Re: [LoGH] German Name Research Notes
Graeme Lennon (graeme@balefire.net)
Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:33:40 -0400 (EDT)
Actually, he's nicknamed the Gale Wolf because of his ability to rapidly
adjust to new tactical situations and his preference for lighting warfare.
> I believe that Mittermyer's nickname is "Gale Wolf" ,
> not "Beowolf".
> He was called Gale Wolf for his agility.
> "Beowolf" is his shipname.
>
> Rikako
>
> ----------
> >From: "Lance Gemmell"
> >To:
> >Subject: Re: [LoGH] German Name Research Notes
> >Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 06:39:27 -0700
> >
>
> > I am not sure. Well I might be completely wrong, but earlier in the
> > series Mittermeyer was nic named the "Gale wolf" or in some cases Beowolf.
> > The translators might have been makeing an mistake from the begining and
> > mistook the nic name for the name of the ship or vice versa and not bothered
> > to recheck their work. You know, "ok I have translated the ships name" then
> > just suplement the name in all the instances they beleave the the ships name
> > comes up. Thanks for finding the correction though. Werewolf, that is kind
> > of a cool intimidating name for a ship.
> >
> > I just wanted to thank everyone on the list that has helped promote this
> > series. I think you are all doind a great job.
> >
> > Lance Gemmell
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xerxes@pacific.net.hk
> > To: logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> > Date: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: [LoGH] German Name Research Notes
> >
> >
> >>At 07:13 AM 2000/9/19 -0700, you wrote:
> >>
> >>>I don't know if anyone's particularly interested but here are the notes
> > for
> >>>the German LoGH Name Research.
> >>>
> >>>Any contributions or opinions are welcomed. I think the Free Planets
> >>>Alliance should be the next research task.
> >>
> >>[deleted]
> >>
> >>>Beowulf
> >>
> >>If this refers to Mittermeyer's flagship, you have been misled by the
> >>transliteration
> >>mistake made in the animation. In the novel, Mittermeyer's flagship is
> >>meant to be
> >>called "Waerewolf", which is German for werewolf. (I am not sure about the
> >>spelling. Check with somebody who speaks German.)
> >>_____________________________________________________________________
> >>
> >>Xerxes J.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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