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@SisterMidnight said:
Native Spanish and Proficient English speaker here.
"No mither" changed from "Fuera rollos" to "ME LA PELA".
"Fuera rollos" means "without any problems" (Hakuna matata style) and "Me la pela" is "I don't care". Both are Spain specific idioms and latinamerican speakers do not often use them.
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"Pop goes the weasel" changed from "Colorin colorado" to "PIN PAN PUN"
"Colorin colorado" is "pop goes the weasel" song. It keeps the tragicomic nature of the perk name. "PIN PAN PUN" is ... a bad name. It's "bish-bash-bosh", a rushed action being completed.
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"Stridor" changed from "Estridor" to "Aliento"
"Stridor" is "Estridor", "Aliento" (Breath) does not quite reflects the perk idea.
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"Spine Chill" changed from "Escalofriante" to "Desasosiego"
"Spine Chill" is literally "Escalifrío". "Escalofriante" was a cool translation. "Desasosiego" is misleading.
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"Dead Hard" changed from "Chungo "to "FAJADOR"
"Chungo" is something rotten or crappy. Agian, only for Spanish speakers. Most latin american went like "######### is Chungo? (me included).
"Fajador" is someone (a boxer) that endures hits... only for Spanish speakers. In latinamerica, it means someone that hits/beats someone else, often as a routine.
The more I think about Dead Hard and No Mither, is that they have the perk translation switched from the beginning. It has more sens that Chungo was No Mither.
"Dead Hard" is difficult to be translated, I'd personally go "Sin estremecerse" or something like that (without flinching).
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"Dying light" changed from "Luz extinta" to "LUZ QUE AGONIZA"
"Dying light" would be translated properly as "Luz Agonizante"
"Luz extinta" is "Extinguished light". I liked this translation even more, because it reflects the perk effects after it's activation (a permanent debuff, an extinguished light). It's not permanent anymore, but anyways.
"LUZ QUE AGONIZA" means something like Dimmed light, but is badly worded.
My two cents.
I don't know, I do think the translation is much better as it is, (finally "cords" are "pantalones de pana" instead of "cordones" lol, and "asylum" is "psiquiátrico", yay!).
"No mither", if i'm not mistaken, means "I don't give a #########" in British, very British English, I guess cause Dave is English and as such he has to speak like a walking cliché.
"Pop goes the weasel" is a popular song usually related to Jack in the box toys, I don't know of anything that can be transferred into Spanish for this, so I really wouldn't know how to name this one. "Colorín, colorado" means "the end" in storybooks for children, and "pim, pam, pum" is an onomatopoeia for pretty much anything. None of them seem to be related to Pop goes the weasel, but what would?
"Stridor" is probably the weakest one, "Aliento" means "breath" or "breathing", which even though it fits the perk description, I would probably go with "Jadeos" (gasping) or something like that instead. Still, I don't really see much a problem either with "aliento" when it's what the Nurse (or whichever killer is using it) will hear. Sometimes translating something doesn´t mean translating verbatim, we have Google translator for that, and the results are usually pretty poor.
"Spine chill" is not something "Escalofriante" (dreadful). It's an abrupt feeling of unease, as in a bad feeling about something, something YOU feel. And I think "Desasosiego" describes that feeling so much better.
Something "Chungo" is something cheap, crappy. Somebody "Chungo" is an evil, shady person, and "si te da un chungo" you faint and lose conscience. There was no relation whatsoever with "Dead Hard", which means "tough as nails" ("dead" means "very", once again mainly British, as in "you're dead right" or "that's dead easy"). Fajador comes from boxing/wrestling eviroments, but its meaning has transcended into anyone that can take a beating, someone who still stands when they should be down, so I think it pinpoints the meaning here.
"Dying light" is not a "luz extinta" because it's not extinguished, but fading. It's not total darkness, there is still a dim light that is weaker every minute. "Luz que agoniza" means literally "fading/dying light", so again an improvement here.
So yeah, I know some of us have been playing the game for years now, we got used to the names given back in the day and changes are always something we instinctly reject head on, but all in all I think the translation has improved A LOT (beyond perk names too, some descriptions and item names were just lol before) and I for one thank devs for trying to improve their product also in the Spanish department.