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RE: Translation error? - Klarden - 09-12-2010
(09-12-2010, 10:49 AM)MulleDK19 Wrote: So a horse carriage in the 18th century should be called a car?
you might be surprised, but carriages were sometimes called cars
as for chipper - i checked few eng-rus dictionaries and they all went with giving me an alternate for "chisel" as one of the meanings. So either it was an old translation error in several english-other language dictionaries, or it actually is an old slang or official term for this tool. But i'd like to hear the devs explanation on this
RE: Translation error? - mtomato - 09-12-2010
I doubt that there were many
Spoiler below!
![[Image: Chipper%208100(1).jpg]](http://www.woodsequipment.com/uploadedImages/Products/Landscape_Equipment/Chippers-Chippers_Shredders/Medium_Duty/8000_Chipper/Chipper%208100(1).jpg)
RE: Translation error? - iTIMMEH - 09-12-2010
(09-12-2010, 12:01 PM)Harry Wrote: I never said anything about being anachronistic, merely that one can either call it a chipper or a chisel without being blatantly wrong. In fact, seeing as there are stone chippers and wood chisels, it could be a case of a stone chipper.
It is blatantly wrong. These things sometimes happen when text is translated into other languages. The accepted name for the tool is a chisel.
Nobody calls a chisel a chipper, go to Google and do an image search. You'll get pages and pages of wood chipping machines, golf clubs, baseball players and even pets. What you won't get is a chisel. Ditto for Wikipedia.
RE: Translation error? - nofsky - 09-16-2010
Geez you guys...
Calling a tool that chips something a chipper is perfectly fine. Remember, this game is set in the 1840's and there is no such thing as a chipper machine.
Look at this page of a manufacturer of stone chisels. Notice how they use the word CHIPPER several times?
Case closed.
RE: Translation error? - wally - 09-16-2010
I believe Chipper vs. Chisel is a localisation thing. Like Cookies vs. Biscuits.
RE: Translation error? - bugmenot - 09-16-2010
That's like calling a hammer a "nailer"; yeah I can see where you're coming from but it's not right!