ti mancano le vite al videogioco

English translation: you don't have any lives left in the video game

11:11 Feb 19, 2018
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / english subtitle for an italian film
Italian term or phrase: ti mancano le vite al videogioco
How do you translate this? do you have a specific term identifying the lives you have available to play the videogame before it says game over?

This is a line of dialogue in a movie essentially spoken in Roman dialect... very young characters for a young audience, so slang, informal language is preferable.

I hope I'm being clear enough...
Ofelia Catanea (X)
Italy
English translation:you don't have any lives left in the video game
Explanation:
Yes, lives.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGameLives
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Patrick Hopkins
Italy
Local time: 09:51
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4 +2you don't have any lives left in the video game
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you don't have any lives left in the video game


Explanation:
Yes, lives.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGameLives

Patrick Hopkins
Italy
Local time: 09:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: We don't have the context, but "in the video game", or at least "video", may be redundant.
54 mins

agree  Lisa Jane
5 hrs
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