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Congrats!
Kobold is 妖 yāo, 妖精 yāojīng or 小鬼 xiǎoguǐ.
But 小鬼 xiǎoguǐ could also be imp and 妖精 yāojīng demon and 妖 yāo goblin or all of that.
I think the chinese language has not so many traditional words for that.
There is a D&D translation as far as i know and i know from the germas translation team that they use that language (which by now sometimes sounds silly and old) to keep it all in line.
You could look to those translations, might help a lot. Or maybe buy one and go through it with a chinese friend.
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Dan,
Congratulations!
The Mandarin word for Kobold?
Hmm....
While on a student exchange program to Ecuador many years ago (mid 90s), I tried for the longest time with my host family to figure out the Ecuadorian spanish word for blue jeans. .......ended up being Blue Jeans......they just used the english word.
Perhaps showing a chines friend a picture of a kobold, and asking him what would he call it in Mandarin might be an easy way to get a chinese translation.
Good luck
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Venture-Captain, China
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Congrats!
Kobold is 妖 yāo, 妖精 yāojīng or 小鬼 xiǎoguǐ.
But 小鬼 xiǎoguǐ could also be imp and 妖精 yāojīng demon and 妖 yāo goblin or all of that.
I think the chinese language has not so many traditional words for that.
There is a D&D translation as far as i know and i know from the germas translation team that they use that language (which by now sometimes sounds silly and old) to keep it all in line.
You could look to those translations, might help a lot. Or maybe buy one and go through it with a chinese friend.
That is actually really useful. I will have to look up those translations. Thanks!
Congrats!!!
