Voyage au coeur des mots

English translation: Odyssey of Words

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French term or phrase:	Voyage au coeur des mots
English translation:	Odyssey of Words
Entered by:	Esther Lavedrine

13:13 Jan 4, 2010

French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: Voyage au coeur des mots

This is the name of a new board game based largely on guessing the origin of words, e.g. jeep, etc.
I thought of "Journey to the heart of words" or "Journey to the core of words" but they don't sound very snappy.
Would anyone out there have a better suggestion?
Thanks in advance.

Esther Lavedrine KudoZ activity Questions: 22 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 55 France
Local time: 15:17

The Etymology Game

Explanation:
Context? Is the "voyage" aspect important, as an intrinsic part of the game? Do you travel up snakes and down ladders in the process?

From your description, coeur is singularly inappropriate; is there some real reason for using this word?

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Note added at 26 mins (2010-01-04 13:39:57 GMT)
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Word Odyssey
WordOdyssey
Wordodyssey
Wordoddissie
Word Odd Is He?
The Odyssey of Words
The Word Odyssey: Hom(er)ing in on Word Origins

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Word Quest
Words Errant
Word Roots
Roots: the Etymology Game

If there are going to be international versions, I can see their names being of the literal "Journey to the Heart of Words" type.

Selected response from:

Bourth (X)
Local time: 15:17

Grading comment

Thanks Bourth and everyone here for your contributions. I submitted a number of the suggestions made here to my friend and together we decided on "Odyssey of Words". You've all been a great help and if this game exists one day, it'll be thanks to your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

journey to the centre of the word

Richardson Lisa

4 +3

The Etymology Game

Bourth (X)

3 +4

What's in a word?

MatthewLaSon

3 +3

Word Tour

ormiston

voyage to the origins of words

jmleger

Journey to the source

Travelin Ann

Words and their origin - a voyage of discovery

polyglot45

A journey to the roots of words

Sébastien GUITTENY

The journey that delves into word orgins

Tarik Boussetta

journey to the source of words

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman

3 -1

Odyssey to the land of Etymox

Jean-Claude Gouin

Discussion entries: 12

philgoddard

United States

22:37 Jan 4, 2010

In that case, good luck to your friend! I really think it should be something short and snappy. I can't imagine myself saying; "Does anyone feel like a quick game of Journey to the Center of the Word?"

Esther Lavedrine

France

ASKER

To philgoddard:

21:31 Jan 4, 2010

To tell you the truth, I'm actually doing it free of charge for a friend who's trying to create something new.

philgoddard

United States

20:31 Jan 4, 2010

I hope you're charging lots of money for this exercise in brand-name consultancy! And I hope you'll share it with us! :)

Travelin Ann

19:13 Jan 4, 2010

I've been trying to think of something that plays on "core" (instead of coeur)

Richardson Lisa

France

Travelin Ann

19:09 Jan 4, 2010

we both hit the button at the same time - anyway back to the drawing board!

Richardson Lisa

France

googled it

19:08 Jan 4, 2010

couldn't resist a google, and yes it already is a word board game
http://www.goliathgames.us/Wordquest_p_26.html

Travelin Ann

19:08 Jan 4, 2010

Just did a quick google on "wordquest" and it exists as a downloadable game, as well as a board game: http://www.goliathgames.us/Wordquest_p_26.html

Richardson Lisa

France

Bourth

19:05 Jan 4, 2010

Sorry Bourth didn't read to the end of your post - I, like Lorna really like WordQuest, but it sounds too familiar to not exist already

Richardson Lisa

France

other idea

17:54 Jan 4, 2010

I don't know if I'm allowed to post another idea, but I was thinking if you need something more short and snappy that keeps the idea of voyage/quest, then what about 'WordQuest'. Of course you'd have to check if it exists already, which I haven't done. I'm sure itmust exist, but worth a try. Good luck

Bourth (X)

French version?

15:50 Jan 4, 2010

In the French game, they have to spell "word" in English? If so, good reason for keeping "word" in the name.

Esther Lavedrine

France

ASKER

How to play the game:

13:46 Jan 4, 2010

Players throw dice, advance from square to square and answer questions about words or expressions. If they have the right answer, they win a token. The aim of the game is to collect all four tokens that spell WORD.

Esther Lavedrine

France

ASKER

More info:

13:41 Jan 4, 2010

As I said to Bourth, I did suggest "Etymox" to the author (something that could be adapted to all languages) but he preferred keeping the idea of a journey or quest.
The target audience is 10 years old or more.

Answers

9 mins confidence:

voyage to the origins of words

Explanation:
par ex. or etymomania!

jmleger
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of:

French

9 mins confidence:

Journey to the source

Explanation:
Journey to the source: a word game
has IMO a marketing ring

Travelin Ann
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: English

18 mins confidence:

Words and their origin - a voyage of discovery

Explanation:
Journey back to the roots of words

polyglot45
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 4

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

journey to the centre of the word

Explanation:
Just an idea - a play on the film title.What age group is the game aimed at?

Richardson Lisa
France
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

HugoSteckel: I was going to suggest this.. the half-rhyme with word and earth makes it very nice, IMO.

1 min

-> thanks hjs4(

agree

Chris Hall: Another very good and neat suggestion. Probably the best one that has been suggested IMO.

3 mins

-> thanks chris

agree

Catherine Gilsenan: Good suggestion. Nice ring to it.

29 mins

-> thanks catherine

agree

Paul Hamelin: Bonne idée!

1 hr

-> thanks paul

agree

Dr Lofthouse

2 hrs

-> thanks dr lofthouse

neutral

philgoddard: I'm not sure about this. The book and the film are called "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Also, most successful game titles are one to three words - this is a bit of a mouthful. I think you need to get away from what the French says.

6 hrs

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

The Etymology Game

Bourth (X)
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 26

Grading comment

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, it's a sort of journey or quest if you like. I did suggest "Etymox" to the author (something that could be adapted to all languages) but he preferred keeping the idea of a journey.

40 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Odyssey to the land of Etymox

Explanation:
Yet another suggestion ...

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 3

1 hr confidence:

A journey to the roots of words

Explanation:
On parle d'étymologie. On recherche donc la racine des mots. C'est comme un voyage dans le but de découvrir l'origine des mots.

Sébastien GUITTENY
France
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: French

1 hr confidence:

The journey that delves into word orgins

Explanation:
The journey that delves into word orgins

Just another suggestion

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typo

origins

Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 14:17
Native speaker of: Arabic

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

What's in a word?

Explanation:
Hello,

First of all, why do you have to tanslate "voyage" literally here? I don't like that in English hre. And second, board games for young kids don't always have simple names.

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

journey to the source of words

Explanation:
Suggestive,perhaps of " journey to the source of the Nile" or similar...

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 16:17
Native speaker of:

English,

Romanian

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Word Tour

Explanation:
just popping this in, borrowing Richardson's nice 'clin d'oeil'

ormiston
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of: English

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