I finally got to take a look at the Brazilian translation of The Last Chieftains and I’m once again disappointed. The Brazilian translation of DE is mostly good but it has a lot of mistakes that have never been addressed despite my constant complaints, and TLC introduces a few more.
- Javelinas are called “Porco Selvagem” (Wild Pig), which makes no sense. “Caititu” or “Pecari” would be better (I prefer Caititu personally).
- The riderless camel is called “Cameleiro” (Camel Rider) when the correct would be “Camelo”.
- The Sun Clan is called Clã do Sol (as in the Sun in the sky) when it should be called Clã Sun
- Gurjaras are called “Os gurjares” instead of just “Gurjares” (“os” meaning “the”, which shouldn’t be included in the civ name).
- The new Hulk unit is called Pontão (which I never heard of but IS a term for a ship, just a stationary one instead of a Warship), but the upgrade is called Hulk de Guerra
- And the names of the new animals seem to be transcribed directly from English. Rhea became Reia when it should be Ema, and Caiman and Tapir are unchanged when Jacaré and Anta are much more common. At least they got capivara right.
- Jan Zizka’s Brazilian VA died, so I don’t mind this being unfixed, but he pronounces the name as Djan Zisca when what I understand to be the correct pronunciation would be “Yan Djidjka” (correct me if I’m wrong)
- The DLC is too expensive for me right now, so I can’t check for mistakes in the new campaigns.
- The Iberapema Warrior becomes Guerreiro Ibirapema, which isn’t necessarily a mistake but makes Ibirapema sound like an adjective. Addding “de” (with/from/of) or “com” (with) in the middle would make it clearer. Additionally, all “Elite” upgrades add “de elite” at the end of the default unit name, but for some reason the Elite name for this unit in the hover tips goes “Guerreiro de Elite Ibirapema” instead of “Guerreiro Ibirapema de Elite” (which makes the missing “de/com” even more glaring).
- The champi line has a similar problem, on top of having inconsistent naming logic:
- Additionally, in the tech tree, the first two stages also appear as Guerreiro Champi (Guerreiro Champi Terrestre in the hover tips). A better progression would be Batedor de/com Champi > Corredor de/com Champi > Guerreiro de/com Champi > Guerreiro de/com Champi de Elite.
- And the Blackwood Archer becomes Arqueiro Tupi (I guess there’s no Portuguese term equivalent to Blackwood), but for some reason the hover tips for it and its upgrade say “Arqueiros” instead of "Arqueiro.
Another thing that isn’t a mistake is the Muiscas are called Chibchas in the Brazilian translation, which I find interesting. And jaguars are more commonly known as onça (the ç sounds like an S, not like a K) depending on the region of Brazil, but I’ve been preferring jaguar as it comes from Tupi and the Brazilian translation uses that, which I’m glad for.
The Amazonia map wasn’t updated at all, including to add the new animals and flora (and remove the turkeys, which don’t live in South America). I still gotta check campaign scenarios but it seems Montezuma doesn’t get any of the new stuff either, so I’m guessing the Historical Battle/V&V ones also don’t.