Help with German names and titles

[Agemegos]

I want to call an NPC "Theophrastus Spark, Baron of Tinkertown and Doctor of Mad Science". Except in German. Google Translate suggests Theophrastus Funke, Freiherr von Tüftlerstadt und Doktor der Wissenschaft Verrückten. Could a native speaker please suggest how I might improve on that? I want it to sound bombastic and ridiculous.

[rust]

Theophrastus von Funke, Freiherr von Tüftlerstadt, Doktor der Verrückten
Wissenschaft

[Agemegos]

Sorry, m'lord!

Does a freiherr's daughter and heiress-presumptive take an honorific title, or is she simply Fräulein von Funke?

About the captain of the Lord-Doctor's clockwork cuirassiers: would Starke Uhrwerk, Hauptman von Brustpanzerers be suitable? Again, we're aiming for "bombastic and slightly ridiculous".

The Chief Mechanic is a man of parts—hands of a Swiss watchmaker, arms of a blacksmith, torso from no fewer that two statuary's models, legs of a decathlete, "package" of a ballet-dancer…. He is a mechanoly figure with a thin veneer of tragic dignity. I was thinking of the name Lohengrin Krimskram.

Then there is the uplifted octopus. Is Julius Tintenfisch appropriate, or is a Tintenfisch strictly a decapod squid? Might Herr Tintenfisch insist "Ich bin ein Oktopus!", or would "Ich bin ein Krake" sound even sillier?

[Hans Rancke-Madsen]

Originally Posted by Brett

Then there is the uplifted octopus. Is Julius Tintenfisch appropriate, or is a Tintenfisch strictly a decapod squid? Might Herr Tintenfisch insist "Ich bin ein Oktopus!", or would "Ich bin ein Krake" sound even sillier?

"Ich bin ein schmetterling!" would be even more silly. ;-)


Hans

[Pomphis]

Originally Posted by Brett

Does a freiherr's daughter and heiress-presumptive take an honorific title, or is she simply Fräulein von Funke?

Freiin von Funke

Originally Posted by Brett

About the captain of the Lord-Doctor's clockwork cuirassiers: would Starke Uhrwerk, Hauptman von Brustpanzerers be suitable? Again, we're aiming for "bombastic and slightly ridiculous".

How about Hauptmann der Uhrwerkskürassiere ?

Originally Posted by Brett

The Chief Mechanic is a man of parts—hands of a Swiss watchmaker, arms of a blacksmith, torso from no fewer that two statuary's models, legs of a decathlete, "package" of a ballet-dancer…. He is a mechanoly figure with a thin veneer of tragic dignity. I was thinking of the name Lohengrin Krimskram.

Okay

Originally Posted by Brett

Then there is the uplifted octopus. Is Julius Tintenfisch appropriate, or is a Tintenfisch strictly a decapod squid?

In german Tintenfisch is the higher class, of which octopus, kraken, etc are subclasses.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintenfische

Originally Posted by Brett

Might Herr Tintenfisch insist "Ich bin ein Oktopus!", or would "Ich bin ein Krake" sound even sillier?

Depends on what he is.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Pomphis

Freiin von Funke

Thanks.

How about Hauptmann der Uhrwerkskürassiere ?

Fine. And for the personal name Klirrenden von Bolzen!

In german Tintenfisch is the higher class, of which octopus, kraken, etc are subclasses.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintenfische

It will be fine for his name, then. Better than coleoidea.

Depends on what he is.

He is, or originally was, mostly a Pacific giant octopus.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Hans Rancke-Madsen

"Ich bin ein schmetterling!" would be even more silly. ;-)

Especially in context. ;)

[Methariel]

Originally Posted by Brett

Fine. And for the personal name Klirrenden von Bolzen!

I think it sounds better if you'd make it "Klirrender von Bolzen".

"Klirren" is along the lines of "clanging"/"clattering"/"rattling". If you'd like to get more "rattling", "Rasselnder von Bolzen" might be preferable.

(By the way, to my ears, both variants sound quite amusing.)

M.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Methariel

I think it sounds better if you'd make it "Klirrender von Bolzen".

Okey-doke. Any reason, or just euphony?

"Klirren" is along the lines of "clanging"/"clattering"/"rattling". If you'd like to get more "rattling", "Rasselnder von Bolzen" might be preferable.

I was translating "Our of my way, you clattering box of bolts!"

Thanks for the help.

[rust]

Originally Posted by Brett

Any reason, or just euphony?

Grammar, actually. :)