthetic = Sintético

Huggs

Huggs

#20
Alien - Der schwarze Schwanz des Todes

Predator - destripador de calaveras

Voodoo Magic

Quote from: Huggs on Feb 05, 2019, 01:17:34 AM
Alien - Der schwarze Schwanz des Todes

Predator - destripador de calaveras

Destripador my friend's nickname in college.

Kradan

"Covenant" is "Заповіт" and "Завет" and pronounced as "Zapovit" and "Zavet" respectively

"Isolation" is "Ізоляція" and "Изоляция" and pronounced as "Izolyatsiya" in both

Oasis Nadrama

Official French version

The Derelict = L'épave
The Company = La Compagnie
Android = Androïde
Mother = Mère / Maman (depending on the translations)
Fiorina 161 = Furie 361 (uh, sure, WTF were you even smoking, translators)
Engineers = Ingénieurs
Coccoon = Cocon
Eggs = Œufs
The Queen = La Reine



Here are the words which are NOT officially translated, so I'm providing personal translations.

Alien = Étranger
Predator = Prédateur
Facehugger = Étreigneur de visage
Chestburster = Creveur de poitrine
Hammerpede = Marteltête
Trilobite = Trilobite
The Deacon = Le Diacre
Space jockey = Pilote de l'espace
Newt = Têtard

Kradan

Kradan

#24
"Resurrection" is "Воскресіння" and "Воскрешение" and is prounced as "Voskresinnya" and "Voskreshenye" respectively

(if anybody interested)


"Jockey" is "Жокей" and is pronounced as "Jokey" in both languages

"Engineer" is "Інженер" and "Инженер" and is prounced as ""Inzhener"" in both languages

Space Invader

In the Russian dub of Prometheus, Engineers are called Creators ("Создатели", pronounced "Sozdateli").

Kradan

Kradan

#26
Quote from: Aliens Exist on Feb 06, 2019, 05:01:47 AM
In the Russian dub of Prometheus, Engineers are called Creators ("Создатели", pronounced "Sozdateli").

OK, you caught me. Russian translators do whatever they want. I get so used to "Engineer"

Necronomicon II

Alien is translated as "juicy" for us Aussies.  ;D

Ingwar

In Polish Alien is Obcy and Predator is ... Predator :)

Polish poster from 1980.


Kradan

Quote from: Ingwar on Feb 08, 2019, 11:16:56 PM
In Polish Alien is Obcy and Predator is ... Predator :)

Polish poster from 1980.



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