“Son of a bitch”, “emmerder”, “grab ’em by the pussy”… How exactly do you translate a swear word uttered by the French president or any other political figure, so that an American, Spanish or Argentinian reader really gets the gist?
https://correspondent.afp.com/translating-swear-words-fing-challenge
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However, the article seems to refer mainly to American English, which is not my sphere of expertise, so I'll leave it here. ▲ Collapse
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Many years ago on a now-defunct forum, a Chinese translator hired to provide translation/subtitles for an Australian film posted a query the essence of which was to ask what "far canal" meant, as it occurred frequently throughout the film.
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