From: "S. Guimont" <HS99 <at> POLYTEC1 <dot> BITNET>
Date: 17 feb 1993
Subject: Re: Shogi terms in French

Kon'nichi wa!   Hello!   Bonjour!
 
> Last night I was foolish enough to mention `les echecs japonais' at my
> conversational French class. I was immediately jumped on and heavily
> interrogated in French by `le proffe'. I did quite well (I think) but couldn't
> work out what the French for lance, gold, silver, promotion, drop, capture
> were. Would any of the native French speakers out there care to post a list of
> shogi terms in French?
 
Japanese    English         French
========    =======         ======
o sho       King            Roi
kin         Gold General    General d'or
gin         Silver General  General d'argent
kei-ma      Knight          Cavalier
yari        Lance           Lancier
hi-sha      Rook            Tour
ka-kou      Bishop          Fou
fou-hei     Pawn            Pion
 
 
About some technical terms :
============================
                 (french verbs)     (french name)
Promotion     =  Promouvoir      =  Promotion
drop          =  Parachuter      =  parachutage (or) parachute'
capture       =  Capturer        =  caputure'
square        =                     case
 
Some expressions :
==================
Promotion zone = zone de promotion
Moves of the promoted lance  = mouvement du lancier promu
 
Some defensive (GAKOI) expressions :
====================================
 
Yagura               Le pilier
mino-gakoi           La defense de Mino
fune-gakoi           Defense type bateau
kata-yagura-gakoi    Pilier d'assaut
ana-guma             Le terrier du blaireau
gin-kahn             Couronne d'argent
kani-gakoi           Defense du crabe
 
 
  If you need other informations, I will try to help you!
 
Regards, S. Guimont
Chess-l tournament director
 
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