Anchovy01 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Hi, I am the member of an amateur game translating team. While translating the game, I found the sentence that I couldn't even get a clue. The sentence is following: "This Duplicant might actually be several blackholes in a trenchcoat" Could anyone explain what that means? Do I have to think that blackhole as literal meaning or is it some kind of meme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer ImDaMisterL Posted March 9, 2017 Developer Share Posted March 9, 2017 That sentence is for the Duplicants with the negative trait of eating a lot. I guess any common saying of your language regarding someone that eats way too much would do, like "They might have 7 stomachs!" or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchovy01 Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 thanks dude, you saved us. We almost translate it as 'he has like mysterious gigantic sucker in his coat'. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinOfKaos Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 ImDaMisterL is right, and for an early draft of the translation any joke about eating a lot will probably work, but there's a few aspects to the english form of the joke: The space reference of "black hole" (because it's a space game!) Black holes, of course, consume everything around them (because it's the trait for dupes that eat a lot) A common gag in english media where a person turns out to be something else hiding in a big coat. See http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TotemPoleTrench The phrase in the game is not at all a common english phrase for eating a lot. Most of what makes it funny is the mental image of a black hole poorly disguising itself as a person. Jokes are always hard to translate, but I think if you want to try to capture the feel of the game you should try to do something similar, or as much as you can in your language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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