Talk:Mercy/Quotes

Frau Doktor
Okay, so "Frau Doktor" literally translates to Miss Doctor, however this is not an accurate translation. Where one would say "Sprechstunde bei der Frau Doktor." in German, one would say "Consultation with the doctor." in English. An accurate translation simply would not include the "Frau" aspect similarly if she were male it would say "Herr Doktor", its just the way German titles are given. Saying "Ms. Doctor" has a completely different connotation in English though. I think the best way to cite this translation is simply "Consultation with the doctor." possibly adding a note that in German you can tell that its a female doctor by the language used, but even that I don't think is very necessary, I only included it in mine because it was in the original translation. Feel free to discuss. -LastTalon (talk) • (contribs) 09:15, 22 September 2016 (UTC) Edit: To clarify, simply saying "Doktor" is not a thing in German, the title is always accompanied by at least "Herr" or "Frau", either "Frau Doktor" or "Herr Doktor", never just "Doktor". -LastTalon (talk) • (contribs) 09:17, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. "The Miss/Ms. Doctor" sounds super weird to me, so if it's not necessary then I'm down with getting rid of it. I don't know anything about translating things, though, so my opinion isn't worth too much. :P --Fuzzlepuzzle (talk) 22:34, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Its normal for it to not make sense, because we don't do it that way in English. You don't call someone "Mr. Professor Smith" in English, you would call them either "Mr. Smith" or "Professor Smith", but in German its polite to call someone "Herr Professor Smith" and it would be rude to call someone simply "Herr Smith" if you knew they were a professor and likewise "Professor Smith". A phrase such as "Herr Doktor Smith ist groß." would typically just be translated to "Doctor Smith is great." -LastTalon (talk) • (contribs) 23:02, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Audio Thumb?
A User uploaded an audio file and added it to the line "My servants never die!", however, instead of being an usual audio file (ending with ".ogg"), it is instead made in a "|thumb" file, so on the page it looks off-kilter and has some hue around it. Any opinions on how to address this? --Gills97 (talk) 22:06, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it's automatically added by using the Visual Editor to add audio to the page. The thumb setting is usually used for image files to set them at a "thumbnail" size, but when thumb is added to any audio file it seems to add this extra space and mess up the flow of the table. When this happens, we just remove the |thumb in the source editor. - TheModster (talk) 18:44, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah, well thanks! Now I know how to correct it if I see it again. --Gills97 (talk) 20:40, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Datamined "unknown trigger"
"Sometimes I'm not even sure why I even bother." might be an in-game quote when she resurrects her team and they all die again within seconds. It's just a plausible theory of mine, and is not confirmed. --Gills97 (talk) 06:39, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Guten Abend?
Something I noticed is that sometimes, Mercy will say "Guten Abend!" (Good afternoon!) when she witnesses an elimination. I've only heard it twice--once while playing, and the other in one of Dabacabb's videos. Is it possible to confirm that that's the trigger for saying "Guten Abend" and then add it to the page?

(In Dabacabb's video (Funny & Epic moments 36) the Mercy is shown to have used a voice line when the Junkrat looks over, but I know for sure "Guten Abend" isn't a voiceline.) --AMercyMain (talk) 21:52, 19 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm pretty sure it's "Gute Arbeit" (German for "nice job"), which would make sense for witnessing an elimination. 81.82.40.12 19:39, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

The doctor is in
Could it be a reference to Peanuts? Lucy in particular.