what languages does lara speak?

robm_2007 · 24-02-08, 15:58

in her in game bio, it says she is fluent in a dozen languages. besides english of course.

Angel_14 · 24-02-08, 16:22

She surely speaks French, Japanese, Russian, Latin German and most probably Arabic (sp?) and Spanish too.

These are my guesses, we don't really know.

MiCkiZ88 · 24-02-08, 16:24

And she can read hieroglyphs and other ancient texts. Though I loved that comment in AoD about her not being able to translate the cravings on the stone.

Ward Dragon · 24-02-08, 16:26

All of them? Seriously, she was able to read an incomprehensible Atlantean mish-mash of a bunch of different symbols from different languages which couldn't possibly have formed one cohesive text

Cochrane · 24-02-08, 16:43

Legend and Chronicles give russian as definite. Japanese is implied, but not 100% guaranteed (Mr "Now it is time to die" could have spoken english as a courtesy to her). Given that she works in the history business, I'd assume ancient Greek, Latin and old Egyptian are also in the list. In Angel of Darkness it seems that she can speak fluent french (I don't think Janine, for example, knows good english). In TR2 she overhears some italian mobsters, I don't think they were speaking english for the benefit of spies like her. From TR4, I'd say arabic is a safe bet. Further, I'd guess spanish and modern greek, to better communicate with locals when she is doing a dig somewhere.

As a more general rule, I guess Lara speaks whatever the story requires her to speak, but mainly focused on languages that brits and americans see as weird, so Lara looks more leet when she suddenly shows that she knows them.

TrKing_Rulz · 24-02-08, 16:47

Russian, French, German, Olmec, Heiroglyphs, Japanese, Latin and other Mesoamerican languages are my guesses.

Zebra · 24-02-08, 16:47

She can also speak Incan as she translated the cavings in the tomb in Peru (TRL).

TrKing_Rulz · 24-02-08, 16:51

They didn't have to be Incan, but that's what I thought they were.

They could have been an other mesoameric language...?

Anubis_AF · 24-02-08, 17:00

Moved to General Chat.

kimonap · 24-02-08, 17:01

She can speak many languages..thats for sure lol

24-02-08, 15:58	#1
robm_2007 Tomb Raider Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fhloston Paradise Posts: 21,280	what languages does lara speak? in her in game bio, it says she is fluent in a dozen languages. besides english of course.

24-02-08, 16:22	#2
Angel_14 Tomb Raider Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,245	She surely speaks French, Japanese, Russian, Latin German and most probably Arabic (sp?) and Spanish too. These are my guesses, we don't really know. __________________ Cannibalistic freaks who dance randomly to their own singing? Sure, why not?

24-02-08, 16:24	#3
MiCkiZ88 Legend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tampere, Finland Gender: Male Posts: 39,424	And she can read hieroglyphs and other ancient texts. Though I loved that comment in AoD about her not being able to translate the cravings on the stone. __________________ Take a step back to know I'm there.

24-02-08, 16:26	#4
Ward Dragon Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Temeria ♀ Posts: 33,422	All of them? Seriously, she was able to read an incomprehensible Atlantean mish-mash of a bunch of different symbols from different languages which couldn't possibly have formed one cohesive text __________________ We all make choices. But in the end, our choices make us. ―Andrew Ryan (BioShock)

24-02-08, 16:43	#5
Cochrane Tomb Raider Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In Germany Gender: I'm male Classification: Evil Posts: 11,933	Legend and Chronicles give russian as definite. Japanese is implied, but not 100% guaranteed (Mr "Now it is time to die" could have spoken english as a courtesy to her). Given that she works in the history business, I'd assume ancient Greek, Latin and old Egyptian are also in the list. In Angel of Darkness it seems that she can speak fluent french (I don't think Janine, for example, knows good english). In TR2 she overhears some italian mobsters, I don't think they were speaking english for the benefit of spies like her. From TR4, I'd say arabic is a safe bet. Further, I'd guess spanish and modern greek, to better communicate with locals when she is doing a dig somewhere. As a more general rule, I guess Lara speaks whatever the story requires her to speak, but mainly focused on languages that brits and americans see as weird, so Lara looks more leet when she suddenly shows that she knows them. __________________ Güter auf die Bahn!

24-02-08, 16:47	#6
TrKing_Rulz Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: So'ton, Hants! Gender: Male Posts: 1,144	Russian, French, German, Olmec, Heiroglyphs, Japanese, Latin and other Mesoamerican languages are my guesses.

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Zebra Tomb Raider Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 15,351	She can also speak Incan as she translated the cavings in the tomb in Peru (TRL). __________________ Wozu zuhören, wenn man reden kann?

24-02-08, 16:51	#8
TrKing_Rulz Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: So'ton, Hants! Gender: Male Posts: 1,144	They didn't have to be Incan, but that's what I thought they were. They could have been an other mesoameric language...?

24-02-08, 17:00	#9
Anubis_AF Tomb Raider Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sєrbια Posts: 17,432	Moved to General Chat. __________________ "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" --- "I am, George... I am".

24-02-08, 17:01	#10
kimonap Archaeologist Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Under your keyboard ;) Posts: 1,381	She can speak many languages..thats for sure lol __________________ Life's a game!;P