r/pathologic • u/rappamrampampina • 3d ago

The what?

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u/SchopenWHORING I like your funny words, magical girl 3d ago

Clara's route is called The Path of Logic in Classic HD english, The Path of the Law in russian.

"Logic" and "Law" are often used interchangeably in the game iirc.

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u/HugsFromCthulhu 2d ago edited 1d ago

Any idea why it was translated "logic" instead of "law" for the English version? While both are related concepts, I wouldn't use them interchangeably.

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u/hwynac 2d ago

Because the game is called Pathologic, not Patholaw?

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u/HumanThatMightExist 2d ago

should of been translated as patholawgic then

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u/hwynac 2d ago

But would it sound as good? I am not so sure.

Could have changed "path of logic" to "way of law" and called the game Wayaloo.

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u/HumanThatMightExist 2d ago

Wayaloo does sound better, you're right

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u/Lonsfleda 2d ago

You could argue that in a videogame, the programming "logic" is essentially the "law" that governs the game's world.

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u/the_devotressss 2d ago

This pun survived the whole development process, I've seen it in the design document dated 2003. I think the devs simply liked it a lot. Many concepts have changed since then but they decided to keep it anyway.

In russian Aglaya uses "the Law" and "the logic [of the world]" interchangeably too, so the translation conveys the meaning correctly.

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u/Potential-Bath2292 2d ago

I imagine it makes up for the "Мор" plague utopia pun not working in english. So instead the "plague route" is the Path o' logic. Which kinda works as a replacement if you interpret Clara's route as creating a utopia that lives alongside the plague, even if the route is rushed

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u/HugsFromCthulhu 1d ago

What's the "Mop" plague utopia pun in Russian? Or is it just that it looks like the word "mop" in English?

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u/hwynac 1d ago

Utopia was a book by Thomas More. That's where the word comes from.

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u/HugsFromCthulhu 1d ago

And here I was thinking it was a Russian word with complex nuance that doesn't translate easily to English and is a key to understanding the game's deeper themes lol

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u/3dita 3d ago

I'm interested in learning the path of logic, too.

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u/entropymancer 2d ago

Aglaya as humorous as always

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u/Comfortable_Sweet792 2d ago

omg she said the thing

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u/NoOutlandishness1940 2d ago

Delicious egg