Hello. I wanted to give my opinion on certain unit translations that I believe could be improved.
1- Cavalry Archer:
For some reason the wording changes completely betwen the normal and elite version. In the spanish translation the normal cavarly archer translates as ‘‘arquero a caballo’’ which correctly translates as ‘‘mounted archer or literally archer on horse’’. But then for the elite version It goes to ‘‘caballeria pesada de arqueros (or abbreviated Cab. pesada de arq.)’’ which translates as ‘‘heavy archer cavarly?’’.
I believe this is completely unnecessary and I suggest changing the elite version to ‘‘arquero a caballo pesado’’ which correctly translates into ‘‘heavy mounted archer’’ and fits perfectly with the normal version.
2-Teutonic knight:
In the Spanish version ‘‘Teutonic knight’’ translates as ‘‘Caballero Orden Teutónica’’ which is just wrong as it removes de articles ‘‘de’’ and ‘‘la’’ (I understand why, because it is too long and they had to shorten it but its wrong anyway). With this specific wording it should be ‘‘Caballero de la Orden Teutónica’’ which translates as ‘‘knight of the teutonic order’’. Much worse is the elite version which is (in the spanish version) ‘‘Cab. O. Teutónica Elite’’ and I don’t think I have to explain why it’s horrible in addition to wrong.
My suggestion is changing the wording completely in both the normal and elite versions to: ‘‘Caballero Teutónico’’ for the Teutonic Knight and ‘‘Caballero Teutónico de Élite’’ for the Elite Teutonic Knight. Two shorter, grammatically correct and more aesthetically pleasing translations (in my opinion).
3- Knight and Cavalier
So both the knight and cavalier got literally the same translation. Some OG spanish players will remember the ‘‘jinete’’ translation which was used for the knight while the cavalier was kept as ‘‘caballero’’. I get this is a bit controversial as ‘‘jinete’’ was a light cavalry unit and technically both knight and cavalier would fit the definition of ‘‘caballero’’. But all in all and as the scout cavarly line uses a different wording, I think It should be reverted and have the old name back for better playability.
4-Woad Raider
Some Spanish players will also remember the ‘‘invasor de pastos’’ which was the wrong translation for ‘‘woad raider’’. This was changed long ago to ‘‘incursor azul’’ which is literally ‘‘blue raider’’. TBH this is not as problematic but it just sounds a bit silly and much less intimidating than the OG one (to the point my old self thought it was a bug).
So I suggest changing it to ‘‘saqueador añil’’ which is more historically accurate, cooler and in line with the english version.
5-Donjon
This one is a bit confusing. In the spanish version the Sicilian Donjon is called ‘‘torre del homenaje’’. There used to be a moment when both the keep and the donjon had that same translation. But then the keep was changed into ‘‘fortaleza’’ which literally means ‘‘fortress’’. I believe this is a mistake and the name Donjon shouldn’t be translated as it exists in the spanish language as ‘‘Donjón’’. I also suggest changing the keep back to its old spanish translation which was way more accurate.
There are more confusing translations but these ones are the most annoying. Might do a part 2.