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Nice idea, bad timing. With I23 all text will be in english.|
Originally Posted by Combat
But I've decided to try and use CoH as a learning tool by creating a character on the Zukunft server.
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| I named that Dominator, "Student," one of the advantages of a foreign server being the availability of generic English names. |
First, student in german is... well Student, just pronounced different
Second, I wouldn´t bet on the availability of english names. This whole super hero thing is mostly associated with the english language so german names are a minority...even on Zukunft.
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| I made her a Praetorian because I have never completed the Praetorian missions, and because they probably will contain more 'conversational' style dialogue than either blue or red-side. |
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| In order to get a more complete experience, I will be using a text reader to get a feel for the pronunciation of words. For example, try the sentence "Wilkommen bei der Kräfteabteilung, Rekrut." on this website's "Try-It!" tab. |
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| When I need a translation, I'll use either Google Translate or a German-English dictionary. |
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| and possibly teaming |
Send me a /tell if you want to team... been spending way too much time on exalted anyway
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Oh, now that's really too bad. I'd actually toyed with the idea of a Zukunftian just to practice my wholly-rusted-back-to-dust German. Guess there's no need now. |
Originally Posted by Nos482
Nice idea, bad timing. With I23 all text will be in english.
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I'm trying to learn German in anticipation of possibly working/studying there in a year or two. I probably will be living with relatives (by marriage, not blood) when I do eventually travel there, and also might have an opportunity to stay with my German-speaking aunt and uncle over the summer. Currently, I only speak English and some rudimentary Spanish from two years of high school classes. I may travel to Austria as soon as winter this year (from the US) for a musical festival with the orchestra I play in, so I may get a chance to practice early.
In that wake, I've been trying to learn vocabulary and grammar, largely from short-stories translated in English and German, and subtitled movies. But I've decided to try and use CoH as a learning tool by creating a character on the Zukunft server. Many of you will know that server as that one near the top of the list (low population) with (German Language) next to it.
I decided to make a Plant/Fire Dominator because I feel that will be a nice change of playstyle and keep me safe enough to read the text even the deficiencies of a student. I named that Dominator, "Student," one of the advantages of a foreign server being the availability of generic English names. I made her a Praetorian because I have never completed the Praetorian missions, and because they probably will contain more 'conversational' style dialogue than either blue or red-side.
In order to get a more complete experience, I will be using a text reader to get a feel for the pronunciation of words. For example, try the sentence "Wilkommen bei der Kräfteabteilung, Rekrut." on this website's "Try-It!" tab. For those wondering, that is first message you get in the Praetorian tutorial, and basically just means "Welcome to the Powers Division, Recruit". When I need a translation, I'll use either Google Translate or a German-English dictionary.
For some reason, it seems to be more natural with some foreign languages than English, though that could simply be an unfamiliarity with the language disguising how bad it would actual sound to a native-speaker.
Anyway, I'll try and share my experiences with you, and hopefully the combination of an interactive environment, text/speech in German, and possibly teaming will allow me to more quickly and completely absorb the language.
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