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eldiablo · 03-09-2008, 03:47 AM

Hiyas, if someone could translate this short argentinian message I would appreciate it very much.
The text is actually the end of a message in argentinian, thanks in advance.
text below:

...andate de joda

Frank van den Eeden · 03-09-2008, 08:05 AM

go out on a spree

mem286 · 03-09-2008, 09:32 AM

"go have fun"... it's a very usual expression in Argentina!!!

eldiablo · 03-10-2008, 03:02 AM

Thank you for your replies

this phrase gave me a lot of trouble trying to translate with online tools, the only sense i could make of it was "you or lets screw

"

Many thanks again Eeden and mem286

exxc�ntrica · 03-10-2008, 04:54 AM

Hi diablo, there you are, very important the origin of the sentence. In Spain I would have concluded that the sentence might have meant:

anda y que te jodan

which is rather vulgar to say: , get lost and go fuck yourself

Jesus! What a difference!

Frank van den Eeden · 03-10-2008, 05:28 AM

You say what I thought at first
(but didn't dare to mention...)

exxc�ntrica · 03-10-2008, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank van den Eeden

You say what I thought at first
(but didn't dare to mention...)

Good to know that in _Argentina this is something good!!

mariacecilia · 03-12-2008, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eldiablo

this phrase gave me a lot of trouble trying to translate with online tools, the only sense i could make of it was "you or lets screw

"

And here we learn that there are no better translators than human translators... never ever use online tools to translate!!!

vicente · 03-26-2008, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by exxc�ntrica

Hi diablo, there you are, very important the origin of the sentence. In Spain I would have concluded that the sentence might have meant:

anda y que te jodan

which is rather vulgar to say: , get lost and go fuck yourself

Jesus! What a difference!

OK, OK...first let me say I'm not for censorship because we are adults here and we all know that people use vulgar language and indeed translators need to know all the vulgarities in order to understand what they are hearing or reading. (EX. I saw the word sh*t used onscreen in a TV advertisement for toilet paper in centroamerica because somebody at the TV station didn't know that sh*t is a vulgar word in English).

That being said, here's my question...how the heck is it that a legal word like lesbi*an gets censored with ******* on this board and a word like fuck, which is just about the most vulgar word in English, just flies by unnoticed?

Just wondering!!!

mem286 · 03-26-2008, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vicente

That being said, here's my question...how the heck is it that a legal word like lesbi*an gets censored with ******* on this board and a word like fuck, which is just about the most vulgar word in English, just flies by unnoticed?

Just wondering!!!

Very good point Vicente! It's unbelievable...

03-09-2008, 03:47 AM	#1
eldiablo New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	spanish phrase help Hiyas, if someone could translate this short argentinian message I would appreciate it very much. The text is actually the end of a message in argentinian, thanks in advance. text below: ...andate de joda

03-09-2008, 08:05 AM	#2
Frank van den Eeden Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Antwerp/Belgium Age: 63 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 391	go out on a spree __________________ beste groeten - sinc�res salutations - kindest regards - atentamente - mit freundlichen Gr��en

03-09-2008, 09:32 AM	#3
mem286 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Fe, Argentina Posts: 1,087 Rep Power: 1258	"go have fun"... it's a very usual expression in Argentina!!! __________________ ================= ====-mem286-====

03-10-2008, 03:02 AM	#4
eldiablo New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Thank you for your replies this phrase gave me a lot of trouble trying to translate with online tools, the only sense i could make of it was "you or lets screw" Many thanks again Eeden and mem286

03-10-2008, 04:54 AM	#5
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 951 Rep Power: 780	Hi diablo, there you are, very important the origin of the sentence. In Spain I would have concluded that the sentence might have meant: anda y que te jodan which is rather vulgar to say: , get lost and go fuck yourself Jesus! What a difference! __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

03-10-2008, 05:28 AM	#6
Frank van den Eeden Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Antwerp/Belgium Age: 63 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 391	� Jezus Exxc�ntrica ! You say what I thought at first (but didn't dare to mention...) __________________ beste groeten - sinc�res salutations - kindest regards - atentamente - mit freundlichen Gr��en

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