So this is quite possibly a very niche topic, but I thought I'd see if anyone was in the same boat.
Basically, I'm used to running games primarily in English - but recently, I've started running games in French, which is my second language, for a group of people at work. Still using dndbeyond character sheets in English, which means I don't readily have a lot of the in-game terms to hand, so I thought I'd share a few tips and resources I've put together, and hopefully someone else can benefit. If anyone else has other tips they want to share for French or any other language, please do!
1. Have a list of translated in-game terms to hand. This includes: Classes, Stats, Feats, Weapons, as well as random terms like Critical Success/Critical Fail. Here's a useful glossary:
2. Run up a list of medieval professions. I didn't know most of these so I use this a lot - "Tonnelier" for a barrel maker, "Pelletier" for a furrier, etc. Here's an example list for French:
3. Mock up drawings of weapons with the descriptive names + arrows pointed to the different parts. I like to describe attacks as they happen - things from "you block using the crossguard and flick the scimitar away" to "you grip the pommel of the dagger in the palm of your second hand as you plunge the blade into your foe". A lot of this vocabulary is not second nature to me, so I'm using these as a reference whenever I need it.
4. For full immersion, start building up your medieval vocabulary! Here's an example list that can get you started in French:
It can seem daunting, but if the players also put some efforts there shoudl'nt be an issue.
Even french speaking players use English words, or as we call it "Franglais", things like "Item" and other gaming terms can be used by french speaking players most of the time.
In a ScyFy game like Space engineers or Empyrion we would always use the term "Jumper" (pronounced JumpHEE), wich comes from Jump when using Jump Drives or any other mean of FTL.
If you as a DM are making the effort, and if the players are also making the effort and not been obnoxious about it, it will be smooth sailing, and the benefit of it in the long run, is to learn via immersion, wich is the best kind of learning experience for a language
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Hey all!
So this is quite possibly a very niche topic, but I thought I'd see if anyone was in the same boat.
Basically, I'm used to running games primarily in English - but recently, I've started running games in French, which is my second language, for a group of people at work. Still using dndbeyond character sheets in English, which means I don't readily have a lot of the in-game terms to hand, so I thought I'd share a few tips and resources I've put together, and hopefully someone else can benefit. If anyone else has other tips they want to share for French or any other language, please do!
1. Have a list of translated in-game terms to hand. This includes: Classes, Stats, Feats, Weapons, as well as random terms like Critical Success/Critical Fail. Here's a useful glossary:
http://www.jdrp.fr/telechargement/asmodee/glossairedd.pdf
2. Run up a list of medieval professions. I didn't know most of these so I use this a lot - "Tonnelier" for a barrel maker, "Pelletier" for a furrier, etc. Here's an example list for French:
https://www.wattpad.com/286182322-conseils-•-vocabulaire-métiers-de-médiéval-fantasy
3. Mock up drawings of weapons with the descriptive names + arrows pointed to the different parts. I like to describe attacks as they happen - things from "you block using the crossguard and flick the scimitar away" to "you grip the pommel of the dagger in the palm of your second hand as you plunge the blade into your foe". A lot of this vocabulary is not second nature to me, so I'm using these as a reference whenever I need it.
4. For full immersion, start building up your medieval vocabulary! Here's an example list that can get you started in French:
http://medieval.mrugala.net/Langue et litterature/Parler medieval.htm
These are just a few things I've started doing in any case for my games in French. If anyone has any other tips, please feel free to share!
Haven't got any tips sorry but your post is already super helpful to me as I'm trying to do the exact opposite (going from french to english)
Thanks for that and be careful not to put too much pressure on your players : We french people love to go on strikes for whatever reasons :P
How accurate were the words that Bovinobard were using?
Merci pour votre aide icí, François .
My Ready-to-rock&roll chars:
Dertinus Tristany // Amilcar Barca // Vicenç Sacrarius // Oriol Deulofeu // Grovtuk
It can seem daunting, but if the players also put some efforts there shoudl'nt be an issue.
Even french speaking players use English words, or as we call it "Franglais", things like "Item" and other gaming terms can be used by french speaking players most of the time.
In a ScyFy game like Space engineers or Empyrion we would always use the term "Jumper" (pronounced JumpHEE), wich comes from Jump when using Jump Drives or any other mean of FTL.
If you as a DM are making the effort, and if the players are also making the effort and not been obnoxious about it, it will be smooth sailing, and the benefit of it in the long run, is to learn via immersion, wich is the best kind of learning experience for a language
"Normality is but an Illusion, Whats normal to the Spider, is only madness for the Fly"
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