Comments on: Major Presidential gaffe or mere translation blunder? http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/ Translation, Linguistics and Freelancing in the 21st Century Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Rosenthal http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Nick Rosenthal Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:50:05 +0000 http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/#comment-180 Thank you, Philippa. After seeing this reported in The Guardian as "piss off", I had been wondering exactly what His Presidentness had actually said! Nick Thank you, Philippa. After seeing this reported in The Guardian as “piss off”, I had been wondering exactly what His Presidentness had actually said!

Nick

]]> By: philippa http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-176 philippa Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:49:11 +0000 http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/#comment-176 We might say 'sod off' or 'shove off' (or even 'piss off', a stronger version) - they're not really expletives but are offensive enough, a little more so than 'get lost' with the right tone and in the right context. We might say ’sod off’ or ’shove off’ (or even ‘piss off’, a stronger version) – they’re not really expletives but are offensive enough, a little more so than ‘get lost’ with the right tone and in the right context.

]]> By: Emmanuelle Darut http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Emmanuelle Darut Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:21:56 +0000 http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/#comment-175 The Times correspondent in Paris finds an equivalent with "get lost, stupid a-hole" http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2008/02/casse-toi-casse.html "get lost" sounds too soft to me and the whole sentence is slang so is there an English slang equivalent for "get lost"? The Times correspondent in Paris finds an equivalent with “get lost, stupid a-hole”
http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2008/02/casse-toi-casse.html
“get lost” sounds too soft to me and the whole sentence is slang so is there an English slang equivalent for “get lost”?

]]> By: philippa http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-166 philippa Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:55:11 +0000 http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/#comment-166 Not bad at all. Not bad at all.

]]> By: céline http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-165 céline Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:30:12 +0000 http://blog.philippahammond.net/2008/02/27/major-presidential-gaffe-or-mere-translation-blunder/#comment-165 This was translated by the Sky News French correspondant as "Get lost, you poor cretin". Not bad I thought. This was translated by the Sky News French correspondant as “Get lost, you poor cretin”. Not bad I thought.

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