Here it is, Terry Pratchett fans! The glossary you've all been waiting for!

For far too long, bilingual (German/English) Discworld fans have found themselves mentally flailing about, like...something that flails about quite a lot...when trying to translate their hero's best expressions into the other language - searching for that mot juste, that exact expression...

No longer.

Digilent and patient Researchers have minutely compared dual versions of the Works of the great Pterry, sparing no expense, keeping long hours, never deviating from their assigned tasks...well, okay, committing quite a lot of topic drift in the threads, if you must know (the lingerie discussion comes to mind, painfully!).

Still, getting a bunch of Discworld fans to pay attention to anything without the requisite six jokes per page in it is a task for Vetinari himself. (Come to think of it, I've never thought of threatening them with the Scorpion Pit...)

We're still a work in progress, and while many are already labouring in the field, we could always use a few more suckers...er, volunteers, as the Belgravian Army used to say.

And although we're sure even the Librarian, or Bibliothekar (Ook! Ugh!) would be proud of our efforts so far, we are grateful for any corrections, updates and/or footnotes you'd care to offer.

Now that we have the books down, let's try some of the exotic placenames:

And then there are the people...

Peace, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love...and a Hard-Boiled Egg!

And, for the multitudinous fans of that great 'Wizzard' and all-round Disc-trotting phenomenon, Rincewind: