Fun with English-Russian Translations

[queenie1982]

My dad forwarded me some examples of mnemonic aid for English-speaking learners of Russian. I find them rather amusing, check it out:

[English Meaning - Russian word/phrase - English mnemonic (sounds very similar to the pronunciation of the Russian phrase)]:

I love you - Я люблю вас - "Yellow Blue Bus"
Good/great - Хорошо - "Horror Show"
Mayonnaise -

Comments

[lutik1]

lol :))

[malfunctions101]

This is fantastic!!
Pochemu v filmah ne proveryaut Ruskii frazu? haha

[sashko_koshko]

особенно порадовало, что водка ничего, а мясо протухло )))

Я помню, как мы в институте переводили английский текст из учебника. Текст назывался 'London's underground', и само собой был про лондонское метро!
А один мальчик перевeл название как "Лондонское подполье" ))

[queenie1982]

A che, mozhno i tak perevesti ;) Tolko ne dumaju, chto afftor uchebnika imenno eto imel v vidu :D

Da, pro vodku menja tozhe bolshe vsego ulybnulo, osobenno uchityvaja znachenie originalnoj frazy! Tipa, "xoteli kak luchshe, a poluchilos' kak vsegda" :D

[sashko_koshko]

Да, про водку перевод концептуален!
Получается какбе что наш моральный дух заключен в водке! =)

[golddust26]

Spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak -- Водка ничего, а мясо протухло ("The vodka's fine, but the meat has started decomposing") :D :D :D

Haha this one was sooo funny. It might be because I like everything with vodka in it :D

I have often heard that the italian word 'vaffanculo' was made up to translate 'fuck you' from hollywood movies keeping it coherent with lips movement. I don't know if that's true, but it could be considering how little sense the word makes :)

[queenie1982]

So when/in what situations DO you actually use "vaffanculo"? :D
Italian swearwords are definitely a topic that I want to master! Too sad I hardly know any, or rather when to use or not to use the ones I know.

[golddust26]

You mostly use it when you're angry or pissed at someone, as a way to send them off to hell. Or when you decide that you don't care about something, like: today I feel like eating all kind of crap so vaffanculo to healthy diet! :)

[scarlett74]

Very funny!