Eng-Tips Original Movie Sayings Translator
Eng-Tips Original Movie Sayings Translator
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Thought it might be fun to "translate" some iconic movie sayings:
X Files:"The truth is out there" meaning we have no idea.
X Files:"The truth is out there" meaning we have no idea.





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"Use the force, Luke." --> "Pray harder, you're outgunned!"
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Several of the products that I support have operator interface panels on them and when a microprocessor goes bad, a default screen said "Communication Failure". At one point I was tasked with rewriting some other part of the programming, but I took a side step and changed it to say that Dub Taylor line from Cool Hand Luke (although the mush-mouth accent didn't translate to an LCD screen). My boss thought it was too cheeky, so he made me change it again to just "Failure to Communicate". I still repeat that line whenever someone calls for tech support and tells me that is what is on the display. Some people get it, a lot don't.
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i was thinking:
"frankly my dear, i don't give a damn" ---> "nobody can pin this one on me."
saludos.
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Here is another just for fun...
One of Captain Piccard's most used lines from Star Trek - The Next Generation:
"Make it so, Number One!" --> "I am the boss and I have already committed us to the impossible, so start your daily status reports NOW!"
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I like the extended version. Especially applicable for me as I am presently in Asia for a mold tool trial and (God willing) approval.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
"Who are these guys?" --> Are we a takeover target?
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"I want the truth!" ---> "How much will it cost?"
"You can't handle the truth!" ---> "Let me e-mail you a sales proposal."
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Thats thirty minutes away, I'll be there in ten
- I need the deliverable by yesterday;
A fistful of dollars:
The Baxters on the one side, the Rojos on the other and me right square in the middle. Crazy bellringer was right, theres money to be made in a town like this.
- Its a buoyant market, lets fleece the Client and the Supplier;
When a man with a 45 meets and man with a rifle, you said the man with the pistols a dead man. Lets see if thats true.
- I have no idea of a translation, just always liked the quote.
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"Um...yeah Peter... I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday and..." ---> "I own your soul, peon!"
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I haven't had my coffee yet ... and I have to meet my quota today!
Chris
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"I'm goin in" ----> "Ahhh S*@T, I hate it when this happens!"
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"I can't let you do that, Dave." ----> "Major error: Invalid page fault."
From the Matrix:
"I can't tell you what the matrix is, Neo. You have to see it for yourself." ----> "Because the matrix has only complex eigenvalues, you need to understand the concept of imaginary numbers. Let me plug this thing in your head and you'll see what I mean about the square root of -1."
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"There is no spoon." ---> "Alright... Who ate my lunch out of the fridge?"
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"Badges, we don't need no stinking badges! Har! Har! Har!"
======>>> "Let's see if we can get a building permit without an engineer's seal"
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http://www.darryl.com/badges/
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It was Blazing Saddles, a classic.
Chris
Systems Analyst
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Up In Smoke (before caller ID)
"Don't answer the phone! Even if it's me calling!" --> Big Brother is EVERYWHERE!
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I think you've got the movie UHF in mind...
"Badgers? BADGERS? We don't need no stinking badgers!"
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How about Reservoir Dogs:
"You gonna bark all day little doggy, or are you gonna bite?" --> "Why don't you CLOSE the deal instead of talking about it all day?"
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The other movies ripped it off.
Blazing Saddles was a spoof remember?
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
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"F**k the bonus" -> "That performance review went well!"
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I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy it...
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>>>>>translates to:
"Well, see here Mr. Engineer, we've got this new project and we're trying to get some initial funding for it, we're sure we will, and we'd like you to start on the design right away...please sign here."
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Arnie the Governator, a rephrasing of General MacArthur's "I will return" (and maybe with a nuclear bomb)...
..... translates to>
"I'm so stunned by the mess you've made of this project that I can't think of anything to say right now, but I'll be back with a lawyer and you'll wish you'd never been born."
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"There can be only one!" --> "The sequels are really going to suck!"
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"Maybe this is as good as it gets." ----> It ain't pretty, it ain't flashy, but it works and we've run out of time and budget so we're going with it.
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"I love it when a plan comes together!" == We did it my way!
The rent is due.
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Translation (engineer speaking to manager): I have already told you the answer but you refuse to believe me, so go ahead and ignore my recommendation so you can fall flat on your face.
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The response I want to give my boss when he yells out of his office to ask me if I "have a second"
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"Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here." - Ghostbusters
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Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/quotes
FrenchCad, it's funny you should mention watching American movies in English and French. My brother watches his favorite movies in French with english subtitles, then switches to French dialogue with French subtitles as a way to learn French. His wife works for a French company and she goes to Paris every year for training. My brother loves it! It's too bad he never got the chance to speak French with our grandfather. I was old enough, but my brother was still a toddler when he died.
Watching American movies in French, though, can be quite funny. (try Pulp Fiction in French) Almost as funny to the American ear as listening to German rock music.
There are very good French films though. My current favorite is 'Irreversible'. Very edgy and hard to watch for many. NOT one for the whole family.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0290673/
"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"
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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
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"After very careful consideration, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks!"
Bonus to whoever can correctly cite the source on this one
Edward L. Klein
Pipe Stress Engineer
Houston, Texas
"All the world is a Spring"
All opinions expressed here are my own and not my company's.
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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
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ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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Indeed it's funny. Of course, it is a really good way to learn foreign languages. I just practice a lot to keep my english level correct.
About "Pulp Fiction", well...you took the most obvious example of what translation can render funny or non-understandable.
- "Do you know how French call the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese?"
- "How?"
- "Royal Cheese!"
Of course, since "Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese" doesn't not exist in French, because we call it "Royal Cheese", how could that be translated? The joke has been lost here in French movie. Except for people like me who knows a little bit of american culture.
MintJulep :
There goes another fan of Buckaroo
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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Vincent: They call it, uh, Royale with Cheese ... Jules: Royale with Cheese? Vincent: That's right ... Jules: What do they call a Big Mac?
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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
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ctopher : Buckaroo Banzai. I know MintJulep made the mistake too.
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France
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http://www.uselessmoviequotes.com/umq_w001.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/quotes (half way down)
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
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AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
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Yes, it is from Wargames. It's the assessment the General makes of the WOPR computer after it has locked everyone out and seems well on it's way to unleashing a horde of ICBM's on the Soviets.
Edward L. Klein
Pipe Stress Engineer
Houston, Texas
"All the world is a Spring"
All opinions expressed here are my own and not my company's.
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To make up for that, here is what appears to be a complete transcript of Buckaroo Banzai:
http://www.figmentfly.com/bb/bbtranscript.html
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(Jaws)
Marketing got it wrong again.
JMW
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