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Post by Gileadan on Oct 24, 2024 9:56:31 GMT
Please enjoy the following with a healthy grain of salt since it's just taken from a random German gaming magazine.
I've wondered for a while why the game only refers to Harding by her last name instead of her first name "Lace" like it does with every other companion.
Apparently, in the international versions of the game, "Lace" is being translated into the appropriate word for the textile element. So in the German version, she is "Borte Harding".
EDIT: then again, it's a gaming magazine and I wouldn't be overly surprised if a bunch of yo-yos there just ran everything through Google translate and slapped together some "article".
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Post by midnight tea on Oct 24, 2024 14:58:03 GMT
Please enjoy the following with a healthy grain of salt since it's just taken from a random German gaming magazine. I've wondered for a while why the game only refers to Harding by her last name instead of her first name "Lace" like it does with every other companion. Apparently, in the international versions of the game, "Lace" is being translated into the appropriate word for the textile element. So in the German version, she is "Borte Harding". EDIT: then again, it's a gaming magazine and I wouldn't be overly surprised if a bunch of yo-yos there just ran everything through Google translate and slapped together some "article". Rofl, so in Polish, she's Koronka 
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Post by Pounce de León on Oct 24, 2024 17:44:10 GMT
Please enjoy the following with a healthy grain of salt since it's just taken from a random German gaming magazine. I've wondered for a while why the game only refers to Harding by her last name instead of her first name "Lace" like it does with every other companion. Apparently, in the international versions of the game, "Lace" is being translated into the appropriate word for the textile element. So in the German version, she is "Borte Harding". EDIT: then again, it's a gaming magazine and I wouldn't be overly surprised if a bunch of yo-yos there just ran everything through Google translate and slapped together some "article". You could have easily told me Borte was a Frisian name and I would have bought it. "Ah, a Frisian name? Beautiful Frisian name!"
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Post by OrbitalWings on Oct 24, 2024 18:56:38 GMT
I mean when you think about it her first name having to be translated does make complete sense. Sure most names mean something in a specific language, but the whole point is her mother literally named her Lace after the fabric - the lore doesn't make sense in other languages if her name is still the English word.
So of course marketing favours her surname because it's universal across all languages. Hell that's probably why in-universe she favours her surname too - it keeps it simple and reduces the chances of the English version slipping through.
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Post by fistoffiori on Oct 24, 2024 19:21:41 GMT
Pizzo in Italian, haha.
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Post by SofaJockey on Oct 24, 2024 20:52:14 GMT
As we've reached launch week, please use spoiler tags if you are sharing or discussing game or character spoilers. Thank you.   |
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Post by OrbitalWings on Oct 28, 2024 21:26:58 GMT
Some (not all) of Harding's outfits in Veilguard
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Post by smilesja on Nov 1, 2024 19:43:31 GMT
Hardings romantic interactions so far are adorable! It helps that default voice Rook is so suave! |
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