What languages do you speak?

[Kae'Yoss]

1. I live in Germany, in Saarland, to be precise

2. The day-to-day language is Saarländisch, of course. It's basically German, but it's one of the stronger dialects, and funnily sounds like English quite often. (Still, it's not as deviated as bavarian). Standard language is German, of course (the dialects are only used when people talk, and usually not written down)

3. My mother tongue is, of course, Saarländisch. I saw German always as my first foreign language ;-). I also speak English

4. Saarländisch and German are (near-) perfect, of course, and my English is quite good, too, I'd say (it's enough to watch movies and read novels, and of course chat and post in forums)

5. We use Saarländisch/German at the tables. In online games, I use English, unless It's a German server and everyone else is speaking German, too.

6. I buy my D&D stuff (including Games like NWN) exclusively in English. That's mainly because the German translation of D&D material is really bad)

7. The next real shop is about 40 KM away. They have the usual stuff, but it takes some time until they got the new stuff (luckily, amazon.de got the stuff real fast)

 

[Maraxle]

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

Richmond, Virginia - USA

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

English

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

American English
French (Parisian, I guess)
Brazilian Portuguese

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

I lived in Sao Paulo, Brazil for 6 months and was able to get around with minimal difficulty. My French is rusty, but I can read/write reasonably well, and can understand more than I can say.


5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

English


6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

English. Other than this book of cardboard cutouts from Steve Jackson Games that I picked up in Brazil. All the labels on that are in Portuguese. Bruxa = witch, etc.

Oh yeah, I also have 2 old Dragao magazines from Brazil (reprints of 1992 issues with a couple of adventures, some HeroQuest maps, etc).

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

There's a good game store in Carytown (a section of Richmond). It's probably 10 minutes from my house. There's a small one about 5 minutes from work. They have a huge stockpile of 2nd edition stuff, and most of the new releases. There's also the chain bookstores (Walden, B&N, etc) around that carry some stuff.

In Sao Paulo, I didn't notice any game stores but one of the bookstores at the mall had a nice little section. It was mostly Vampire stuff though, for some reason.

 

[Thanee]

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

>>>>> Germany, city of Meerbusch.

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

>>>>> German, no dialect. There is a local dialect spoken here, but the original language is dominant.

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

>>>>> German (native) and english (very good, speaking is only good, because I read/write more than I actually speak english). I also possess very basic knowledge of latin (6 years in school, but most is forgotten due to rare usage) and italian (1 year evening school which covered 2 years, because our class was pretty decent).

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

>>>>> see above.

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

>>>>> German at the gaming table (mechanical terms are used in english due to 6.)), mostly english online.

6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

>>>>> Mostly english and yes, I prefer english (original) printed versions for my gaming material. I do possess some german stuff, but most of it is originally printed in german and may very well not even exist in english versions.

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

>>>>> Pretty good. Game stores are nearby (maybe 10 minutes away) and have most current gaming material available.

Bye
Thanee

 

[drothgery]

Well, here's a boring answer...

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

San Diego, California, USA.

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

American English, although there's a large Spanish-speaking community here; San Diego is the closest major city in California to the Mexican border. There are definitely some Californian regionalisms, and in San Diego a lot of people will use Navy jargon, but Californian isn't a distinct sub-dialect of American English, I think.

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

Just American English. I took 4 years of Spanish in high school, but that was both 8-12 years ago and in Syracuse, NY (which has a very, very small Spanish-speaking community).

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)
6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

Always English.

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

There are several gaming stores within 5-15 miles, but I usually shop at Amazon.com anyone. I hate CA sales tax.

 

[Lars Frehse]

1) Hamburg, Germany

2) German

3) German, English, French, Japanese

4) German: native, English: fluent (at least I hope so), French and Japanese: I know the basic vocabulary and the grammar but need dictionaries for complicated texts

5) I use German at the table, and English when playing online games. Our gametable-speech is full of English terms, like DC, skillpoints, feats, etc., though.

6) English

7) Very well serviced. There are several gaming stores in Hamburg and you can order anything on the Internet.

 

[The Sigil]

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

Southern California, USA

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

Actually, there really isn't a true "primary language" - English, Spanish, and Vietnamese are all about equally represented (then again, I live a stone's throw from Little Saigon).

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

English (native), Hungarian, German

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

Hungarian - Although I'm a bit rusty (4 years removed from living in Hungary), I can still handle live "translation at speed" (IOW, translating for a speaker without falling behind the speaker). Subject to 4 years of rust, which usually take a couple of hours to knock off, I'm fully fluent - natives have mistaken me for a native speaker before and a professional translator has called my competency among the top five non-native speakers he's ever met.

German - Can speak it near-fluently and understand it, but sometimes have difficulty with vocabulary. I could easily get around in Germany but nobody would mistake me for a native.

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

English. I have gamed in Hungarian (while in Hungary), but the number of other Hungarian speakers in my area is less than miniscule.

6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

English, except for one or two little "inspirational doodads" in Hungarian. And I usually write my DM notes in Hungarian... so the players can't read them.

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

There is a WotC store about 5 minutes' walk from where I work. I know of one other WotC store within 15 minutes of my home. I also have 2 FLGS's within 15 minutes of my home. So we're pretty spoiled here.

On a side note, anyone who speaks a langauge other than English and who might like to participate in a project translating gaming materials into a language other than English, please contact me via Email (in English, please ) at the following address-
translations@CreativeMountainGames.com

It would be cool to translate to Hungarian, but I don't think I have the time to do so.

--The Sigil

 

[Asesino_Virtual]

I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I speak Spanish (native) and English fluently (i can teach if i wish).

In the game table we use the english terms, coz we have the books in english, but as some of us cant read english, sometimes we have to translate for them until they are used to use the english terms.

We prefer the books in their home language, not translated. But in the case of non english speakers writers, we prefer spanish, of curse.

Due to our devaluation, the RPG books (most of ´em, imported) are WAY expensive. In the comic stores there are some new stuff once every couple of months, and most about DnD or WOD.
Damn, even the dies are more expensive.

In Argentina, in the principal cities, there are some stores that sell RPG books, so in RPG Area Coverage, we have a good one.

Hope this helps.

 

[Zarrock God of Evil]

In this thread on the EN World d20 Publisher's forum, sotterraneo (from Italy) was asking d20 Publishers about the European market and how it is viewed. Along those lines I would like to ask EN Boarders the following questions.

1.) Where do you live? (Country, community, etc. at whatever level of disclosure you feel comfortable.)

Denmark, Århus (second largest city we have).

2.) What is the primary language in your area? (...and is it a notably different dialect than its original?)

Danish - no notable dialect except when I'm in my home region.

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

Danish, English, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Spanish as well as my old local dialect - Danish mixed with some German and Frisian.

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

Danish, English and German fluently. Swedish and Norwegian fairly well (understand most, don't write it well), and Spanish at high-school level - forgot most....

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

Danish and English

6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

English - would never buy any in another language...

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

Approx. one kilometre to the nearest store. Carry pretty much everything.

On a side note, anyone who speaks a langauge other than English and who might like to participate in a project translating gaming materials into a language other than English, please contact me via Email (in English, please ) at the following address-

translations@CreativeMountainGames.com

Thanks for you time! [/B][/QUOTE]

 

[Davelozzi]

1. Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston, MA, USA
2. American English with a heavy local accent
3. English, Italian, French
4. English is my mother tongue. I'm pretty good with Italian when I need to be but am very rusty when I haven't used it in a while. My French is just enough to get by when traveling, plus a strange smattering of medieval words.
5. I speak English when gaming.
6. I read games in English, and yes that is the way I prefer it, although I wouldn't mind picking up copies of the core rules in Italian or French, just for the hell of it.
7. I have access to four good gaming stores within a 10-15 minute drive or 25 minute bike ride and several other stores within the greater metro area. I can pretty much get anything currently in print, especially if I'm willing to order. I can occasionally find decent used copies of various out of print stuff.

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

1.) Where do you live?

Bolingbrook, IL, about 63,000 very ecclectically mixed people about 40 minutes SW of Chicago

2.) What is the primary language in your area?

English (with a fair amount of ebonics mixed in)

3.) What languages do you speak? (...and dialect if appropriate, please)

English. I've had one year of high school German, so I'll say I speak Germglish...and not very well, lol.

4.) At what level of competency? (...if other than your primary language.)

English--I had a 12th grade reading level in 4th or 5th grade, so my vocabulary can become a tad bit pedantic if I REALLY want it to. German--I can pick out some words from conversation...sort of read and make educated guesses about what stuff says. Why am I even bothering saying this...lol

5.) What language do you use at the gaming table? (...or in online games?)

English

6.) In what language are the gaming materials you use? (...and is it the language you prefer to use for gaming?)

English, and yes it is

7.) How well serviced is the area in which you live in regard to gaming materials? (Miles/Kilometers to the nearest game store, what materials do they carry, etc.)

Well, the gaming stores around here really suck, or have just up and disappeared. The lone bastion is about 40 minutes north of here: Games Plus! Ahh... a veritable gaming nirvana.

Why did I post this since I only speak one language? I REALLY don't know...oh well, consider it a *BUMP*!