How do Tarutarus talk in other languages?

[Telamond]

I've always wondered how Tarutarus talk in other language, I mean, what are the nuances to their Taru-speak?

[Ultimagi]

I'm curious how Ranpi-Monpi speaks in the french version of the game.
(I think that's the right NPC)

[fishstix]

ZUTaru alors!


... sorry, I had to

[Frenzy]

I'm curious how Ranpi-Monpi speaks in the french version of the game.
(I think that's the right NPC)

Ranpi-Monpi: Les sacoches de nourriture que j'ai arrosée avec ma bouteille de vinaigre de pomme ont probablement été livrées par les aventuriers chargés de cette mission par les gardes.
Ranpi-Monpi: Mais si vous allez à Giddeus sans perdre un instant, vous devriez arriver à temps ! Je vous en prie, faites vite, avant que les Yagudos ne goûtent la nourriture !

That's want Ranpi-Ronpi says in French when you are currently are on "A Crisis in the Making", and now you have to find a French person to tell whether it sounds French. ^^

In German he throws in some French terms during the quest speech and talks with something approximating a French accent.


Otherwise, German Tarutarus generally don't do appending of ~aru, I think we have less convient words ending in "t" to do that. German Tarutarus generally will do "botched" repeating of words.

Example from Funpo-Shipo who is on the way to Ranpi-Ronpi, he says "reden-weden" and "Puppen-Wuppen". "Reden" means "talking" and "Puppen" means "dolls", but the "repetition" are nonexisting words (although I think I also saw Tarus with real, but nonsensical words for the repetition). So basically German Tarutarus use the male naming scheme.

The French Funpo-Shipo seems to have a repetition going on, too (auto-automates, poupon-poupées)

[matt4684]

Up until I saw Frenzy's dead serious response I was going to say that this thread needs to be moved to advanced for some good input

[Omniyoji]

LMAO German Tarus...

This thread is so win!

[Hyriu]

Ranpi-Monpi: Les sacoches de nourriture que j'ai arrosée avec ma bouteille de vinaigre de pomme ont probablement été livrées par les aventuriers chargés de cette mission par les gardes.
Ranpi-Monpi: Mais si vous allez à Giddeus sans perdre un instant, vous devriez arriver à temps ! Je vous en prie, faites vite, avant que les Yagudos ne goûtent la nourriture !

That's want Ranpi-Ronpi says in French when you are currently are on "A Crisis in the Making", and now you have to find a French person to tell whether it sounds French. ^^

That sounds okay, yeah.

[Telamond]

Which taru is ze one who speaks like zis?
More investigations needs to be done! D:

German tarus not using -aru is a disappointment though.

[Khamsin]

That sounds okay, yeah.

But does it sound any different than a normal person speaking French?

[Silpha]

Sounds not different at all. Not a single word play.

[Khamsin]

Are there any Tarus in the French version that speak with heavy American English accents?

Like... "Zis eez french" or "mama mia! itsa italiana!", etc. only an american english stereotype in a foreign language, rather than french or italian as in my examples.

[Rasantath]

and what about rhyming?
like the three little ones in the COP missions.. they like to rhyme a lot IIRC.

[Telamond]

Do Tarus rhyme in Japanese?

[Zez]

I doubt it.

[Drex]

Does Shantotto have a different laugh in other languages? And does she still rhyme?

[Telamond]

I doubt it.

Then how do Tarus speak to make themselves sound cute?
*light's a small Elmer signal*

[Naash]

In Japanese no Taru has any foreign accents as far as I remember.

Some tarus have some kind of speech "gimmicks" like the Fenrir taru speaks in っぺ which sounds like dialect from the countryside. But they don't sound like children much.

Shantotto doesn't rhyme but she has the "ohohohoho~" laugh. She speaks in rather typical "haughty rival female character" speech, with polite forms and a rather feminine way of expressing herself. She often sounds like a teacher lecturing small children, also. But sometimes in the middle of that she will use violent slang, giving it some contrast.

[Innuendo]

In french:

Tarus sometimes put -taru on the end of some words (tete -> tetutaru) but you don't normally pronounce the t at the end of a word so it's rarer than in english from the NPCs I sampled.
They also do the botched repeating that Frenzy mentioned.
Shantotto laughs "Ohoho!" and does still rhyme. Koru-Moru puts "-ification" on the end of words (I think he puts -ify on the end in english, can't remember too well.)
The Mithra still rrrrrrroll their rrrrrrrs.

[LD]

Shantotto doesn't rhyme but she has the "ohohohoho~" laugh. She speaks in rather typical "haughty rival female character" speech, with polite forms and a rather feminine way of expressing herself. She often sounds like a teacher lecturing small children, also. But sometimes in the middle of that she will use violent slang, giving it some contrast.

Why did they shoehorn in her rhyming quirk then? I can imagine it only serves to make writing her lines much more difficult.

[vegetaa]

and what about rhyming?
like the three little ones in the COP missions.. they like to rhyme a lot IIRC.

Funny...I've been wondering about that for years...I'd like to know how they translated their texts.