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Eng-Tips Original Movie Sayings Translator
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Eng-Tips Original Movie Sayings Translator

Eng-Tips Original Movie Sayings Translator

(OP)
Thought it might be fun to "translate" some iconic movie sayings:
X Files:"The truth is out there" meaning we have no idea.

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"The truth is out there" --> "The truth is not here."

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(OP)
TheTick has to get a star for that.

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How about from Star Wars:
"Use the force, Luke." --> "Pray harder, you're outgunned!"

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"Houston, we have a problem." ---> "Holy S**T, get us outa here!"

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Cool Hand Luke:  "What we have here is a failure to communicate." ---> "Your off-shore supplier's documentation is so poorly written that I have no freaking clue what you are proposing."

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Heh, Dub Taylor, one of my favorite movie lines.

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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"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."  ---> "It's Friday, and it's 4:45 PM"

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justkeepgiviner... u beat me to that quote!
i was thinking:
"frankly my dear, i don't give a damn" ---> "nobody can pin this one on me."

saludos.
a.

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Had to give a star to Mint Julep for that line!

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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Quote:

What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach, so you get what we had here last week which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don't like it any more than you men.

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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(OP)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:

"Who are these guys?" --> Are we a takeover target?

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A Few Good Men:
"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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Pulp Fiction:

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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From Office Space...

"Um...yeah Peter... I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday and..." ---> "I own your soul, peon!"

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"Go ahead, make my day!"
I haven't had my coffee yet ... and I have to meet my quota today!

Chris
Systems Analyst
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

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Air Force One ... Pilots statement just before he flies his plane between the presidents plane & the missile about to hit it.

"I'm goin in" ----> "Ahhh S*@T, I hate it when this happens!"

cheers
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From 2001: A Space Odyssey

"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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Another one from The Matrix:

"There is no spoon."  --->  "Alright... Who ate my lunch out of the fridge?"

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Not sure what exact movie but:

"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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Blazing Saddles;

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No, it was Cheech and Chong.  Up In Smoke, maybe?

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crossframe,
It was Blazing Saddles, a classic.

Chris
Systems Analyst
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

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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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crossframe:
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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It’s from Treasure if Sierra Madre.

The other movies ripped it off.

Blazing Saddles was a spoof remember?

Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng

Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
www.kitsonengineering.com

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From Rutger Hauer's bounty hunter at the end of "Wanted Dead or Alive":

"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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I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

>>>>>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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"Ah'll be bach"
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."

JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com

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Actually, Arnold was so stunned that all of his propositions got terminated by the electorate in November that he's completely reversed his politics and has come back as Pat Brown reincarnate.

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From Highlander:
"There can be only one!" --> "The sequels are really going to suck!"

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(OP)
From the movie AS Good As It Gets:

"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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Hannibal Smith (A-Team)
"I love it when a plan comes together!"  == We did it my way!

The rent is due.

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Another Dirty Harry: "Go ahead... make my day!"

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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Al Pacino (movie?): "Are you... talking to ME?>!!"

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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Dedicated to anyone in the electric utilities:

"Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here." - Ghostbusters

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electricpete, I do believe it is in Scarface winky smile (definitly one of Pacino's best movie imo)

Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France

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"Are you talkin to me?" was actually Robert De Niro in the movie Taxi Driver.

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huh huh, that could be that as well. Need to watch Scarface in english once again I guess :)

Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France

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Definitely Taxi Driver, 1976.  Others may have said the same words, but just didn't have the impact of Robert DeNiro.

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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I think Scarface was "You want some of me?!". Or something like that.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

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Well, this one needs no translation:

"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 smile

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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It's from Buckaroo Banzi.  Secretary of Defense to John Warfin, President and CEO of Yoyodyne.

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casseopia :

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 smile Need to watch this movie again too.

Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France

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In the American version, it goes like this:

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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Is the correct answer Buckaroo Banzi?

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

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ewh : I have Royal Cheese" in memory...which would logical since it's how we call it...

ctopher : Buckaroo Banzai. I know MintJulep made the mistake too.

Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France

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"Somebody has to pay."  I think from Wall Street.  Not sure of a translation, but always liked it!

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Sorry it took me a while to get back.  I didn't realize a fight would break out while I was away. smile

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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"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
(Jaws)
Marketing got it wrong again.

JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com

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