Expressions in your language which are lost in translation

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Xer

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 11:32am

Expressions in your language which are lost in translation

I think it'll be interesting to see some of expressions that make sense in your language,but make no sense in direct translation to English for example.

Mine is:"Step out of your movie"-which means in plain English "get real,stop fantasising"

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Unknown

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 12:20pm

There are a LOT here. See if you recognise any.

"Now that's the pot calling the kettle black."
"It's not my cup of tea."
"Head in the clouds."

i'm sure there are loads more

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Scooterworld

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 12:27pm

"The apple doesn't fall far from the three"

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Cassandra

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 12:28pm

Quoted from "Unknown"

There are a LOT here. See if you recognise any.

"Now that's the pot calling the kettle black."
"It's not my cup of tea."
"Head in the clouds."

i'm sure there are loads more

"Now that's the pot calling the kettle black."
"It's not my cup of tea."
"Head in the clouds."

I understand those all.

The first one is almost exactly the same as in Finnish language too and the last is exactly the same. The middle one is familiar but not used in Finnish language. But they are really hard to translate really.

One from Finland:

"The forest answers the way you shout to it." (Sounds awfully stupid in English btw.

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Xer

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 12:36pm

I don't know the meaning of "Now that's the pot calling the kettle black."

I am familiar with the "The forest answers the way you shout to it." (Sounds awfully stupid in English btw. )

Actually it has the exact same translation in Russian-and it's a famous saying in Russian as well.
When I was younger I read the Russian translation of old folk stories from Finland and Scandinavia,and I really liked them,and this specific expression appeared many times and I guess made it to the Russian language as well.

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Scooterworld

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 1:46pm

Dutch ones:

- "Putting the dots on the i"

- "John with the cap on"

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 1:56pm

gr8 thread :thumbup:

but i think its about english idioms?

however...

here one more german:

"you haven't got all cups in the wardrobe! " .. means " you are crazy "

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 1:57pm

"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree" is a well known and used expression here

"The dot over the i" also - it's used when something fits to another. The missing ingredient, or something like that

" Brilliant! ...I have absolutely no idea what's going on... "

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Xer

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 2:32pm

In Russian there's also "You haven't got everybody at home"-means you're crazy.

Similar to "you haven't got all cups in the wardrobe"

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Cassandra

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 2:41pm

Quoted from "Scooterworld"

- "John with the cap on"

What does this mean?

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Scooterworld

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 2:42pm

Quoted from "Cassandra"

Quoted from "Scooterworld"

- "John with the cap on"

What does this mean?

When you say the "John with the cap on" likes something, you mean that the normal people / the majority likes it

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Cassandra

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 2:44pm

Ok, there must be some expression for that too in Finnish language but I can't remember what it could be... That wasn't really familiar with me.

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Xer

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 3:21pm

What does the "Now that's the pot calling the kettle black' mean?

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Friday, November 27th 2009, 3:52pm

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In Russian there's also "You haven't got everybody at home"-means you're crazy.

Similar to "you haven't got all cups in the wardrobe"

yeah i know that one (coz im russian

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Saturday, November 28th 2009, 12:56am

Quoted from "Xer"

In Russian there's also "You haven't got everybody at home"-means you're crazy.

Over here that could be said like:

"He's not all there" or "I think he has some loose screws".

Have any of you heard "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen".

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Scooterworld

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Saturday, November 28th 2009, 1:08am

More Dutch stuff:

"Take an apple for the thirst"

"Tighten the belt from the trousers"

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Saturday, November 28th 2009, 1:15am

Quoted from "Xer"

What does the "Now that's the pot calling the kettle black' mean?

It means you're accusing someone else of doing something that you do yourself. Like, if I were to tell you not to obsess about some American filmstar, I would be a pot calling you (a kettle) black. It also suggests that all pots and kettles are black. :thumbup:

But that's ok, because you and me? We're jumping all over the world.

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Friday, December 4th 2009, 4:01am

Some (translated) German sayings, they all have sth. to do with eating:

"I do that between potato and sauce."

=> sounds soooo German to me, cause everyone calls us "potatos"

"Put butter to the fish!"

"The dog in the pan gets crazy of this."

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Friday, December 4th 2009, 8:11am

der lieblingsspruch meiner mutter war....: "ich sehe den wald vor lauter bäumen nicht" oder "dich haben sie beim betten machen gefunden"......das nervte schon