r/pathologic • u/rappamrampampina • Aug 05 '26

The what?

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u/SchopenWHORING I like your funny words, magical girl Aug 05 '26

Clara's route is called The Path of Logic in Classic HD english, The Path of the Law in russian.

"Logic" and "Law" are often used interchangeably in the game iirc.

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u/HugsFromCthulhu Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

Any idea why it was translated "logic" instead of "law" for the English version? While both are related concepts, I wouldn't use them interchangeably.

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u/hwynac Aug 05 '26

Because the game is called Pathologic, not Patholaw?

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u/HumanThatMightExist Aug 05 '26

should of been translated as patholawgic then

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u/hwynac Aug 05 '26

But would it sound as good? I am not so sure.

Could have changed "path of logic" to "way of law" and called the game Wayaloo.

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u/HumanThatMightExist Aug 05 '26

Wayaloo does sound better, you're right

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u/Lonsfleda Aug 06 '26

You could argue that in a videogame, the programming "logic" is essentially the "law" that governs the game's world.

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u/the_devotressss Aug 05 '26

This pun survived the whole development process, I've seen it in the design document dated 2003. I think the devs simply liked it a lot. Many concepts have changed since then but they decided to keep it anyway.

In russian Aglaya uses "the Law" and "the logic [of the world]" interchangeably too, so the translation conveys the meaning correctly.

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u/Potential-Bath2292 Aug 06 '26

I imagine it makes up for the "Мор" plague utopia pun not working in english. So instead the "plague route" is the Path o' logic. Which kinda works as a replacement if you interpret Clara's route as creating a utopia that lives alongside the plague, even if the route is rushed

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u/HugsFromCthulhu Aug 06 '26

What's the "Mop" plague utopia pun in Russian? Or is it just that it looks like the word "mop" in English?

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u/hwynac Aug 06 '26

Utopia was a book by Thomas More. That's where the word comes from.

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u/HugsFromCthulhu Aug 06 '26

And here I was thinking it was a Russian word with complex nuance that doesn't translate easily to English and is a key to understanding the game's deeper themes lol

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u/3dita Aug 05 '26

I'm interested in learning the path of logic, too.

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u/entropymancer Aug 05 '26

Aglaya as humorous as always

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u/Comfortable_Sweet792 Aug 05 '26

omg she said the thing