# Review notes — things to check in the Slovak human review pass Consolidated list of wordplay, coined terms, gender guesses, and register calls that the machine-assisted first pass flagged. Work through these with a Slovak-speaking eye. Grouped by type; `idx` = position in the flat `` list where useful. See [`glossary.md`](glossary.md) and [`../PLAN.md`](../PLAN.md) for the locked terms and per-batch context. --- ## 1. Puns & wordplay (hardest to get right) | Where | English | Current SK | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Gabbro, satellite (idx ~460–466) | "Ol' Spacey" (the deep-space satellite; "Ol'" = affectionate "old") | **Vesmírko** | Nickname folded to a diminutive that carries affection via form, not oldness. Line 465 ("'Ol'' is more a term of affection") therefore explains *starký/old* while the name is *Vesmírko* — mild disconnect. Consider a nickname that keeps the "old" beat, e.g. *Starký* / *Vesmírko starký*. | | Gabbro (idx 1353) | "you just got **Feldsparred**" | *...práve ťa **Feldsparovalo*** | Invented verb from a name; keep or rework. | | Gabbro (idx 399 etc.) | "**Statue Island** ...Get it?" (it's the *island* with the *statue*) | **Ostrov sôch** ...Chápeš? | The "get it?" gag barely lands in SK since the wordplay is thin even in EN. OK, but confirm. | | Chert (idx 1979) | "Keep **an eye or four** on the stars" (Hearthians have >2 eyes) | *Maj oko, aj štyri, na hviezdach* | ✅ reworded per review (was *Maj oči — pokojne aj štyri —*). | | Player self (idx 252) | "we are the **Feldspar** of weird time stuff" | *sme **Feldsparom** čudných časových vecí* | Idiom "the X of Y"; fine but review. | | Ghost-matter kid (idx 1702) | "All **pew pew pew**!" | *Také **pyu pyu pyu**!* | Onomatopoeia choice. | | Feldspar note (idx 1350) | "Hornfels, **ya burnt marshmallow**" (insult) | *Hornfels, ty **pripálený marshmallow*** | Insult + the kept loanword *marshmallow* (see §2). | | Porphy, sap wine (idx 1476, 1478, 1490) | "**The Good Stuff**"; bottles labeled "structural collapse" / "house fire" | **Tá Dobrota** (standardized; was mixed *To Pravé*/*Tá Dobrota*); „zrútenie konštrukcie" / „požiar domu" | Bar/booze humor; Porphy is **feminine** (§3). | | Chert (idx 1994) | "On a **scale of one to dead**, I'd give it a seven or eight" | *Na škále **od jeden po smrť**...* | Keep the deadpan. | | Feldspar jellyfish journal (idx 2181) | "Boring crashes: 0 (a personal best!)" / "entry #... 'not 1'" | translated literally | Feldspar's swagger; check voice. | | Fishing rhymes (idx 1540, 1567, 1576) | fishing rhyme/song/tune couplets (the 3rd deliberately fails to rhyme) | rendered **loosely to keep a rhyme** | ✅ 1567 reworked to *…ech, asi mi nesedí táto **návnadička*** (rhymes *pesnička/návnadička*, keeps "bait is wrong"). 1576 intentionally drops the rhyme (matches the EN joke). | | Nomai, Pye/Ramie (batch 5–6) | "gas / aeriform" state-of-matter puns; Pye's supernova/"gas" humor | flagged in batch notes | Physics/gas double meaning — verify it survives. | | Nomai, Conoy (batch 6) | "lose his head" joke | flagged | Idiom. | | Nomai, Melorae (batch 7) | "my **sedimentary** friend" (geologist pun) | flagged | Rock pun on "sedentary". | | Nomai idiom (glossary) | "on the other **appendage**" (hand-joke; Nomai have appendages) | **Na druhej končatine** | Locked, but re-read in context. | | Idaea (batch 11) | Sun Station "mission" humor | flagged | Deadpan Nomai humor. | **Character names are themselves geology/rock puns** (Slate, Feldspar, Gabbro, Chert, Gneiss, Tuff, Tephra, Porphy, Arkose, Mica, Moraine, Hornfels, …) — kept in English by design (see glossary §1). No action unless we ever localize names. --- ## 2. Coined / provisional terms (no prior canon — confirm rendering) | English | Current SK | Status | |---|---|---| | Ol' Spacey | **Vesmírko** | provisional (see §1) | | Statue Island (Gabbro's coinage) | **Ostrov sôch** | provisional | | Lunar Outpost (Esker's, on the Attlerock) | **Mesačná základňa** | provisional | | Youngbark Crater | **Kráter Mladej kôry** | provisional (blockC) | | Quantum Grove Crater | **Kráter Kvantového hája** | provisional (blockC) | | The Good Stuff (sap wine) | **Tá Dobrota** | standardized this pass | | marshmallow | **marshmallow** (kept) | decide: keep loanword or *sladká pena*? Be consistent. | | Twilight Twin (Nomai warp-tower lines) | **Súmračné dvojča** | ❓ unusual term — confirm meaning/rendering | | Echoes of the Eye (DLC title) | **Ozveny Oka** in prose | ❓ keep EN on store/menu title strings? | | Distant Nomai places (batch 10) | **Súmračná galaxia**, **Čierna skala**, **Jasná iskra** | flagged | --- ## 3. Gender — cross-checked against the Czech mod ✅ Outer Wilds uses **they/them for all Hearthians**; Slovak forces a gender, so the first pass **defaulted masculine**. We then cross-checked every gendered self-reference against `shippy/outer-wilds-czech` (Czech is also grammatically gendered) — only **3** disagreements surfaced across the whole file, now resolved: - **Arkose** (ghost-matter kid) → **corrected to feminine** (*Slyšela jsem*). - **Porphy** (sap-wine maker) → **corrected to feminine** (*dolila dávku*). - **Filix** — Czech has her masculine, but English says *"her note"*, so she **stays feminine** (English canon wins). - Also flipped the **hide-and-seek kid** at idx 1627 to feminine (*Chtěla jsem… otravná*). **Confirmed masculine** (Czech agrees): Chert, Esker, Gabbro, Riebeck, Feldspar, Gneiss, Marl, Mica, Spinel, Tektite, Tuff, Hornfels, Hal, Gossan, Slate. **Undetermined** (no gendered self-reference either side; left masculine): Galena, Rutile, Tephra, Moraine — worth a glance in-game but low-risk. **Locked female (EN cues):** Solanum, Poke, Clary, Ramie, Pye, Filix, Melorae, Privet. **Locked male:** Annona, Coleus, Avens, Plume, Idaea. --- ## 4. Register & length - **Nomai text walls** — keep the formal, precise, courteous voice; watch length vs. the in-game panels (utility supports variable length, but very long walls should stay tight). - **Chert's panic stammer** (idx 2029–2031, 2076–2077) — rendered as *a-a-ale / d-d-dúfam / m-možno*. Check it reads as anxious, not broken. - **Kids' register** — playful, casual *ty*; player often *mláďa*. Make sure the kid voices don't sound adult. - **Player self-talk** (the "two of you" convo, idx 169–308) — both speakers are the player, masculine, mutual *ty*; screams left verbatim. --- ## 5. Left verbatim on purpose (not for translation) Panic-scream onomatopoeia (idx 174, 267–286), sick-noises (*Hurgh…*, idx 1666/1685), shy-kid silences (`…`), Kickstarter backer credit **names** (idx 2408–2415), and the ASCII-art easter eggs (idx 2416–2418, only embedded words like LOADING → *NAČÍTAVA SA* were translated). Leave these as-is.