Chinese translations for Safe
POSTED BY: FFfan
UPDATED: Monday, December 6, 2004 06:14
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>> Young Simon: Dad, this is so "dah bien hua."
>> Basically "talking crap"
ha ha ha ha.... I can see how you misunderstood. It's actually "da bianhua" and not "dabian hua".
I'm very positive that he meant "da bianhua" as in big change because Simon's dad said that his mom bought him a source box or something. Besides, Simon looked happy. I doubt he meant "dabian hua" which literally means "sh*t talk" haha... :-)
Ni hao, wo shi Lucha Nan.
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I grabbed the TiVo remote and shoved my mom down in front of the TV to work on the translations with me and we STILL couldn't get most of it. My mother and I are both fluent Mandarin speakers with my mom being much better than me, having been raised in China/Taiwan, versus the US.
They REALLY need a dialect coach on that show. It was SOOOO bad, when I watched it, I didn't even realize that it was Chinese until friends told me.
However, in sounding this out:
>>5) River: "Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze."<<<
It sounds something along the lines of:
"You are certainly the precious good son."
The "biao" could be the first part of "precious".
>>>6) Kaylee: He's just so "swai." You just want to take a bite out of him all over, you know?<<<
Well, I wouldn't translate it as handsome. I would more translate as "suave and debonaire", which definitely includes handsome, but the meaning is so much more.
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Originally posted by luchanan:
ha ha ha ha.... I can see how you misunderstood. It's actually "da bianhua" and not "dabian hua".
I'm very positive that he meant "da bianhua" as in big change because Simon's dad said that his mom bought him a source box or something. Besides, Simon looked happy.
I dunno. I talked it over with my mother and she agreed that "da bianhua" doesn't make sense in the context.
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I doubt he meant "dabian hua" which literally means "sh*t talk" haha... :-)
I know that's what it literally means, but I figured I'd keep the translation clean
Anyway, it is possible that he meant "dabian hua" considering the way some kids talk to their parents. "Dad, that's such crap" (in a you must be joking sense) is a kind of comment where Simon could be smiling while he said it.I'm just saying...
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I agree with Amezri. It's probably "dabian hua" in the context of "you've got to be kidding me."
Oh and Klaurel? Just to tell you I really don't think that translation for river's that good. Look at the context. She'd just woken up and is ranting. That's definitely not "Your such a precious son." the "Salivating son of a monkey and a bastard" is probably closer.
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Originally posted by Gaheris:
I agree with Amezri. It's probably "dabian hua" in the context of "you've got to be kidding me."
Oh and Klaurel? Just to tell you I really don't think that translation for river's that good. Look at the context. She'd just woken up and is ranting. That's definitely not "Your such a precious son." the "Salivating son of a monkey and a bastard" is probably closer.
If he did mean "dabian hua" as in "sh*t talk", then explain why would Simon curse like that? First of all, the Tam family is supposed to be a wealthy, sophisticated family. Also, Simon just received good news. Having a Source Box in the house would be a BIG CHANGE as in "da bianhua".
Ni hao, wo shi Lucha Nan.
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Although I do not speak Chinese, I would go with "da bianhua," in the sense of "big change," rather than the mildly cussing alternative, because I would bet that the original English version of the script had young Simon saying, "Dad, that's so radical!" The script writers don't speak Chinese, so they are writing in idiomatic English, including English slang, and then they have someone try to convey the essence of what they intended in Chinese.
The problem with doing a straight translation is that it never quite captures an idiomatic or slang usage. A kid in American culture saying that something is "radical" is saying that -- to use even more slang! -- it is so neat that it is way beyond being simply "cool." The common English meaning of "radical" as an adjective is a major departure from the norm, something new and very different from what was there before. So, someone trying to translate "Dad, that's so radical!" into Chinese -- a move likely adopted to avoid the datedness of American slang -- could very well have gone with "such a big change!"
I had a recent exchange of email with the official Firefly website in which I suggested that the Chinese translations should be posted, and Kyle's response was "We're working on the Chinese translations. Stay tuned!" So, it looks as if we'll have some help in trying to decipher what's going on!
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Originally posted by Bardicvoice:
I had a recent exchange of email with the official Firefly website in which I suggested that the Chinese translations should be posted, and Kyle's response was "We're working on the Chinese translations. Stay tuned!" So, it looks as if we'll have some help in trying to decipher what's going on!
Oh, but that would take out all the fun of guessing!
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thanks....it's nice to know what they're saying in chinese
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1) Young Simon: "Jien tah duh guay!"
* You big devil!
3) Simon's dad: Yes, and you'd have access to any "tyen shiao duh" that filtered in from the cortex.
* anything under the sun
5) River: "Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze."
* Son of a salivating female cousin (maternal) and a monkey.
8) Simon: Bullied around by our "boo-tai jung tzahng duh" of a captain.
* Not very rational
12) Mal: Wash, I want you to go to town and see if you can find that "jing tzahng mei yong duh" doctor.
* frequently useless
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I think Simon must have said "da bianhua" because he had been mildly chastised the moment before for swearing. "Language, son" from Simon's father. Followed by an appology. He would probably not swear after that nor would it have been received well by his father.
ande long
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