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Language Log написал о говорящем казахском слоне Батыре:

"Batyr's words and phrases were apparently not all so polite, including things like «Иди (на) хуй», "go on the penis", a Russian idiom of abuse."

Хороший перевод! Вот еще несколько в том же духе:

- "Go away in a vagina-like manner"
- "Oh, the whore"
- "Here's a penis for you".

Comments

[ygam.livejournal.com]

- "Oh, the whore"

Actually, the Spanish "la puta" is an accurate translation.

[smilga.livejournal.com]

У французов есть практически точный аналог русского «блин» — «puré». (Используется в основном учениками начальных классов, более старшие товарищи себя не стесняют в выражениях.)

[ygam.livejournal.com]

Век живи, век учись.

[cat_mucius]

А английское "blimey"?

[38irtimd.livejournal.com]

purée

[selfmade.livejournal.com]

The castle is called Laputa in English version of the movie Castle in the Sky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092067/), though subtitles for the movie spell it Raputa.

[ygam.livejournal.com]

1. Swift probably knew the Spanish cussing word when he wrote Gulliver's Travels, but Miyazaki might not have.

2. In a Japanese supermarket about a month ago I showed a food item to a cashier and said, "Can you ring this up for me, please?" She replied, "Yes, yes, ling this up."