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Target variant Apr 4, 2022

It depends on the target audience of the translation. For example, in UK English, M. Macron's "emmerder" can be translated as "piss off/wind up/annoy". "Piss off" is rather decaffeinated, and its only mild taboo component refers to urination, cf. defecation in the French original. In Spanish (from Spain, Europe), it could be translated as "fastidiar" (not a swearword) or "cabrear", which isn't really a swearword either, but does contain the goat/cuckold nuance, again, mildly taboo.
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It depends on the target audience of the translation. For example, in UK English, M. Macron's "emmerder" can be translated as "piss off/wind up/annoy". "Piss off" is rather decaffeinated, and its only mild taboo component refers to urination, cf. defecation in the French original. In Spanish (from Spain, Europe), it could be translated as "fastidiar" (not a swearword) or "cabrear", which isn't really a swearword either, but does contain the goat/cuckold nuance, again, mildly taboo.
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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német - angol
Far Canal Apr 4, 2022

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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