Talk:The Bird That Drinks Blood

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Hmm does anyone mind posting the plot summary, characters, etc. I havent read all of it so im unable to do so. I am however interested in how it turned out. (i dont have all the books so i cant read it even if i wanted to)

About translation of names

Should they be translated?

You may have read the Korean version(by the beloved, Golden Bough) of The Lord of the Rings and may have been taken aback at the name of Goldberry translated as...금딸기, or Gold Strawberry. Names in the Bird series are, especially the names of places, in simple old Koreans, such as 하늘누리. Do you think when the Bird series is introduced to non-Korean readers, these names should be translated, or kept as a Korean word(e.g. Haneulluri)? QCat 20:37, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Haneulluri 하늘누리

I translated 하늘누리 Haneulluri as Skywhere, because 온누리 Onnuri, the most commonly used word that ends with -누리, means "everywhere". The suffix -누리 is also an old Korean word for "the world." So I looked up some old English words, and found "woruld" from Wiktionary. Between the Skywhere and the Skyworuld, I thought the first sounded simple and easy to grasp, as Haneulluri would be for Korean readers. Do you think this is a good choice, or there is a better alternative? QCat 20:37, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Chicheonje 치천제

I first thought, "Govern sky"? But found that chicheon is a short version of chicheona (치천하, 治天下), meaning "governs all under haven; the entire world." So I chouse Governheaven, kind of sounds similar to the double ㅊㅊ. No? QCat 01:37, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Elsi's rank Daejangun 대장군(大將軍)

The same Chinese word, 大將軍, is usually translated as General-in-chief in Wikipedia. So that is what I chose, instead of Archcommander of the previous version, which sounds cool but made-up. QCat 01:37, 2 September 2011 (UTC)