Apr 22, 2014 22:57
10 yrs ago
Japanese term
Not a translator
Italy
Italy
タラタラ
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear Proz members, I have problems with the word タラタラ.
A man is trying to escape from the police, and thus he's driving like crazy in the highway. He seems quite mad with the other drivers, and so he shouts to them: タラタラ運転してんじゃねえよ
I see たらたら means drop-by-drop, incessantly and things like this, but I was wondering about what the meaning was here. Is he just yelling "Don't drive that slow"? Drivers don't seem to perform particular movements like stopping and go of things like that.
Thank you very much!
A man is trying to escape from the police, and thus he's driving like crazy in the highway. He seems quite mad with the other drivers, and so he shouts to them: タラタラ運転してんじゃねえよ
I see たらたら means drop-by-drop, incessantly and things like this, but I was wondering about what the meaning was here. Is he just yelling "Don't drive that slow"? Drivers don't seem to perform particular movements like stopping and go of things like that.
Thank you very much!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | slobbing around |
Teddy Okuyama (X)
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| 5 +1 | Slowly |
Remy Ib
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| 4 +1 | Make way! |
Yuki Okada
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Proposed translations
+2
12 mins
Selected
slobbing around
"Stop slobbing around!"
http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=だらだら
I think the driver means to say だらだら. Perhaps he's from the Kansai area, because I've heard people from Kansai use たらたら instead of だらだら for greater emphasis and expression of anger towards others who are slow.
http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=だらだら
I think the driver means to say だらだら. Perhaps he's from the Kansai area, because I've heard people from Kansai use たらたら instead of だらだら for greater emphasis and expression of anger towards others who are slow.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much for your confirmation!"
+1
8 mins
Slowly
You guessed right, it is an Onomatopoeia for being slow.
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Note added at 35 mins (2014-04-22 23:33:21 GMT)
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4122528
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Note added at 35 mins (2014-04-22 23:33:21 GMT)
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4122528
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yumico Tanaka (X)
: In subtitling the shorter the better, so I agree, but if more words are allowed I would put "so slowly!' or if it was literature I would add "he said in despair" or something like that.
8 mins
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Thank you!
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+1
49 mins
Yuki Okada
Canada
Canada
Native in Japanese
Canada
Engineering translator
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Make way!
You are right. It means "Don't drive that slow." However, what he really wants is not the driver ahead of him to drive faster, but he wants to pass the car in front of him. An English-speaking driver would yell, "make way XXXX!"
Reference comments
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