Talk:Zahme Sau

Mis-translation

"Sau" does not mean "boar." "Sau" is "pig" or "sow"; "boar" is "Keiler" or "Eber." How-ever, the matter is a bit more complicated. See our comments at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Heinrich_Prinz_zu_Sayn-Wittgenstein. since this mis-translation is long-standing and *perhaps* goes back to the time of Zahme Sau, we must be careful. Still, I note that on this page, the parenthetical expression indicates that the translation of the words, not the name is "tame boar." That is simply wrong. (If what I'm trying to convey is not clear, consider this analogy using the 2014 movie: Home from Home, which is called Die andere Heimat in the original German. "Home from Home" is the title (or name of the movie, but obviously not the translation of the German (which is "the other homeland/home/home town/home region."Kdammers (talk) 01:40, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

I've just edited this (and the Wilde Sau page); as I've said over there, regardless of the literal meaning the tactic was generally known in English as "Tame Boar", not "tame sow". So "Tame Boar" is perfectly legitimate in an English language article (given we also mention the literal meaning): It isn't a translation error, because it isn’t a translation, it was how the Allies chose to refer to it. Why that was so (IMO) I've gone into over there. I trust that is OK with everyone, Xyl 54 (talk) 23:14, 14 November 2022 (UTC)