Author Topic: Have come up with a name, but need help! (Read 5036 times)

Operator5 · « **on:** May 07, 2007, 02:57:35 PM »

I have decided on a name for my Shifting Lands Pirate Ship. I just need some help because I need the name in French.

The ship will be called... drumroll please...

The Lead Adventure

Her captain will be Professor Aleksander Bews, eminent naturalist turned privateer.

Her First Mate will be Lt. Marcus Grimm, capable of heroic feats with quite a famous lineage

Her Rated Hand will be Seaman Polynikes. An expert artillerist as long as he knows the rules of engagement.

:mrgreen:

Plynkes · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:04:51 PM »

My crude schoolboy French would "lead" me to:

L'Aventure de Plomb

I am already planning a mutiny.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:10:18 PM »

hooray! finally in command of a ship! my childhood dream

Operator5 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:21:44 PM »

Just wait until you meet the rest of the scurvy sea dogs that sail with you.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #4 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:21:50 PM »

Maybe "L´Aventure Plombée" ("leaded Adventure")?

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LeadAsbestos · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:23:29 PM »

What abt Mr. Asbestos, the crusty old seaman? :roll:

Operator5 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:25:16 PM »

Bosun: Mr Christian of Westphalia, a hide as thick as iron and a whip that strikes like fire!

Plynkes · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:29:23 PM »

As far as I'm aware, the adjectival form of "plomb" (lead) is "de plomb" or "en plomb."

PeteMurray · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:32:03 PM »

Don't ask me. I only speak Merikan.

knoxville · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2007, 03:44:10 PM »

John Knox - womanizer

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2007, 04:07:51 PM »

Quote from: "Operator5"

Bosun: Mr Christian of Westphalia, a hide as thick as iron and a whip that strikes like fire!

"It is not my WHIIIP they´re afraid of..."

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@Plynkes: Yes, I think you´re right. Sorry, somehow I got "leaded fuel" stuck in my mind. And that certainly is NOT a good thing.

Plynkes · « **Reply #11 on:** May 07, 2007, 04:21:06 PM »

Mr. Christian? Cool. He can help me with the mutiny, as he has experience in that type of thing.

Off to Tahiti Nui for the breadfruit and bare boobs, then. Capital!

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #12 on:** May 07, 2007, 04:44:27 PM »

"Ah say, matey, ah´ll have ta break out ye cat o´ninetails!"

And I won´t degrade myself to "shiver me timber" jokes, especially not in a Tahiti context.

KeyanSark · « **Reply #13 on:** May 07, 2007, 04:57:22 PM »

Hummm... I envision a certain Don Keyan de Sarquia, handsome swordsman, fell in grace from the King of Spain...

Le matou rouge · « **Reply #14 on:** May 07, 2007, 05:02:45 PM »

Thanks for the French thinking, but i'm not sure it is a good idea, cause "Lead adventure" is almost "untranslated" ! I'm so sorry...

Literally, Plynkes got it : it's l'aventure de plomb (for the adventure in lead) or l'aventure du plomb (for the adventure of the lead) but it means absolutely nothing. :cry:
"De plomb" or "en plomb" suggest something very heavy, and not at all exciting. "Un sommeil de plomb" for exemple, is a very deep sleep.
And Chris' translation is even worse :wink: ! "Plombé" (leaded) is a familiar word to indicate "to be in a bad way" (as if you had recieved buckshot. ) A movie, for exemple, can be "plombé" by a bad actor.

So, I can't think to nothing better than le plomb d'aventures, who means very little, but at least sounds "a bit" poetic, in the way of a pub sign. (And "le plomb" could suggest the "weight" of the ship...)

Anyway, it will be good to know the mind of the others Frensh-speaking "aventuriers du plomb" :mrgreen:

Hope that help (despite my bad English),
Matt

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