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Translation - "What a draaaag ..." (English)

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11 May 2007 10:45  

Maribel
Number of messages: 871
Based on the french translation I suggest bother, nuisance, mischief ???
 

11 May 2007 12:25  

apple
Number of messages: 972
Funny, Donna 22 voted both right and wrong here!
She must change her name: Donna 44.
 

11 May 2007 12:40  

nava91
Number of messages: 1268
Come si tradurrebbe, apple?
 

11 May 2007 12:42  

pirulito
Number of messages: 1180
Ok, in some contexts, what a nuisance!, it can work...
 

11 May 2007 12:47  

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
AAAH, cela n'a pas le même sens que "la barbe". apple, est-ce bien la bonne traduction? Si c'est le cas, j'éditerai la traduction vers le français et taperai "Quelle connerie", car c'est bien ce que "what bullshit" signifie en français.
Merci de confirmer!
 

11 May 2007 12:55  

apple
Number of messages: 972
Bullshit is not right, although I found this translation on "The alternative dictionary", we never say Che palle! meaning that. We say it when we are bored, or fed up...
 

11 May 2007 12:56  

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
So "la barbe" is fine! good! (I won't have to edit!) Thanks.
 

11 May 2007 13:00  

nava91
Number of messages: 1268
"Quelle barbe" (che barba, aussi en italien) me paraît un peu trop "soft", en comparaisant "Che palle", qui est aussi un peu vulgaire....
 

11 May 2007 13:07  

apple
Number of messages: 972
ça oui! Mes parents jamais ne diraient ça! Mais parmi nous, jeunes gens (LOL!!!) c'est normale!
 

11 May 2007 13:15  

pirulito
Number of messages: 1180
Ok, thanks apple, I edited the translation!
 

11 May 2007 13:21  

apple
Number of messages: 972
You're welcome.
But it's not only in some context, "bullshit" is definitely wrong.
 

11 May 2007 16:02  

Xini
Number of messages: 1655
Shouldn't we have to repeat some vowels to match the source text? And punctuation?

The language points ratio will be otherwise "staggered".
I know, this is a drop in the ocean...
 

11 May 2007 16:16  

pirulito
Number of messages: 1180
What a draaaag... How booooring...
 

11 May 2007 16:19  

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
I'd better shorten the Italian version, or do what you said but putting the text in "meaning only mode", because this is writen language and not talken language. I already told apple about this point in a P.M , I know I may seem "straight", but for writen languages, I'm convinced that "un chat est un chat", and has to be writen only like it is writen in the dictionary, I mean wwhen it is a translation request in the regular mode. Using meaning only allows us to be more flexible with submited texts, and also with the translations relative to these texts. For the French version, I'll edit with "la baaaarbe!", and suggest "what a draaag" for the English one, but only if the Italian text, which is the original text, is in "meaning only" mode...
 

11 May 2007 16:29  

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
Are you OK with that? If you are, I'll do it not later than now... If you aren't, we may argue some more, as there's a third way to satisfy everybody, it is simply by using "...", or '...'
according to what's used in our respective countries... I'm saying that because I remember some books where I could read some "talken language" and it was displaid this way...
 

11 May 2007 17:25  

Xini
Number of messages: 1655
As Davide didn't request meaning only, I would balance the translation.

By the way, this strange situation is not ratio-friendly if seen by a completely theorical mathematical point of view...never mind...uhuh
 

11 May 2007 17:27  

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
OK, I'll do that (to be friendly)
 

11 May 2007 17:30  

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Oh wow - I just stumbled on this whole discussion! That certainly helps with my evaluation of the English!
 

11 May 2007 19:35  

Xini
Number of messages: 1655
Francky, I was saying that this is not a ratio-friendly situation as well...

Let's "extremize" the situation:

IN! = DENTRO!

so ratio should be 3 : 7

but

IIIIIIIIIIN! = DENTROOOOOOOOOO!

have a ratio of 12 : 16 that is 3 : 4, very different from the right ratio.

So if you apply the Xini Theorem you will find that you should translate this way in order to keep the rate unchanged:

IIIIIIIIIIN! = DENTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

that is 12 : 28 (3 : 7)

Ahah....I like maths Never mind...
 

11 May 2007 20:29  

thathavieira
Number of messages: 2247
Haha, You're right...
3/12=7/x
3x=7.12
3x=84
x=84/3
x=28

I did it only to check... hehe...

But I think you may consider to do that only with the letters, so:
IN! = DENTRO! 2:6
IIIIIIIIIIN! = DENTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 11:33
I went too far!!! Haha
What? I like Math too!!! It's trully the universal language...

Baci!
 
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