Two things that I love: Silksong and languages!
And of course I had to spend like an hour translating all the areas into Swedish. It was necessary. And lots of fun. I tried to use puns and alliterations wherever possible, and some of these could legit be Swedish place names that you would not be surprised to hear as someone’s birthplace. (There are little asterisks on those, btw.)
Pharloom — Långväva* (Long weaving; pun on långväga which means from far away)
Moss Grotto — Mossgrottan (The moss grotto)
Bone Bottom — Nedre Benbo* (Lower bone home. (This implies that somewhere, there is an Övre Benbo (Upper bone home) which in my mind would be the secret area above The Cradle where you get to the surface!))
Wormways — Maskgångarna (The worm tunnels)
Weavenest Atla — Atlas vävda vagga (Atla’s woven cradle)
The Marrow — Märgen (The marrow)
Deep Docks — Glupahamn* (Port of gulping depths; Glupa- will be a familiar prefix from children’s culture to most Swedish people)
Far Fields — Änds ängar* (Meadows of the end)
Hunter’s March — Jaktmarken (The hunting ground)
Greymoor — Gråhedar* (Greymoors)
Wisp Thicket — Gnistgläntan (Spark clearing)
Sinner’s Road — Syndaborgen (The castle of sin; pun on syndabock which means scapegoat)
Bilewater — Gallsump* (Bile bog)
Putrified Ducts — Rötarör (Pipes of rot)
Verdania — Verdanien (just a Swedish suffix on this one)
Bellhart — Klockebo* (Bell home (or bell nest))
Shellwood — Klockskogen* (The bell forest)
Blasted Steps — Blästringen (The blast (as in sand blasting))
Sands of Karak — Karaksand* (Sand of Karak)
Mount Fay — Fjäderfjäll* (Feather mountain, specifically the snowy mountains of the Scandinavian North)
The Slab — Kalklint* (Bare cliff)
The Mist — Dimman (The mist)
The Underworks — Undervärken (The under-pain; pun on underverk which means wonder (as in wonders of the world), but verk also means works (as in building where things like steel and water are produced/refined))
The Citadel — Citadellet (The Citadel)
Grand Gate — Klockporten (The bell gate)
Choral Chambers — Hymns hallar* / Psalmsalarna (I couldn’t decide. The first one is more of a place name and the second is more of a descriptor. Either way, they both mean The halls of hymns, and also they’re both alliterations!)
Whiteward — Vita avdelningen (The white ward)
Cogwork Core — Kugghjärtat (The cog heart; lowkey pun on kugghjul which means cogwheel)
Whispering Vaults — Viskningarnas valv (The vault of whispers)
High Halls — Övre valven (The upper vaults)
Memorium — Åminnesalen (The remembrance hall; pun on åminnelse which means commemoration)
The Cradle — Garnkammaren (The yarn chamber; pun on barnkammare which means nursery)
The Abyss — Avgrunden (The abyss)
Please, any Silksong fan who sees this and speaks a language not included in the game, do a translation for me! With explanations! Please I will love you!
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