Sep 29, 2011 00:48
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term
por el culo te la hinco
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Hello all,
I've come across a difficult obstacle in a paragraph that i am translating. It involves a rhyming trick joke question. One boy asks another "cuanto son dos mas tres". The other replies "cinco" to which the first boy responds "por el culo te la hinco". I can't think of any dirty english jokes that follow this structure. A literal translation is obviously out of the question. Any suggestions?
Many thanks to whoever responds
I've come across a difficult obstacle in a paragraph that i am translating. It involves a rhyming trick joke question. One boy asks another "cuanto son dos mas tres". The other replies "cinco" to which the first boy responds "por el culo te la hinco". I can't think of any dirty english jokes that follow this structure. A literal translation is obviously out of the question. Any suggestions?
Many thanks to whoever responds
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Jacqueline Rosa-Kuhn
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4
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...your ass is mine
Peer comment(s):
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peter jackson
: But 4 +5, not 2 + 3
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Marimar Novoa
1 day 18 hrs
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Marcelo González
: Yes, but with 4+5 (as Peter suggests), 'your ass is mine' brings up the rear rather nicely ;)) I still like my suggestion 3 days later, now 10 years ago: 'up yours, don't cry' -- 'your ass is mine's more sarcastic cousin ;))
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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4
fuck you
Maybe this could work:
1+1?
two
fuck you
1+1?
two
fuck you
8 hrs
Punk - turn me some jailhouse tricks!
If you go for 3 + 3 = 6, this could keep to the rhyme and the notable homoerotic aggression you have mentioned.
http://www.englishforums.com/English/AQuestionPrisonBreakPun...
Hi,
There's also a possible sexual meaning.
In prison slang, a 'punk' can also mean a young male prisoner who is taken, often unwillingly, as the homosexual partner of an older, stronger prisoner. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/punk The term 'bitch' is also used sometimes with this meaning.
You can learn a lot of unpleasant things by watching movies and even TV, these days.
http://prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-131557.html
Manzanita
06-15-2005, 05:39 PM
A Prisoner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/ ...This site has a Huge List of Prison Slang definitions....
also see this list below.
The following is an alphabetized list of common everyday PRISON SLANG.
....
Punk : Derogatory term meaning homosexual or weak individual.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/turning a trick
trick [trɪk] n
...
turn a trick Slang (of a prostitute) to gain a customer
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This last one is something prisoners must often do, either willingly or unwillingly, simply in order to survive in the prison environment. Likewise for the strong and the weak in other settings.
Alternatively, "maybe, "turn da jailhouse tricks" - "da" for "the"
But it all depends on the source text country and target audience too, of course. Taking into account your commentary as well.
http://www.englishforums.com/English/AQuestionPrisonBreakPun...
Hi,
There's also a possible sexual meaning.
In prison slang, a 'punk' can also mean a young male prisoner who is taken, often unwillingly, as the homosexual partner of an older, stronger prisoner. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/punk The term 'bitch' is also used sometimes with this meaning.
You can learn a lot of unpleasant things by watching movies and even TV, these days.
http://prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-131557.html
Manzanita
06-15-2005, 05:39 PM
A Prisoner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/ ...This site has a Huge List of Prison Slang definitions....
also see this list below.
The following is an alphabetized list of common everyday PRISON SLANG.
....
Punk : Derogatory term meaning homosexual or weak individual.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/turning a trick
trick [trɪk] n
...
turn a trick Slang (of a prostitute) to gain a customer
---------
This last one is something prisoners must often do, either willingly or unwillingly, simply in order to survive in the prison environment. Likewise for the strong and the weak in other settings.
Alternatively, "maybe, "turn da jailhouse tricks" - "da" for "the"
But it all depends on the source text country and target audience too, of course. Taking into account your commentary as well.
10 hrs
James A. Walsh
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Spanish term (edited):
Por el culo te la hinco
Your ass will be deprived!
A very tricky one indeed, especially considering the subtitle restraint. There’s not a great deal of one- and two-syllable words that rhyme with five, have a look here: http://www.rhymer.com/RhymingDictionary/five.html
From those, the only one that I can render into any sort of similar meaning is ‘deprive’, which I think conveys the same sort of message. ‘Test-drive’ also has merit (especially the ‘drive’ part, for obvious reasons), but I can’t work it into anything that sounds half decent.
Anyway, here’s my two cents worth:
Boy A: What’s two plus three?
Boy B: Five.
Boy A: Your ass will be deprived!
Sounds pretty lame to me, but there you go.
From those, the only one that I can render into any sort of similar meaning is ‘deprive’, which I think conveys the same sort of message. ‘Test-drive’ also has merit (especially the ‘drive’ part, for obvious reasons), but I can’t work it into anything that sounds half decent.
Anyway, here’s my two cents worth:
Boy A: What’s two plus three?
Boy B: Five.
Boy A: Your ass will be deprived!
Sounds pretty lame to me, but there you go.
11 hrs
up yours, mate
Bit late I know.
What's four plus four?
Eight
Up yours, mate!
Might work, depending on what the characters in the film are like.
What's four plus four?
Eight
Up yours, mate!
Might work, depending on what the characters in the film are like.
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Marcelo González
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up yours, [and] don't cry
Given the context (of children), something like this might be an option.
A:How much is 2+3?
B:Five
A:Up yours, [and] don't cry
I hope this helps!
A:How much is 2+3?
B:Five
A:Up yours, [and] don't cry
I hope this helps!
Discussion
There is no reaction from the second boy. At least you can't see it on screen. All you see is the first boy laughing.
six
your ass gets a broomstick/f**k you with a broomstick...
I know you said not literal, but you are also talking about subtitles limitations...by the way, what's the boy's reaction? that may help us
four
your mother/sister is a whore