English term
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Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy) 
Works in: French to Italian, English to Italian, Italian, and 1 more.
en garde vs EN garde
I'm translating a videogame into Italian and I need help understanding the following:
...En garde! No, no no... maybe it sounds better like 'EN garde!'
I understand "En garde", but not "EN garde". Is this a pun?
Context: the game is a bit like Pokemon, there are a number of trainers who collect creatures and the creatures fight each other. The sentence is the only thing that a trainer says when meeting the player. Dialogue is shown as text.
I asked the client, but I'm not sure they'll get back to me before the deadline. Any help is highly appreciated.
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Tony M
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Feb 26, 2022 20:45: Clauwolf changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2022-02-27 10:59:21 GMT)
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If this comes from the US, as it may well seem to do, then there are enough persons of Hispanic origin, for example, or just those not exposed to FR, who would naturally tend to pronounce the 'en' in the straighforward manner.
Asker, I think your proposed translation solution sounds great, just what I would have done had this been into EN instead.
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dandamesh
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Thanks, Danda!
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Barbara Carrara
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Thanks, Barbara!
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Discussion
However, although it may have been tricky, simply because none of us knew the full context, it's hardly really a "technical term that requires specialist knowledge to answer".
I'm not saying that this is in any way conclusive proof — but it is a cultural bias worth bearing in mind!
If any doubt remains, only your client can resolve it
Buon sabato, Elena!