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Off topic: How do you say "zombie"? Thread poster: Triston Goodwin
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Howdy folks!
I have a crazy request for you all. I am going to be attending Comic Con here in St. Louis and I thought that it would be a great opportunity to market my video game translation work. I'm trying to get some t-shirts made with different funny translation/video game references. For example, I have been toying with "T.A.G. Translations - Yeah, I hablo Español." Another one that I think would be neat is to have the word "Zombie" translated into a dozen or so different languages, but I wanted to ask all of you for your distinct translations as I only work in ESEN.
So here's the question, how do you say "zombie" in your working languages? And if you have any other ideas for t-shirts, let me know ^_^
Thanks!
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| Spanish: "zombi" | Mar 8, 2013 |
"Zombi" without the letter e is how it is reflected in the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, which is usually considered the standard in Spanish.
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Nicole Schnell 
United States
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
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Is the Hebrew rendering. Zumbi in Portuguese.
Suerte
D.F.
N.B. Yes this is Brazilian Portuguese!
[Edited at 2013-03-09 16:06 GMT]
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Phil Hand
China
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Diana Coada (X)
United Kingdom
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| In Portuguese: | Mar 9, 2013 |
''zombie'' or ''morto-vivo''. I think ''zumbi'' is used in Brazilian Portuguese.
In Romanian it's ''zombi''.
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In Serbian it's "zombi" in Latin script and "зомби", in Cyrillic.
Maybe you should try another word, because this would to be pretty much the same in most of the languages
[Edited at 2013-03-09 10:39 GMT]
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Jan Willem van Dormolen (X)
Netherlands
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Zombie, pronounced almost the same as in English.
I know, there was a time when my country was ahead in innovation...
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EvaVer (X)
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we also say zombie, sorry, no special word for it
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Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
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Abdallah Ali
United Kingdom
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MODERATOR
زومبي
Pronounced pretty much the same as you do in English /zɒmbi/
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| FR: zombie or zombi | Mar 11, 2013 |
Both spelling exist in French. The one with a final "E" is, I would think, more common. And I can see why: /zombi/, phonetically, clearly is a borrowed word. It is therefore used as such.
[Edited at 2013-03-11 00:51 GMT]
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