Firefly language translations .....

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ALLIANCESOLDIER

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:03 AM

I used to love the intermingled language that you'd hear in Farscape (I still use "Frell" when I am ticked at work).

Anyone start making a translation list yet for the "colorful metaphors" utilized by the denizens of Serenity? :^)

SENSOU

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 5:00 AM

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Originally posted by AllianceSoldier:
I used to love the intermingled language that you'd hear in Farscape (I still use "Frell" when I am ticked at work).

Anyone start making a translation list yet for the "colorful metaphors" utilized by the denizens of Serenity? :^)

There's one on the net somewhere...
"Gorram" = Goddamn(<- said that this morning when I found a bug in my coffee!)
"Hung/Humped" = Screwed
"Shiney/Shiny" = Nifty
"Rutting" = Fucking
"Eerie-ass" = Weird (Obvious, I know, but I like it)
Anything else?

Sensou
Sweet is love when all is sane
Sweet is death to end the pain
Cruel is death when all is well
Cruel is love when all is hell

ALLRONIX

Saturday, November 30, 2002 3:30 AM

Maybe some stock phrases that fanfic writers would use? (Someone once posted a dandy list of Arabic phrases to a Bashir list...a similar list of phrases would be invaluable.)

Some stock rude phrases or insults...

Fuck you!

Get out!

Go to hell!

What an asshole!

I'm kicking his ass.

Terms of endearment (for us shippers, or when writing Wash and Zoe)...

I love you.

Sweetheart (or similar)

husband/wife

Some common phrases...

Shut up!

It's ok/It's going to be ok

Don't be silly.

It's bad.

I agree.

No/Yes

Thank you.

Hello/Goodbye

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GAHERIS

Saturday, November 30, 2002 5:28 AM

I'll help ya out with some standard chinese phrases that'd be used. Now I'm spelling these out phoenetically so don't anyone who knows pinyin jump on me.

"Wo de tien ah." - Use as "My god"

"Aiyah" - Use as "Oh no" or a sound for disgust

"Shu muh?" - "Excuse me?" or "what?"

"Mei-mei" - Simon's use only "little sister"

"Ge-ge" - River's use only "Big brother"(pronounced guh-guh)

"Wei?" - Stock phrase for answering phones.

"Ni hao ma?" - "How are you" or "Hello"

That's all the multiple use I can think of right now. hope that helps.

-Gaheris

HOTARUANNE

Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:26 AM

i tend to spew "gorram" every now and then...that and some sindarin (LotR language) in here and there

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MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, June 1, 2004 12:03 AM

I know you say only Simon can use Mei-mei in conjunction with his own sister, River. But, I think I heard Mal call Kaylee this one either on or two occasions. Can it not be an endearment?

"What this marriage needs...Is one less husband."

JASONZZZ

Tuesday, June 1, 2004 3:50 PM

It can, meimei is not just a term for blood-related sister. It can also be used for any girl younger than you - and not all necessarily as a term of endearment either (depending on the tone of voice and circumstances)

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Originally posted by manwithpez:
I know you say only Simon can use Mei-mei in conjunction with his own sister, River. But, I think I heard Mal call Kaylee this one either on or two occasions. Can it not be an endearment?

"What this marriage needs...Is one less husband."

SHIPPO6729

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:55 AM

I found a script of Heart of Gold. It said that mei mei means "dear sister

But I also found this website that translates all the chineese. Gorram isn't translated I've found. http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/phrase1.html

Wash: "Everything looks good from here... (playing with plastic dinosaurs over his console) Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."
(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."
(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"
(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"

Mal: "It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. (stabs Atherton with a sword) Guess I'm just a good man. (stabs him again) Well, I'm all right."

JASONZZZ

Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:35 PM

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Originally posted by Shippo6729:
I found a script of Heart of Gold. It said that mei mei means "dear sister"

Hiya Shippo, "dear sister" is one use of that term. Like I stated earlier, there are other uses depending on the context.

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Originally posted by Shippo6729:

But I also found this website that translates all the chineese. Gorram isn't translated I've found. http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/phrase1.html

Gorram isn't anything Chinese, real, imaginary, madeup, or otherwise. It's something of a Firefly universe madeup thing. There are definitely lots of other threads where Gorram and it's meaning are bantered about.

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Originally posted by Shippo6729:

Wash: "Everything looks good from here... (playing with plastic dinosaurs over his console) Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive."
(as Stegosaurus) "We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."
(as T-Rex) "I think we should call it...your grave!"
(Stegosaurus) "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
(T-Rex) "Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh...now die!"

Mal: "It would be humiliating. Having to lie there while the better man refuses to spill your blood. Mercy is the mark of a great man. (stabs Atherton with a sword) Guess I'm just a good man. (stabs him again) Well, I'm all right."

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SIXGUN

Monday, February 28, 2005 1:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by manwithpez:
I know you say only Simon can use Mei-mei in conjunction with his own sister, River. But, I think I heard Mal call Kaylee this one either on or two occasions. Can it not be an endearment?

"What this marriage needs...Is one less husband."

I believe Nandy also called Inara this in Heart of Gold.

Well, as a rule I say girl folk ain't to be trusted.

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