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<blockquote data-quote="tarchon" data-source="post: 351106" data-attributes="member: 5990"><p>Not exactly.&nbsp; The base sense of &quot;spring,&quot; which is seen in the name of the feat, is to jump.&nbsp;&nbsp; The names of the season and the mechanical device derive from this.&nbsp; A good translation would be probably something that literally means &quot;jumping&quot; or &quot;leaping&quot; attack (saltanda?), though maybe &quot;lunge&quot; would better describe what it really does.&nbsp; The best thing is to pick whatever word is conventionally used to describe jumping when it's associated with an attack in Portuguese.&nbsp; In English &quot;pounce&quot; has a similar meaning too.&nbsp; Like I said, translation requires a high degree of skill in both languages - even many fluent non-native English speakers would misinterpret &quot;spring&quot; here, though I think most educated native speakers would get it.&nbsp; BTW, if you want to use spring to mean &quot;resuming form&quot; you usually have to add &quot;back&quot; to it, like &quot;The slinky springs back into shape after you squish it.&quot;&nbsp; If you just say &quot;the slinky springs&quot;, it sounds like the slinky is engaged in a predatory ambush.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="tarchon, post: 351106, member: 5990"] Not exactly. The base sense of "spring," which is seen in the name of the feat, is to jump. The names of the season and the mechanical device derive from this. A good translation would be probably something that literally means "jumping" or "leaping" attack (saltanda?), though maybe "lunge" would better describe what it really does. The best thing is to pick whatever word is conventionally used to describe jumping when it's associated with an attack in Portuguese. In English "pounce" has a similar meaning too. Like I said, translation requires a high degree of skill in both languages - even many fluent non-native English speakers would misinterpret "spring" here, though I think most educated native speakers would get it. BTW, if you want to use spring to mean "resuming form" you usually have to add "back" to it, like "The slinky springs back into shape after you squish it." If you just say "the slinky springs", it sounds like the slinky is engaged in a predatory ambush. [/QUOTE]

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