Thread: Writing a Zombie Apocalypse Story

Direct translation does not always works though so the translation is very free.

Name of Fictional Country:Lake Peoples Черноозеро Chernoozero ("Black lake" - to keep the reference to DayZ and similar wordplay)


Major Cities:

Log City (coastal-sea) Бревново Brevnovo
Wide Fields City (coastal-sea) Белополье Belopol'ye
Red Stone City (coastal-sea) Краснокаменск Krasnokamensk
Prayers (inland) Богомолье Bogomol'ye
Copper Plate (coastal-sea) Медники Medniki (? "copper-workers" in fact)
High Wood City (inland) Дубрава Dubrava (oakery)
White Wood (coastal-sea) Белорощино Beloroshchino
Mouthful (coastal-sea) Полноустье Polnoust'ye
Heroes Grave (coastal-sea) Курган Kurgan ("burial mound")

Towns:
Crown Island (island) Короний Остров Koroniy Ostrov
Cut off (inland) Дальний Dal'niy "Distant"
Fins (fish) (coastal-sea) Плавник Plavnik
Hatchet (coastal-sea) Рубило Rubilo
Cliff (coastal-Lake) Скальное Skal'noye
Hill Crest (coastal-Lake) Холм Kholm (Hill)
Crucifix (coastal-Lake) Распятье Raspyat'ye
United (coastal-Lake) Спольное Spol'noye
Roots (plant) (coastal-Lake) Коренье Koren'ye
Jar(coastal-Lake) Горшково Gorshkovo
Water Drop (coastal-Lake) Каплино Kaplino
New Water (coastal-sea) Новые Воды Novye Vody
Holy (inland) Святоземье Svyatozemye
White Stone (coastal-sea) Белокаменка Belokamenka
Spring (natural fresh water spring) (coastal-sea) Ключи Klyuchi
Tall Ground (coastal-sea) Высочаны Vysochany
Hope (inland) Надеждино Nadezhdino
Curved (inland) Кривое Krivoye
Frog (inland) Жабье Zhab'ye
Peace (inland) Покой Pokoy
General (military) (inland) Генералово Generalovo
Freedom (coastal-Lake) Свободное Svobodnoye
Citrus (coastal-Lake) Лимонка Limonka (Wrong climate for citrus actually)

Other Land Mass: (out of imagination, sorry)

Crater Lake
Cauldron Island
Cauldron Volcano

Hope (inland) Надеждино Nadezhdino

Hello, it-ogo, the name Nadezhdino is already used in DayZ so I cannot use this word. Is there any similar words to this or do I have to change the city name entirely?

Originally Posted by Consumer

Hope (inland) Надеждино Nadezhdino

Hello, it-ogo, the name Nadezhdino is already used in DayZ so I cannot use this word. Is there any similar words to this or do I have to change the city name entirely?

Надёжино - there are villages with such name in Russia, "надёжа" is an old fasion way to say "надежда".

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Wide Fields City (coastal-sea) Белополье Belopol'ye

Not "white" but "wide" - Широкие Поля - Раздолье or Раздольино (if you want it to sound like a name of a Russian town)