Dominion R&d Team : Project Suggestions

A warm and cheerful Hello to all of you who are reading this post.

This Original topic started out as a request for a translator and is now a full team working for a project, The Dominion Project which consists of 2 full length movies and a game.

This team is a Research and Development Team that works mainly on developping the game world. If you read through the posts you will learn more about the game and the project.

If you are interesting in joing the team, say it out loud, tell us what you can do!!

I've chosen the Aqua-Soft community since i know it is filled with great artists and wonderful people.

If you simply feel like you can join the discussion without being part of the team then come on down since i need as much people discussing this project as possible. You should call it an alpha research. I wanna know what you guys think about it, what you would like to see and so on!

I've got mainly 70% of the first movie project developped so this story is on solid ground.

The team now consists of:

Rain

tek

youngou

Care to join?

I thank you very much for helping me as this is really really needed!!!

#48674

I'll try to translate for you, on my other computer ( I don't have the software on this one). I'm not very good, haven't used Chinese in a while.

I don't think you can translate it to Hakka, cos only the pronounciation will be different. And besides, Bladestopper doesn't make sense in Chinese. So I'll be doing direct translation, word by word. I'll post it later.

Oh, Bladestoppers doesn't really exist in Chinese. There's no s.

#48688

I'm a Chinese. I know Chinese. I can type Chinese.

But I dunno what "Bladestopper" means...... :shy:

Never heard about it before... >.<

Otherwise i'll post the chinese writings here in no time...

Good luck anyway. (Y)

#48701

Bladestopper sounds to me like:

1. Defense against swords

2. Armor or Shield

3. Sword Sheath

Could be more... you have to define it to be translated properly.

Most likely you need it translated to the 2 separate words (Blade and Stopper) and have a subtitle (suitably in Chinese) that describes the true meaning.

#48703

Let's see how I do. If I'm horribly off base, maybe a native will come along and fix my mistakes.

Blade stopper - Chinese is somewhat 'long hand', in that you have to write everything out. So there isn't 'blade stopper' per sae, so you could use 'He [who] stops the sword'.

The first character is, basically, 'he', the last one is 'sword', and the middle two are modifiers to 'sword'.

To make it 'bladestoppers', you'll need to change 'he' to 'they' - so, 'they [who] stop the sword'. To do this, all you need to do is add one character after the first one:

This charcter, along with the first character, means 'they (plural 'he')'. That character alone means nothing.

#48704

to me, bladestopper sounds like something to do with rollerblades or something

#48705

well, that chinese translation is quite awkward and inappropriate. if u can explain what those words mean, i might be able to help out.

#48707

well, that chinese translation is quite awkward and inappropriate. if u can explain what those words mean, i might be able to help out.

Awww... that's no fair. You can't just say 'you did that completely wrong'. You have to tell me what I did wrong, so I won't repeat the mistake.

#48709

I'm sorry, i didn't know you guys needed more details.

It's a fighting style.

It is similar to the Northern Dragon Style except it is performed with a normal wakizashi.

It's basically a style i invented for a project i am working on.

Depending on the angle of your hand your are able to "stop" the opponent's blade by basically twisting your opponent's sword...

The "bladestopper" either does it with its bare hands or with its wakizashi

He who stops the sword sounds very good, if you guys have a better name instead of bladestopper just give it up...

I really need this, thank you so much for helping me!!!!

:grateful to eternity:

#48715

[edit] Doh.

#48717

i can give you pinying translations:

Bladestopper

zhi dao

Bladestopper Style\technique

zhi dao fa

Bladestopper School

zhi dao xiao

Bladestopping Master

zhi dao shi

zhi dao is simply the last two charaters in Mithrandel's sentence.

no offense but Mithrandel's line sounds immature.

#48718

Damn, im hakka too, where about are you?

#48740

I can to "traditional Chinese" for you, and can send those translated words in image format to you, let me know if I can help.

-cherrysoul

#48745

perhaps a translation along the lines of tai Chi Chuan?

#48746

Blade stopper : Blade = Jian (sword); stop = zhi ; stopper = zhi zhe.

So, it's : Zhi Jian Zhe.

Blade stopper school - zhi Jian men ; men meaning school in ancient chinese sepaking.

Chinese Language doesn't work the same way as English, so shifting of words is needed. That also goes the same for Japanese (Nihon-go).

Magnolium, if you really want a name which 'stops' the sword, I would suggest Blade Killer. In Chinese , it's : Jian Xa, meaning Sword Kill.

Technique would be Jian Xa Fa.

School WOuld be: Jian Xa Men.

The Master of the school can be called : 'Shifu' implying he is the Master.

Pm me if you want a translator.

#48761

hmm.. my chinese's rusty.

i messed up jian with dao.

#48769

thank you very much for your help...now my answers:

DinoJr: Whats pinying?

cherrysoul: What would the words be in trad chineese?

Taha: "perhaps a translation along the lines of tai Chi Chuan? " I'm not sure i understand what you mean.

Rain: Nihon-go rings a bell to me, what does it mean?

To All:

Even though it may sound stupid but the name has to sound catchy...

so if bladestopper in chineese doesn't sound catchy then i'll have to think of something else...

In the illusion and speed of a flash attack, the "bladestopper" appears to stop his opponent's sword with his bare hands. How would you name that "bladestopper" ???

Winner wins a name in the credits!

#48812

Or, it could be "Dang Jian Zhe", Blade Blocker?

And I don't think some kungfu school should use "Xiao". Maybe "Xue Yuen" or something.

#48821

"And I don't think some kungfu school should use "Xiao". Maybe "Xue Yuen" or something. "

why?

and is it possible to contract Dan Jian Zhe ???

The whole project will be in english except that part when the "bladeblockers" are named.

Their chineese sign will be seen on their wakizashi too...

#48822

Originally posted by Magnolium@Aug 21 2003, 11:28 AM

"And I don't think some kungfu school should use "Xiao". Maybe "Xue Yuen" or something. "

why?

Cos it just sounds weird. "Xiao" is more like high school school, not martial arts center.

Dang Jian Zhe should be like this

#48823

According to what you guys explained, I found "blade stopper" or "blade stopping" should not be translated just as "stop the blade."

There is an existing Chinese word for the skill which can "Stop the blade (sword) with bare hands". If you have watched the animation movie "Animatrix", in the story named "Program", the woman stopped that man's sword with her hands. Is this what "blade stop" means?

The Chinese name of this skill is:

The first line is the Chinese pronunciation of these characters.

The second line is the Chinese characters.

The last line is the English translation of these words. (The "Stop" actually means "take" in this situation. So this whole term means "take a sword which is coming to attack you with your bare hands". To "take" it sounds cooler than to "stop" it. That's the Chinese way.)

#48849

Originally posted by livecn@Aug 21 2003, 01:55 PM

Actually, that translates as "bare hands enter white sword".

Enter as in "going in".

#48855

Blade stopper skill with a catchy name. I think " Jian Xa " would be a cool name for any chinese characters.

Sword-killler sounds Strong, able to stop any attacks by sword and the character is a killer of swords, meaning he's breaks swords up which his opponents uses.

Naturally speaking, when a character uses a technique to "kill" the sword, pugilists in the martial arts scene usually name the technique after the person's name.

Imagine is a senario where the the opponent executes a deadly sword's play technique, where Jian Xa manages to block it, which in the process, the sword shatters to shards.

The opponent asked him for Jian Xa's name which he simply told him, while standing over his opponent. " Jian Xa is my name"

"What technique did you use to break my sword?"

" Jian Xa Fa" and Jian Xa walks away, with his back facing the camera, then the sand were blown from the ground by the wind, partially "misting" Jian Xa's figure as he walks away.

Hmm... sorry for the senario, but i think Jian Xa is a good name for someone deadly, highly skilled and someone who is neutral who swear allegiance to none.

This is my suggestion.

#48882

mm.. i thought jiàn shā was the correct hànyŭpīnyīn

@ magnolium : pinyin is a kind of phonetic system for chinese characters

#48886

hey, u know what, it seems to me that we're talking about the seemingly chinese characters in what is in fact the japanese language. cos i've gone thru all the messages you guys left. yeah, some of the characters and pronounciations are almost there. but just ain't quite right. i think it's not because their chinese problem, but because of their understanding of the concept.

below is my interpretation (u got people who keep saying, rather than posting the result), i hope it would work for you. any comments are very welcome.

p.s. i've thought about it. though i could come up with the simplified chinese translation (which more or less reflects the japanese translation too). but i insist that this a very japanese term. so it would be better if you could consult a japanese in the forum

#48892