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

It's time to shake the old days
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[@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

[@cakedon]

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

[@carlosfranklinsouthsidemurder]

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

[@MemezuiiSangkanskje]

@@zackmarlin1214 wut

[@awiseguythatsmorewise]

@@MemezuiiSangkanskje Bj

[@MemezuiiSangkanskje]

@@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.

[@user-xw7kp2ye6c]

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

[@MahoganyCrafter]

I can’t believe I didn’t think of Barricade. My two brain cells failed me at my moment of need

[@couldbeusabaker7532]

i thought the word you were looking for was breastwork

[@chetapace79]

Only 17 likes?

[@tacticalsocialist8060]

Honestly, sandbag wall makes sense as well.

[@cbtillery135]

I thought of sandbag nest personally

[@Lazy_ness]

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

[@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" :)

[@andrewche4066]

Should have used Google Translate)

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@andrewche4066 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.

[@andrewche4066]

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

[@kasten2005]

Русские его смотрят? Не ждал

[@markmurgiya9354]

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

[@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.

[@fgp0032]

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

[@MemezuiiSangkanskje]

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

[@themyofmy]

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

[@MemezuiiSangkanskje]

@@themyofmy no use an rpg to kill a headcrab

[@mrscruffles801]

Idk i think that's reasonable

[@Sycon960]

i use shotguns for head crabs :(

[@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?

[@jake.lee.]

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.

[@user-xw7kp2ye6c]

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)))

[@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

[@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.

[@ninamibog]

27:33 apparently there’s a Windtown in Ireland

[@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".

[@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"

[@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?

[@CocoTheMii]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@cosmicbananas8084]

The sand bag thing could be called a barricade

[@AerisBell]

You mean a barnacle

[@LambdaCherry]

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

[@Thlormby]

19:59

[@PaulSchlock]

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

[@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."

[@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.

[@rinoz47]

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

[@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 :)

[@justawarper8397]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Migii]

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

[@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

[@thegingerchannel5879]

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

[@Krisztian08]

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

[@oktayyildirim2911]

Actually, it's a muzzle weight 🤓

[@realCaveJohnson]

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

[@Jackomojo]

Bro you commented in the first 15 seconds

[@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

[@EnclaveFanboy-118]

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.

[@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.

[@solounafanatica3220]

shake the olds days sounds like a slogan for a drink

[@ctobree5252]

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

[@ImagikaAli]

Ah , hell yea , new mahogany timbleweeb advenchers

[@ImagikaAli]

@Idkguy fank yew :3

[@ImagikaAli]

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

[@user-xw7kp2ye6c]

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

[@deadlocked278]

28:29 barricade

[@DatFMEntertainment]

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

[@AForceGaming]

Good content as always 👍 Really fun stuff 😆

[@codexstudios]

24:40 youtube also broke for me on that day

[@gamersam3920]

I like my days shaken but not stirred

[@Ribbons0121R121]

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

[@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"

[@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

[@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.

[@tnichols8273]

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

[@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”

[@zenniththefolf4888]

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

[@farawaygaming_]

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

[@Ursusowanie]

12:02 "What is you doing" 💀

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

In this timeline the combine put carbon monoxide in the air

[@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.

[@XzTS-Roostro]

22:26 "You got games on your phone¿"

[@uox179]

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

[@user-vf3vv8xg9w]

Now I really wanna download this mod and compare dialogues lol

[@xthexashumsx]

"THIS IS A BRICK WALL!"

[@limalepakko6074]

Love this video it's so chill

[@Yakuza-Merkitzi]

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

[@buzzcutinteractive]

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

[@AtomicToucan]

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

[@stateberg7208]

Can’t wait for part two

[@user-xw7kp2ye6c]

3:51 cool timbs

[@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. 😁👍🏻

[@karveka4371]

One of my favorite mods. Actually, my favorite after Snowdrop Escape/Minerva.

[@AstroTom]

Mahoog told us we'd enjoy the next video!

[@muttipi]

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

[@iforget_2780]

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

[@jaroftar]

After a quick search Apparently Windtown is a nickname for Chicago

[@Gryphon1-1]

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

[@DargorShepard]

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

[@elie500]

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

[@theenceladuschannelcool5777]

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

[@bigus-boi4022]

the loud 22 is literally just the shotgun from wolfenstien

[@Dexieboi2013]

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

[@charleshaskell2056]

"as opposed to a quiet 22" Yes, exactly

[@TheNewSaige]

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

[@TheRealCachenr]

we love henry

[@gordonfeetman5306]

i love the voice actors changing the dialouge.

[@Callsign_Kuru]

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

[@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.

[@myfunbox355]

where you notified when the recording stopped and stopped playing? if you didn't that would be really sad because I want a part 2

[@DeadwaterGaming]

There was a windows notification sound in the background and we alt-tabbed to check, luckily. So we'll probably maybe possibly do part 2.

[@myfunbox355]

@@DeadwaterGaming I'm happy to read that

[@proximityclockworkx1572]

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

[@SSoap_Cat_69]

Jeez a year has passed already ?! Time is fast now I guess.

[@thecommunistloli1042]

The general design of the characters gives me Alien and Terminator vibes Even the weapons kinda remind me of those franchises

[@KlaifTheBee]

Btw Windtown actually exists in Ireland north to Dublin.

[@mrnutman096]

1:37 hey thats the librarians voice

[@FOX_0510]

link to the walking up the stairs video?

[@DoggARithm]

Thunder Sleeves!