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Thu Mar-19-09 11:12 AM
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Literally translate a foreign language title or expression into English |
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to see if someone else can figure out the title or expression in the original language. Don't say which language you're translating from, and don't say where your translated text comes from. This is probably easier than it sounds like it's going to be, but let's see if we have anything here to kill time with creatively.
Here's the first: The Pink Life
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:15 AM
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don't know which language though.
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:20 AM
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2. The title should be in a different language. |
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I won't say which one. It could also be phrased this way: Life in Pink
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:27 AM
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:21 AM
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Thu Mar-19-09 02:40 PM
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Don't tell me you cheated on that one too...
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Thu Mar-19-09 02:42 PM
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:D
That one I figured out all by my lonesome!
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:22 AM
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:49 PM
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70. À la recherche du temps perdu? |
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:31 AM
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7. Shto zshe yob, preyom? |
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I took the opposite approach this time ;}
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:38 AM
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:shrug:
I got the "what" part, right?
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:01 PM
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14. Yeah, you got the what part... |
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:39 AM
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10. If it's welsh, I can fuggeddaboudit. |
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:46 AM
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12. Thank you for the hint. |
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:toast:
I still don't have a clue.
Damn! This is a lot harder than it seemed when I cooked it up.
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Thu Mar-19-09 11:48 AM
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13. Yeah it's a movie you've probably never heard of. |
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:03 PM
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Il Signore degli Anelli
and now for a difficult one...
I Predatori dell'Arca Perduta
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:07 PM
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Lord of the Rings
Raiders of the Lost Arc
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19. Is # 2 "Raiders Of The Lost Arc?" nt |
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:58 PM
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74. Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner |
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:07 PM
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And my offering, "I Remember". Hint: also a movie title.
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:applause:
Got to think about your clue.
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:57 PM
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30. I'll bet you're right. |
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39. Memories. Or I remember? |
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:10 PM
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I'll give you the language if you can't get it. :evilgrin:
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:12 PM
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21. Is it something like Bantu? |
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Don't give me the language yet. Christ, this is hard!
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:18 PM
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22. Much more common that Bantu. |
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I can think of three loungers off the top of my head who would get it immediately.
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26. It's a foreign saying translated litrally into English |
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Maybe I'm playing the game wrong?
Highlight the white text below for clues.
The language is German.
Scroll down for another clue. > > > > > > > > > > > > The saying comes from the world of sports.
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:54 PM
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27. I haven't looked at the clues. Yet. Is it something a magician would say? |
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:59 PM
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Well, not in reference to magic, anyway. He may have said in Wednesday morning, as many people undoubtedly have.
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:07 PM
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38. You mean hungover people? |
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People who partied hardy?
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59. Highlight below for the full explanation. |
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A German saying for "I have a hangover" is "I have a card" (Ich habe eine Karte.) It refers to soccer refs using yellow and red cards to give penalties.
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:36 PM
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Ich nicht bin ein berliner.
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:35 PM
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60. Bend It Like Beckham? |
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:47 PM
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68. Correct sport...sorta. See post 59. |
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Thu Mar-19-09 12:32 PM
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25. Easy one: And your mother, too |
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36. Correct. How about this: Arrangement for three |
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48. It's a common expression, something people dream of having |
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I thought we were sticking to movies. :rofl:
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Thu Mar-19-09 01:14 PM
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51. Wasn't it a Bertrand Blier title? |
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Or was that just Menage?
PS: Not just movie titles, by the way. Some of mine are song titles.
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52. I'm not familiar with him. |
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except it's "Balthazar" even though in French they seem to drop the "h"
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53. Good, The Ugly One, The Bad One, The |
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54. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. |
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56. Here's an interesting one. |
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Ritual prostrate bowing with tapping your head to the floor.
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I suppose I should have actually translated it literally: "Knock Head"
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67. I will not buy this record, it is scratched |
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85. "Il mio hovercraft è pieno delle anguille" |
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Luchino Visconti directed, I think.
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69. Darmok on the ocean. Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra |
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