Forum:Digimon Types

I have problem with translation of three Digimon Types: Ankylosaurian, Stegosaur and Mythical Dragon/Beast.

1.Ankylosaurian

[鎧竜型]. Kanji [鎧] means "armor" and [竜] is "dragon". Shouldn't that be "armored dragon" (i saw that translation few times)?

2.Stegosaurus

[剣竜型]. Kanji [剣] means "sword", so shouldn't that be "sworded/bladed dragon"?

3.Mythical

[幻] means "phantom", "illusion", but I see that most recent translations are "mythical".

Please, help me with these as I'm not good with japaneese.


 * I believe the first two are because, in Japanese, the Ankylosauria group of dinosaurs is named 『鎧竜類』 with the last kanji meaning group, and the Stegosauria group is dinosaurs is named 『剣竜類』.


 * The last is a question I asked in Forum:Insect/Insectoid which I still haven't gotten an answer to yet, but it seemed as if the English card game translated 『幻』 as Mythical and I wanted confirmation from everyone as to what we wanted to do. Lanate (talk) 18:20, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that helps out. Final Cannon  Talk 18:42, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Wherever I searched, "genjuu" means "illusionary beast". The same with Dragons. Final Cannon  Talk 19:48, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe "Phantom" would imply more of a cryptid association. However, all of the "Phantom" type Digimon that I know of are pretty much straight from myth, and cryptids are called "Rare Animal" or some such. So, "Mythical" seems to be correct. I'm not real clear on the bios, but isn't the V-series of Dramon considered to be legendary? Glorious  CHAOS!  21:03, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

I think "Long Necked Dragon" should be "Plesiosauria", look: 『首長竜』 - Plesiosauria group, 『首長竜型』 - Long Necked Dragon Group. Final Cannon  Talk 17:41, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes it would be, thank you. Lanate (talk) 18:08, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * "Stegosaur", "Ankylosaur", and "Plesiosaur" are more in line with the noun-form genuses we do. "Stegosaurian" etc. would be an adjective. Glorious  CHAOS!  19:10, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * One thing I wanted to know about: 氷雪. It's leteral translation is "Ice and Snow", but that is incredibly awkward for our use. I've been using "Icy Snow", which is about the same meaning, but does anyone have any alternatives? Glorious  CHAOS!  19:14, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll go do the appropriate edits.


 * Icy Snow's good enough I think. Lanate (talk) 22:46, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, "Mythical Beast" is a logical translation, but the dub of Tamers calls Gryphonmon a "Phantom Beast". It also calls Hououmon's "Holy Beast", "Sacred Beast".
 * In Adventure, Floramon's "Vegetation" is called "Plant", Flymon's "Insectoid" is called "Insect", Meramon's "Flame" is called "Fiery", Piedmon's "Wizard" is "Phantom". Glorious  CHAOS!  03:00, March 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you want to combine the categories then? Like, redirect Plant into Vegetation?  Or could we simply mention that Sacred Beast is another translation for Holy Beast? I could just redirect the categories for these specific disconnects between anime and card.  Lanate (talk) 06:20, March 25, 2010 (UTC)