Half-Life 2: Thunder's Leaves Is Very Poorly Translated

[@theomoser6212]

"The sentences are grammaticaly correct but they don't mean anything" It feels like it's a mandatory thing if you want to be a proper Half-life 2 russian mod, that's their charm

[@Ribbons0121R121]

i want to capture taht essence of nonsense writing, i want to be fluent in nonspeak

[@alephcake]

It's probably russian sayings 1:1 translated to english. Shake up the old days definitely sounds just about right

[@niiiiiiiiiiiia]

Yeah I can confirm that "shake the old days" looks like an attempt of literal translation of the russian idiom _«тряхнуть стариной»_ , which is a figure of speech that simply means to do smth again after a long period of time. I don't know an equivalent idiom in English, but probably "dust off the cobwebs" is somewhat close enough. *UPD* : well, now I see that in another thread people already found that stylistically, the phrase "just like the old days" suits better here . Still, I would like to note that this is actually closer to another russian idiom, _«как в старые добрые времена»_ , but still it fits perfectly to the situation as these phrases are used interchangeably in Russian.

[@BetterCallBigShotAutos]

@@niiiiiiiiiiiia as a russian, this is true i've never heard of тряхнуть стариной specifically, but you're definitely right

[@GalagoospurmankyREALofficial]

This mod is so beautiful and has really good concepts and everything, and honestly in my opinion the broken dialogue makes it even better.

[@zackmarlin1214]

Бжй

[@Memezuii]

@@zackmarlin1214 wut

[@awiseguythatsmorewise]

@@Memezuii Bj

[@Memezuii]

@@awiseguythatsmorewise ??????

[@BierBart12]

I really reminds me of some really well made old GTA and Elder Scrolls mods that are always horribly translated, or the person was great at everything except writing

[@ayzekpie9432]

"Shake up the old days" is an expression that is difficult to translate into a straight line. In fact, it means "It's time to do as in the old days/in the days of my youth", "It's time to remember how it was done in our time/before", "It's time to shake the dust off old skills"

[@MisterKarter100]

"Just like the old times" is the closest translation I can think of. The point is, the devs didn't even try. You put the Russian "Тряхнуть стариной" into Google Translate, and you get exactly "Shake the old days". I mean, it's not really hard to find an appropriate expression, I guess they just didn't have anyone on the team who speaks English on the level of knowing idiomatic expressions and stuff.

[@magead]

"just like the old days" sounds like the best translation for that expression IMO

[@WolfPeste]

"Тряхнуть стариной" - It's kinda fun to try to reverse-translate all the literal stuff.

[@Жойлес]

Вот я только хотел предположить, что это неудачная попытка перевести "тряхнуть стариной"

[@cadenhood]

Shake off the rust. Brush off the cobwebs. Just like the old days.

[@Skeletons_Riding_Ostriches]

3:18 I love the sheer anxiety and uncertainty in this guy's face.

[@TheSuper966]

i need to start using "it's time to shake the old days..." with a deep voice when i'm doing mundane stuff

[@Deagle195]

Shake the old days definitely means "Тряхнуть стариной", which should translate to something like "shake off the rust" Speaking of Russian mods, you should totally play ESHQ for HL1, it's so "good" :)

[@andrewch4066]

Should have used Google Translate)

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@andrewch4066 They probably did use Google Translate. The issue is that Google Translate isn't good at translating idioms or analogies due to the fact that they have meanings behind them that an AI would not be able to comprehend without an absurd amount of computing or learning.

[@andrewch4066]

@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 That was an obscure reference to Half-Life Google Translated edition mod

[@kasten2005]

Русские его смотрят? Не ждал

[@Lazy_ness]

imagine using a shotgun on a headcrab, and not the ar's alt

[@markmurgiya9354]

Honestly I love the broken dialog. Truly feels like an alternate universe. A Half Life universe at that.

[@fgp0032]

I love Henry but he looks like the type of guy to use a shotgun to kill a headcrab

[@Memezuii]

or, y'know... *a fucking rpg*

[@themyofmy]

@@Memezuii hed use a shotgun to kill an rpg???

[@Memezuii]

@@themyofmy no use an rpg to kill a headcrab

[@mrscruffles801]

Idk i think that's reasonable

[@Trabi3]

i use shotguns for head crabs :(

[@itslumine]

27:29 There isn't a town called Windtown in Wisconson, but there is a place called Windpoint in Wisconson, so that's neat I guess? And any time you use the music at 30:45, it always convinces me that my headphones got unplugged

[@bluedragin]

After a brief Google search, it looks like there's also a hotel in Brazil named Windtown as well.

[@simmerocky2393]

There is a part of a town in ireland that is called windtown. With windtown crescent and windtown road. The area inside the town is called windtown.

[@mattc7420]

This is the closest we'll get to a playable story of John Freeman from Full-Life consequences.

[@firstnamelastname7244]

No one's made a mod for that yet? After almost a decade?

[@jaydaykoth]

the pants are dead

[@PaulSchlock]

Rebel 1: "You smell that? It's freedom." Rebel 2: *Slowly turns his head and looks at you with guilt-riddled eyes*

[@Mordecai02]

I actually like how with some lines, such as 7:41, the voice actor decides to go off-script a bit in favor of phrasing that sounds a little more natural.

[@redreality4151]

I love these vids where stuff is kinda okay but also really weird

[@toxzen5711]

Ah yes, the QUIET-22 is my favourite weapon of all time...

[@Doktor_CC]

apparently that's a real thing but a bullet

[@j.demo4]

Aside from the dialogue, the game looks beautiful. I hope someone could port these maps or at least a hand full of them to Garry's Mod. They look like they could be fun to look and and walk around.

[@Жойлес]

It's like a running thing in mods made by non-English speakers. A fine quality and goofy dialogues, like in Snowrdop Escape

[@fantastikboom1094]

These maps looks better than any map valve ever made)))

[@jabuticaba4003]

24:08 The voice actor spells "rendezvous" in the british accent, but the writers probably didn't know how to write rendezvous, so they just wrote how it's pronounced in the 'merican accent "raan day voo".

[@Archbishopofcheeseburger]

Every time Zander speaks, I always imagine a sunglasses emoji at the end of each sentence. "It's time to shake the old days. 😎" "Yeah... I remember that piece of metal. 😎"

[@Simonomaly]

I feel like every single character Trivvy voices in mods has that quality, maybe excluding Clone Cop. Even the Combine Shotgunner he voiced for Prospekt Zero sounds like that lol

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

@@Simonomaly wait that's Trivvy?

[@fatalfrog7018]

I've been watching y'all for like 2 or 3 years, and it's amazing seeing the quality of your content evolve!

[@defryingpan4290]

22:42 "This technology has gone to the bad"

[@rinoz47]

This is the second time I've ever heard anyone say "William nilliam" and the first time is me.

[@cocoelacanth]

"This is a tower defence section" "I mean, Henry's got it, honestly" *immediately gets tackled head-on by a fast zombie*

[@moonbeast32]

This mod reminds me of something called an Escher sentence. It is a sentence that seems normal at first, but makes less and less sense the more you think of it. A famous example of an Essure sentence is the following: "More people have been to Berlin than I have."

[@sw1tchsh1ft37]

I feel the need to say that y'alls videos are really good for my creativity for some reason. Like there's a noticeable difference between art I create when I'm listening to y'alls videos vs when I'm not listening to anything :)

[@The-Plaguefellow]

This is a very well put-together mod, if I do say so myself, minus (plus?) the broken dialogue. Also... @18:34 Y'all gonna ignore how this man's hands are beyond broken? Think working on that drone did a number on him.

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

In this timeline the combine put carbon monoxide in the air

[@dooptown]

youtube likes to recommend this video to me every few months and everytime im like "yea you know what it is time for a rewatch"

[@codexstudios]

I really want to see someone google translate a Deadwater Gaming video I should try this mod, it looks pretty cool

[@redreality4151]

thats a good idea

[@keesdriesen9256]

How would you google translate a video though?

[@Herkan97]

If I'm not mistaken, the shoes are "Timbs" for short. Full name is Timberlands I think. The sand bag structure may be "barricade"?

[@landsuz]

"Fortification", perhaps?

[@kornsuwin]

it's just sandbags

[@framegrid69]

"place of protection", mayhaps?

[@KingGoldMod]

Considering the Half-Life series is known for some absolutely amazingly banal dialogue like "Why do we all have to wear these ridiculous ties" or "Sometimes, I dream about cheese", mistranslated mod content is like... pretty normal tbh, lol

[@matthewjones39]

Honestly, this mod looks pretty cool. I wish we could see more of half life through the eyes of a rebel.

[@trmmythias]

Agreed. Partaking in the near-impossible effort of revolting and overthrowing the Overwatch Combine as a mere soldier among thousands and thousands of others is enjoyable.

[@ninamibog]

27:33 apparently there’s a Windtown in Ireland

[@redreality4151]

18:34 what happened to his fingers? their like bending upwards somehow

[@isaiahsimmons5776]

fingers posing is jank

[@redreality4151]

@@isaiahsimmons5776 for real

[@CaptainBalls1244]

He’s double jointed

[@solounafanatica3220]

shake the olds days sounds like a slogan for a drink

[@JustAWarper]

18:00 that guy looks at the other like "How long will we be stuck with this dude?"

[@ctobree5252]

“Shake the old days” will now be in my every day vocabulary

[@rosieleaverton]

Apparently, according to Google, there's a town in South Africa called Windtown and it has a hotel called "Windtown Lagoon Hotel" Oh, and there's a "Windtown Cemetery" in Illinois (Google maps) Really does sound like a town that'd be in the Midwest somewhere, lol (coming from someone who's lived in the Midwest her whole life)

[@PINKBOY1006]

Also there is a Windtown Ireland. And as a fellow Midwesterner, may I introduce you to Sandwich Illinois. Yes its real.

[@rosieleaverton]

@@PINKBOY1006 XD

[@Nanorobotic]

Was going to say that sounded very Midwestern. Glad I'm not completely insane.

[@cosmicbananas8084]

The sand bag thing could be called a barricade

[@AerisBell]

You mean a barnacle

[@Vienna3080]

My only possible guess to what “It’s time to shake up the old days”, is “it’s time to shake things up just like the good old days”

[@LambdaCherry]

1:03 that's what the government wants to to think

[@Thlormby]

19:59

[@realCaveJohnson]

damn i watched the entire video and it was really good. good work deadwater

[@Jackomojo]

Bro you commented in the first 15 seconds

[@tnichols8273]

The scuffed dialogue is a gift, and I will now sit till' I'm old.

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

This mod may have problems with the dialogue, but visually it looks decent. And the designs for the levels, NPCs(namely the different types of Combine Soldiers), and some of the weapons(excluding the pistol and crossbow) is actually pretty good.

[@XzTS-Roostro]

22:26 "You got games on your phone¿"

[@doktawhawee9870]

As a resident of Windtown WI, I demand an appology for this video. Me and my cat are the proud owners of 5 acres of farmland and waste disposal factories.

[@DeadwaterGaming]

dokta whawee in da wadar woom

[@SmolBeamy]

@@DeadwaterGaming Even in comments you guys manage to say things that are way funnier than they should be xD

[@doktawhawee9870]

@@DeadwaterGaming Appology accepted.

[@mattc7420]

I had fun playing this after not having played Half Life 2 in a while. I loved the Russians doing their American accents and I only had one glitch with the drop-pod, and the SteamID being incorrect.

[@Migii]

Glad i found this channel... Love u guys! Keep up the good content 🤝

[@proximityclockworkx1572]

16:34 "There's a tango inside" "Well you can go to your dance class later"

[@gamersam3920]

I like my days shaken but not stirred

[@thegingerchannel5879]

17:20 you got to flip it.. TURN-WAYS

[@ImagikaAli]

Ah , hell yea , new mahogany timbleweeb advenchers

[@ImagikaAli]

@Idkguy fank yew :3

[@zenniththefolf4888]

27:40 Funnily enough I live in Wisconsin and I know we have a town called "Watertown" which is eerily similar to "Windtown"

[@Krisztian08]

2:50 the "black covering on the barrel" is a compensator 🤓

[@oktayyildirim2911]

Actually, it's a muzzle weight 🤓

[@MetrixGoat]

At 28:11 he says you can't run over a gunship. THAT'S A DROPSHIP.

[@DeadwaterGaming]

Turns out you can't run over those either.

[@codexstudios]

24:40 youtube also broke for me on that day

[@ImagikaAli]

Not gonna lie , the mod looks really really neat , custom stuff are nice , characters are likeable ...

[@Жойлес]

28:31 I guess, that word's suppose to be "fortification" or "barricade"

[@farawaygaming_]

Barricades... They're called barricades....

[@uox179]

Be right back, I'm gonna go shake the old days

[@deadlocked278]

28:29 barricade

[@DatFMEntertainment]

Beware the enemies. They are stole your fuel. (obscure LGR reference)

[@UrosStankovic-xf9uq]

24:13 they turned into resident evil 4 zombies

[@TheCatestone]

8:28..to make his point..the German paratroopers were given their weapons later after drop. It was to reduce weight of the men parachuting.

[@M4GN3T4R]

i will be using "its time to shake the old days" whenever i can now

[@ArcticTheArcticFoxPL]

12:02 "What is you doing" 💀

[@AtomicToucan]

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one with a broken KZbin.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

garageband is just the trial version of logic pro, which is basically a DAW swiss army knife with too many strings attached

[@bubbadoo10]

I am glad I wasn't the only one who had KZbin not working right for like a day or two, I cleared my cookies and everything trying to fix that goddamned bug before giving up and it eventually just fixed itself. It wasn't that big a deal for me, but it was obnoxious I couldn't access my playlists. I wanted my music smh

[@iforget_2780]

"Freedom of choose is all ours" *Except you can't even use the locked up weapons for the capsules*

[@BierBart12]

I have a lot of respect for these voice actors, playing this nonsense script as if it's just normal English. That's a goddamn art form

[@xthexashumsx]

"THIS IS A BRICK WALL!"

[@DoggARithm]

Thunder Sleeves!

[@Darzzr]

"We will live live" - maybe it's advertising a band called We Will Live performing live.

[@muttipi]

i love that every single song in the soundtrack is a midi.

[@Yakuza-Merkitzi]

18:54 Bots in L4D when they get stuck and decides to teleport.

[@arkhilious]

I love your sense of humor so much

[@arkhilious]

Omg I'm going to cry Not only because I love your sense of humor, but also because it's MY sugar of humor, and so far I've only really seen my exact sense of humor from you guys. No one else.

[@charleshaskell2056]

"as opposed to a quiet 22" Yes, exactly

[@no.scoper.360]

16:50 felix is practicing his cha cha slide

[@DargorShepard]

28:23 I believe the word you were looking for is "barricade".

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

Thee word you're thinking of for something that people hide behind, especially with sandbags, is a barrier. Barriers are used for protection and for obstructions, and can be made of various things... like sandbags.

[@Gryphon1-1]

It's time to shake it up just like the old days

[@theenceladuschannelcool5777]

It is currently the moment in which we preform the action of rupturing the days of past

[@TheRealCachenr]

we love henry

[@AstroTom]

Mahoog told us we'd enjoy the next video!

[@TheNewSaige]

“Humor is about the unexpected, and extremely illegal things for a stupid video is definitely unexpected” -Timbleweed 29:50

[@deezastorious8947]

Thunder sleaves

[@buzzcutinteractive]

The soundtrack is made in *grodge band* :) (Ik that he said "Garage" but it sounded like "Grodge" so I'm saying that now)

[@LuckyPhox-j4i]

Now I really wanna download this mod and compare dialogues lol

[@RS250Squid]

*searches wikipedia for Windtown*

[@jaroftar]

After a quick search Apparently Windtown is a nickname for Chicago

[@Callsign_Kuru]

"the pistol is bald" best sentecne in this video, although they just "ripped" off the compensator (black part at the front)

[@Dexieboi2013]

honestly the weapon design looks pretty cool, especially the shotgun, dunno if I ever saw a harder shotgun than that

[@TheMagnificentRaft]

15:19 there's only one person I know of who's able to think of something like this and it's mahogany

[@bigus-boi4022]

the loud 22 is literally just the shotgun from wolfenstien

[@AForceGaming]

Good content as always 👍 Really fun stuff 😆

[@optiTHOMAS]

Gotta say, this is actually pretty well done, and the voice acting is pretty decent compared to other stuff sometimes! 😅 not a bad concept. 😁👍🏻

[@chetapace79]

It’s all the fun of mildly google translating a mod without mildly google translating a mod

[@KlaifTheBee]

Btw Windtown actually exists in Ireland north to Dublin.

[@bogyma7915]

zander sounds like a cod black ops woods, would not be surprised if he was trying to replicate his voice