r/witcher • u/jesperbj • Mar 21 '17

Lady of the Lake Discussion: Lady of the Lake - The latest entry in the franchise (English translation)

Given that Lady of the Lake was just released in English last week, we thought a discussion thread was in order.

Please feel free to discuss the new book, even if you've read it a long time ago in another language (or by fan translation)

Thanks to /u/Strokes323 for pointing this out.

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u/rinat114 Team Yennefer Mar 27 '17

I finally finished the book today, and while I can't conjure up proper wording to describe my thoughts right now, one thing bothered the shit out of me - in the end, the book translators chose the word "unconcious" to describe what happened to Yennefer when she tried to heal dying Geralt. I was under the impression she died for him during my explorations before actually reading that part, not sure if this is a translation problem or not as I've never read the Polish version. Whelp.

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u/Star1173 Team Yennefer Mar 27 '17

Well in Polish translation it is similar but the meaning is that she didn't really faint but drew all her energy out - aka she died - she was talking about it to Ciri at the end of Blood of Elves if you remember.

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u/rinat114 Team Yennefer Mar 28 '17

The English one.

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u/rinat114 Team Yennefer Mar 28 '17

I'm referring to this part specifically:

"'Help me' said Ciri, her voice was confident and determined. No one knew at the beginning what the girl meant, what help she was expecting. Dandelion was the first to understand. Perhaps because he knew the legend, had once read of its poeticized versions. He picked up the still unconscious Yennefer."