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Translation - Spanish-English - felicidades'

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Title	felicidades'
Text Submitted by dgrant	Source language: Spanish felicidades' quÃ© onda gordo espero que les estÃ© yendo bien en Yaletown......."take care and" saludos cabrÃ³n.
Remarks about the translation	This was posted here on a blog: http://www.davidgrant.ca/taqueria_chilos#comment-8469 in reply to a restaurant entry for a restaurant called Chilo's. There was one comment regarding a new location in Yaletown and this relates to that.

Title	Congratulations!
Translation English Translated by Julio Jaubert	Target language: English What's up big man? I hope you're having a nice time there in Yaletown... "take care and" greetings old bastard/whizz.
Remarks about the translation	"old bastard" is a word used with people you are very confident. If not, you can use "whizz", for example. "old bastard" es una palabra que se utiliza con personas con quien se tiene mucha confianza. De lo contrario, se puede utilizar "whizz", por ejemplo.

Validated by kafetzou - 5 April 2007 01:41

Last messages

	Author	Message
		6 April 2007 16:54
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	How about, "dude" for "cabrÃ³n"? The other two suggestions sound too British to me - and Yaletown is right here in Vancouver, Canada.
		6 April 2007 18:48
	Una Smith Number of messages: 429	I agree "bastard" is too UK. Instead of "dude" maybe "dog" or even "old goat" (cabron=goat).
		6 April 2007 20:46
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	I thought of "old goat" too, but I've noticed the young Mexicans around here all call each other "cabrÃ³n", whereas "old goat" implies that this is an older guy.
		6 April 2007 21:13
	Una Smith Number of messages: 429	"Old goat" stresses "old" only when it is meant as an insult; between friends it suggests "horny old goat" with stress on horny (as in looking for se.
		7 April 2007 00:11
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	I don't think a young man would ever call another young man a "horny old goat" - certainly not around here. "dog" would be OK, though - or maybe "you dog".