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<blockquote data-quote="TDRandall" data-source="post: 1792456" data-attributes="member: 4808">Well maybe it's too literal or would be obvious to the players, but the next step to try after synonyms might be running the words (or the synonyms) through Babel Fish (babelfish.altavista.com).&nbsp; Toss in the names, pick a language to go to (that you expect no player knows), hit the button and WIGGLE them a bit while writing to your original language (which I'll presume is English here)!&nbsp; Easiest if they use the familiar alphabet(See &quot;Dutch&quot; below).If you know different alphabets then you can phonetically bring it back (greek #1). But it may eve be better if you don't and bring 'em back in what they LOOK like in English and remove/add a few letters to form intelligable syllables (greek #2, and Russian)English&nbsp;&nbsp; Dutch&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Greek 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Greek 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Russiantruth&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; warheid&nbsp; &nbsp; alethia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; alhoya&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; nepabhareason&nbsp; &nbsp; reden&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; logos&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; hoyos&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; nepnynhagrace&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; gunst&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; epieka&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ettiekia&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; onoputypalaw&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; wet&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; nomos&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; vous&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; eakohduty&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; plikt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; oasmos&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; oayus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; obreahocThis way they even have a bizarre bit of inner consistency - if you're shooting for such.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TDRandall, post: 1792456, member: 4808"] Well maybe it's too literal or would be obvious to the players, but the next step to try after synonyms might be running the words (or the synonyms) through Babel Fish (babelfish.altavista.com). Toss in the names, pick a language to go to (that you expect no player knows), hit the button and WIGGLE them a bit while writing to your original language (which I'll presume is English here)! Easiest if they use the familiar alphabet(See "Dutch" below). If you know different alphabets then you can phonetically bring it back (greek #1). But it may eve be better if you don't and bring 'em back in what they LOOK like in English and remove/add a few letters to form intelligable syllables (greek #2, and Russian) English Dutch Greek 1 Greek 2 Russian truth warheid alethia alhoya nepabha reason reden logos hoyos nepnynha grace gunst epieka ettiekia onoputypa law wet nomos vous eakoh duty plikt oasmos oayus obreahoc This way they even have a bizarre bit of inner consistency - if you're shooting for such. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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