• Aaoograha_hoa@lemmy.ml
    8·
    3 months ago

    Still fun to see in different languages! In Dutch the literal translation is:

    ♙ Pawn
    ♖ Tower
    ♔ King
    ♕ Lady
    ♗ Walker (as in: slow runner)
    ♘ Horse

    Pion, toren, koning, dame, loper, paard.

    • flyingSock@feddit.orgEnglish
      71·
      3 months ago

      In German it would be

      ♙ Peasant / Farmer

      ♖ Tower

      ♔ King

      ♕ Lady

      ♗ Runner

      ♘ Horse

      Bauer, Turm, König, Dame, Läufer, Pferd

      But this may be wrong I am not that into chess.

    • frank@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      3 months ago

      And in Danish:

      ♙ Peasant
      ♖ Tower
      ♔ King
      ♕ Queen
      ♗ Runner
      ♘ Jumper

      Bonden
      Tårnet
      Kongen
      Dronningen
      Løberen
      Springeren

    • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 months ago

      In Italian:

      ♙ Pedestrian

      ♖ Tower

      ♔ King

      ♕ Queen

      ♗ Flag-bearer(?)

      ♘ Horse

      (Pedone, torre, re, regina, alfiere, cavallo)