свернуть маунта в артефакт

English translation: unsummon/dismiss mount

19:37 Oct 21, 2013
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Russian term or phrase: свернуть маунта в артефакт
И снова геймерский сленг. :)) Помогите, пожалуйста, кто владеет терминологией! :)))

Контекст:

Я избавился от маунта, свернув его в артефакт, и дальше пошел пешком.
Irene Woodhead
Local time: 18:00
English translation:unsummon/dismiss mount
Explanation:
I agree that this sentence would appear to be connected to the Archaeology profession in Warcraft but I would be tempted to say that the word "artifact" is not needed here and the full sentence could be translated as:

"I unsummoned the mount and continued on foot"

In this sentence, it seems to me that "в артефакт" means that the player is returning the mount to his inventory, rather than reverting it back to an artifact as originally found. The word "unsummon" implies this meaning without the need for the word "artifact".

From my understanding of the Archaeology profession, players collect fragments and once they collect enough fragments, they use them to create an artifact.

The artifact created (in the case of mounts) is an item, which teaches the player to summon the mount. Once the player teaches themselves to summon the mount, the previous inventory item will be replaced by a spell, which will allow the player to summon the mount whenever cast.

One further thought: if an artifact item is bound to a player upon pick up i.e. can be used by one player alone once they pick it up, I cannot think of any benefit to being able to revert the mount back to the original artifact i.e. the ability to learn the spell. They would already have learned it and would not be able to pass it on to any other player since it is a bound item (if that makes sense!)



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Note added at 6 days (2013-10-28 11:18:54 GMT) Post-grading
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You're very welcome, Irène - happy to help!
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Jessica West
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Local time: 17:00
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Thank you very much, Jessica! Thanks a lot, everyone!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1unsummon/dismiss mount
Jessica West
4I got rid of the mount, turning it into an artifact, (and then went by foot the rest of the way).
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3restoring a mount back into an artifact
Mark Berelekhis
3I packed/stoewed away my mount into an artifact
Mikhail Kropotov


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
restoring a mount back into an artifact


Explanation:
It *seems* to be a reference to WoW's archaeology profession, where you can get artifacts that turn into mounts (creatures you can ride/fly). I haven't played the game in quite a while, so I'm not sure if it's now possible to 'restore' a used artifact. That's what it sounds like, although I don't remember this mechanic back when I was playing.

I would query with the client either way.

Mark Berelekhis
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I packed/stoewed away my mount into an artifact


Explanation:
is probably how I would say it. An extensive Google search failed to reveal a definite term for this action свернуть маунта.

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Note added at 20 mins (2013-10-21 19:57:48 GMT)
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Sorry, stowed, not stoewed

Mikhail Kropotov
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I got rid of the mount, turning it into an artifact, (and then went by foot the rest of the way).


Explanation:
OK, I hope.


Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
unsummon/dismiss mount


Explanation:
I agree that this sentence would appear to be connected to the Archaeology profession in Warcraft but I would be tempted to say that the word "artifact" is not needed here and the full sentence could be translated as:

"I unsummoned the mount and continued on foot"

In this sentence, it seems to me that "в артефакт" means that the player is returning the mount to his inventory, rather than reverting it back to an artifact as originally found. The word "unsummon" implies this meaning without the need for the word "artifact".

From my understanding of the Archaeology profession, players collect fragments and once they collect enough fragments, they use them to create an artifact.

The artifact created (in the case of mounts) is an item, which teaches the player to summon the mount. Once the player teaches themselves to summon the mount, the previous inventory item will be replaced by a spell, which will allow the player to summon the mount whenever cast.

One further thought: if an artifact item is bound to a player upon pick up i.e. can be used by one player alone once they pick it up, I cannot think of any benefit to being able to revert the mount back to the original artifact i.e. the ability to learn the spell. They would already have learned it and would not be able to pass it on to any other player since it is a bound item (if that makes sense!)



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Note added at 6 days (2013-10-28 11:18:54 GMT) Post-grading
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You're very welcome, Irène - happy to help!

Jessica West
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you very much, Jessica! Thanks a lot, everyone!

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