Aug 29, 2009 20:32
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Ben Warner
Don't let the bastards grind you down
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English to Italian
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Hi. Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down is a famous mock-Latin phrase from U.S. Gen. Stillwell: Illegitimi nil carborundum. It's also part of the Harvard U. football song. Just wondering how to translate the English phrase into proper Italian? Even better would be the Sicilian dialect translation of Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down. Thanks so much!
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Aug 30, 2009 00:01: Emanuela Galdelli changed "May Offend" from "Not Checked" to "Checked"
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"Nun vi fati schiacciari da 'sti bastardi"
This might be a Sicilian dialect translation of the sentence. Of course, there are different variations of the Sicilian dialect, but I used a pretty "standard" version. Also, when you pronounce the word "bastardi" in Sicilian, you need to make sure to stress the B as if there were two: "bbastardi", but you don't need to write it that way.
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Cinzia Montina
: secondo me questa soluzione è troppo connotata regionalmente, considerando il contesto statunitense del testo di partenza.
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Comment: "Thanks! "
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
non lasciatevi sopraffare dai bastardi
would be one of the possible options
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Mariateresa Varbaro
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Specializes in field
Italy
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, Italian to English
Non vi fate fregare dai bastardi
una possibilità
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Note added at 34 mins (2009-08-29 21:07:39 GMT)
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Sorry, now I've read about the Sicilian translation.
Nun vi faciti 'ngannari ri vastasi.
A sort of Montalbano dictionary here: "vastaso" is bastard.
http://blog.libero.it/BellaSpecie/3763412.html
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Note added at 34 mins (2009-08-29 21:07:39 GMT)
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Sorry, now I've read about the Sicilian translation.
Nun vi faciti 'ngannari ri vastasi.
A sort of Montalbano dictionary here: "vastaso" is bastard.
http://blog.libero.it/BellaSpecie/3763412.html
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zerlina
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Grazie :-)
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Carla Sordina
: interessante anche la 'versione Montalbano'
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Grazie Carla ;-)
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Cinzia Montina
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Grazie Cinzia
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Francesco Badolato
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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Native in: Italian
Works in: English, English to Italian, Italian
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Non fatevi sottomettere dai bastardi
Another option.
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English term (edited):
don\'t let the bastards grind you down
non vi fate schiacciare da quei bastardi
un alternative più discorsiva
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Elena Zanetti
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Specializes in field
Italy
Translation is my life!
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English term (edited):
don\'t let the bastards grind you down
non vi fate umiliare/opprimere/ dai bastardi
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Non fatevi schiacciare dai bastardi
la frase originale in latino (per quanto inesatta) ha "undum" e quindi implica un qualcosa che è dovuto che si perde in inglese (il "never" sarebbe stato adatto). Partendo dalla frase inglese è da considerare il "to grind" che volendo potrebbe essere posto in italiano come schiacciare/calpestare/macinare
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