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Sir Tim Drake
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Jorg-EM's post on this thread got me thinking: Are there official Spanish translations of the Legionnaires' codenames? If not, what should they be? For example, should Shadow Lass be Sombra Muchacha, Muchacha de Sombra, or something else entirely?

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Well, the Legion has been translated several times into Spanish. Some of the code names I'm familiar with are from the 70's-80's, essentially translations from the Adventure Era all the way to Levitz. Here are some of the ones I remember(but there have been many versions afterwards!):

Lightning Lad: Relámpago
Cosmic Boy: Cósmico
Saturn Girl: Saturna
Phantom Girl: Fantasma
Triplicate Girl: Triple (later on Doble)
Brainiac 5: Braniac 5 (one less i than in English)
Chameleon Boy: Camaleón
Colossal Boy: Coloso
Bouncing Boy: Rebotador
Element Lad: Elemento
Lightning Lass: Centella (even after her powers changed)
Sun Boy: Solar
Ultra Boy: Ultra
Matter-Eater Lad: Devorador
Mon-el: Mon-el
Dream Girl: Soñadora
Star Boy: Astro
Invisible Kid: Invisible
Shrinking Violet: Violeta
Karate Kid: Karate Kid
Princess Projectra: Princesa Proyectra
Ferro Lad: Ferro
Chemical King: Químico
Timber Wolf: Lobo
Shadow Lass: Sombra
Dawnstar: Lucero
Wildfire: Fuego
Blok: Blok
White Witch: Bruja Blanca

I'm sure I must have forgotten some...
Actually, I've always thought that some of these could work well in English, for example Astro, Solar or Sombra...

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I like the one for Dream Girl - Sonadora

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¿Chaval del Materia-Comedor?

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I think Kinetix is Kinetica.

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Other vertions (used in the comics in Spain):
Dawnstar: Estrella del Alba.
Wildfire:Fuego Salvaje.
Timber Wolf: Lobo Gris.
MagneticKid: Magnético.
Polarboy: Polar.
Nigthgirl: Nocturna.
Infectiuslass: Infecciosa.
Firelad: Fuego.
Stoneboy: Petreo.
Cometqueen: Reina Cometa.
Supergirl: Superchica.
Matter-eater-lad: Devorador de Materia.
Aparition: Aparición.
Lightlass: Liviana.
Villains (of the same comics)
Emerald Empress: Emperatriz Esmeralda.
LightningLord: Señor del Relampago.
CosmicKing: Rey Cósmico.
SaturnQueen: Reina Saturno.
Time Trapper: Señor del Tiempo.
Infinite Man: Hombre Infinito.

Generaly, they used the adjetive only (no chico, chica, muchacho, muchacha, pibe, piba,chaval or something like that) because the names would be too long.

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Heh, maybe I should get the spanish translated versions cause those names are cool.

Pariscub once sent me the names of them in France. Gotta find that email.

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See... they have no problem with one-word code-names... hint hint [Wink]

I could get to like going by Astro... [Star Boy]

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I love the Spanish names!

Reading the title of this thrad, I envisioned, "El Bloco" among them!

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Originally posted by Lobo Gris:
Matter-eater-lad: Devorador de Materia.
Infinite Man: Hombre Infinito.

I must say I prefer the Spanish versions in these cases. Tenz sounds much more dangerous this way.

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Originally posted by Star Boy:
See... they have no problem with one-word code-names... hint hint

I could get to like going by Astro...

Ruh-ro!

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Thanks for all the replies!

Some of those names are rather uninteresting, but Sombra, Estrella del Alba and Fuego Salvaje are possibly even better than the English names. And I laughed out loud at Devorador.

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Supergirl: Superchica.

These are cool.

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Originally posted by Lightning Lad:

quote:
Originally posted by Star Boy:
See... they have no problem with one-word code-names... hint hint

I could get to like going by Astro...
Ruh-ro!

and here i was picturing Astro-Boy as opposed to Astro the Dog... [Smile]

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Originally posted by Jorg-EM:
Heh, maybe I should get the spanish translated versions cause those names are cool.

Pariscub once sent me the names of them in France. Gotta find that email.

Jorge

Yeah, you'd better... LOL
Alternatively, I could always look through my old FR Legion Treasury Edition and write the list again. [Smile]

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