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martin-montreal

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Remember their French names?
« on: October 19, 2012, 10:03:54 PM »
Found this last week:






They were ad in this comic book (Front cover):



Back cover:


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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2012, 10:08:57 PM »
Close-up scan 1 of 2:




2 of 2:


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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2012, 12:23:54 AM »
While most of their translated name are good, I can't explain some:

Sci-Fi --> D-F, for our English reader, Science-Fiction (Sci-Fi) are the same words in French. So, I have no idea what D-F stand for...
Lifeline --> Attrape (in English Catch)? WTF? Secouriste would have been better...
Mainframe --> Châssis, That person just took the dictionary (Frame --> Structure --> Châssis) and had no clue (at all) about computers. I mean call him Ordinateur (Computer), Serveur (Server), Réseau (Network), Central, etc. and it would have been way better than Châssis...  ???
Air tight --> "Le pompier". Pompier mean Fireman... WTF? And why, "Le" before? His name wasn't "The" Air Tight...  ::)
Snake Eyes --> Zorro???? Ok, both (Zorro and Snake Eyes) are dressed in Black... but still sound stupid...


The best one are:

Dial-Tone --> Déclic, I mean, it's smart!!
Roadblock --> Obstructeur... is better than "Bloqueur de rue" which would have been plain stupid... "Barreur" could have been great too...
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2012, 05:47:11 PM »
These names were used in France, not here..
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2012, 05:53:19 PM »
I remember Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow.

Storm Shadow sorta made sense but how the funkytown do you get Zorro from Snake-Eyes?
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2012, 05:54:07 PM »
i.e.
-Quick Kick was called ''Savate'' over here, not Savata
-Roadblock was Barrage
-Dial-Tone was Manoeuvre
-Sci-Fi was S.-F.

..and so on
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2012, 07:06:50 PM »
Quote from: 5h4rK on October 21, 2012, 05:54:07 PM
i.e.
-Quick Kick was called ''Savate'' over here, not Savata
-Roadblock was Barrage
-Dial-Tone was Manoeuvre
-Sci-Fi was S.-F.

..and so on

Really?
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2012, 01:39:19 AM »
Quote from: martin-montreal on October 21, 2012, 07:06:50 PM
Really?

Yep! I have a complete list somewhere (Joe names in QC).. I'll have to find it and post it!
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2012, 01:25:56 PM »
Quote from: Jay on October 21, 2012, 05:53:19 PM
I remember Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow.

Storm Shadow sorta made sense but how the funkytown do you get Zorro from Snake-Eyes?

I think it was a matter of syllables. Snake-Eyes is two syllables I believe, while its english to french translation "Oeil de Serpent" would've accounted for 4 syllables.

I'm with you about the mystery behind this whole re-naming business...beats the hell out of me.
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2012, 08:02:55 PM »
Quote from: 5h4rK on October 22, 2012, 01:39:19 AM
Quote from: martin-montreal on October 21, 2012, 07:06:50 PM
Really?

Yep! I have a complete list somewhere (Joe names in QC).. I'll have to find it and post it!

T'avais raison:

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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2012, 06:13:25 AM »
Quote from: martin-montreal on October 28, 2012, 08:02:55 PM
Quote from: 5h4rK on October 22, 2012, 01:39:19 AM
Quote from: martin-montreal on October 21, 2012, 07:06:50 PM
Really?

Yep! I have a complete list somewhere (Joe names in QC).. I'll have to find it and post it!

T'avais raison:




J'ai toujours raison.. ;-)
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Re: Remember their French names?
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2012, 09:55:31 PM »
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