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Carpe Diem - Fish of the Day
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One player will provide a word or phrase in another language, and the next will furnish us with an erudite translation and then a word or phrase of their own...
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Writers are fuelled by drink.

char siew
The color of vomit.

Ca bhfuil do sheomra leaba?
[I googled for that, and clicked the "Translate this page" button. This was the result. Read the very top of that page.]
[Raak] I presume it's actually a Celtic language in real life?

Are you confused about your shoe laces?

Quattro formaggi

Baroness Thatcher's Audi.

Béagán agus a rá go maith
Solve:

Msuri sana

I'm sure I'm sane, so will you please take this straitjacket off?

Vakmanschap is meesterschap

Walkman users are male.

Eodem cogimur, unde negant redire quemquam

Get me more dutch cheese, and don't change channels.

teknillinen yliopisto

No, I have no idea how that pesto got on the bed sheets.

Vorsprung durch technik

Carol Vorderman has stolen all the interesting consonants

Veni Vidi Vici

Come and watch my pornography

Apres moi le deluge

I'm first in the queue for the shower

Je n'ai que mon âme

I uphold the right to bare arms.

fiat justitia, ruat coelum

You are legally obliged to buy an Italian car, but the ignition coils in them are corroded.

Non sequitur

No secretaries.

Per ardua ad astra

Amount of work required to make an advert for a small Vauxhall car.

Sic Transit Gloria

Being nauseated on the Northern Line somewhere between Euston and Camden Town.

Llyfrgell Owen
Lovely goal! that's my son Owen.
thank you DrQ

merci beaucoup

What a lovely view of the ocean you have from this hatchery!

Was kostet das Benzin pro Liter?
What fee did Tony Benn accept to promote metrication?

Arbeit macht frei

On the contrary, I survived the date without receiving any hickeys.

Je ne peux plus bouger ma voiture
You smell, and you commit indecent acts with scavenging birds. (traditional insult)

bo le bata is capall le ceansact

Cromwell banning cricket; punishable by death.

Twll dîn pob Sais! *grabs coat in a hurry*
Return those tools to the pub and make it snappy

i gran dolori sono muti

The Great Dolores is my mother

Hänschenklein ging allein in die weiter Weld hinein

The water is warm.

Je ne comprends pas

This bag won't carry all my shopping.

Alea Jacta Est

Alia would like to be known as "Jack" since the operation.

comme ci, comme ça

Would you like to examine my precise punctuation?

rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis

Country people know that animals fart.

Amantium irae amoris integratio est

I love it when a plan comes together.

curriculum vitae

School is compulsory

I believe the following is grammatically incorrect, but I'm quoting the song:
voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir

Get off the bench and on the court -- your serve.

Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn
As best I can figure it out, Dr Q, you mean

"If you wore drag you would look just like Ira Gershwin"

Nonlo faccia, per favore.
No pouting, please.

È pericoloso da appoggiarsi a fuori

Periwinkles stuffed with hot chillies. (Yum!)

- áíÓ äÈí ÈáÇ ßÑÇãÉ ÅáÇ Ýí æØäå! ..

Oops. It worked in the page I copied it from. Here's a replacement:

Areopagitica

Oops again. I hope I haven't screwed up the formatting...
Ah. Ok now.

Areopagitica

What astronauts must use to keep in touch until mobile phone masts are erected on Mars (only a matter of time).

Ecce homo!
The Queen's Speech

Pro schola grates agimus vetusta
Be grateful that your education has accelerated your body's progression into old age.

Hej Gamle Man

High Roller in New Orleans.

Har du sedd min kaslonger?
Have you stuck my tape-head cleaner up your arse again?

primus inter pares
My camping stove is in pieces

Teo torriate konomama iko

My mother has run off with a theatrical troupe.

Barbara celarent darii ferio baralipton

Barbara quickly makes Darius a strong cup of tea
[Having introduced him to the wonderful concept of mnemonic syllogisms].

LOLOLO FUNEX?

A limbo dancing party.

Ave imperator, morituri te salutant!

"When the bird-people rule, I will kill all conservatives as a warning!"

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre
"Legs will be broken at the toga party"

Egy sör, kérem.
I will pelt you with eggs, sir churl!

Gradus ad Parnassum

Students may find mountaineering expensive

Gluckliche Reise

T.A.T.U. has a new hit.

Forlat, Jag tanke den var min ben.
My Jaguar needs refuelling with four-star, but I refuse to buy anything from a petrol station run by that varmint, Ben.

Son pittore ancor io!

For pity's sake, child, tie down the moons of Jupiter!

So de wa arimasen yo!
Da fizzy mineral water is well wicked.

abiit excessit evasit erupit

If you keep playing with it, it will fall off.

allegro ma non troppo

This is an early model, with a speed limiter

Arma virumque cano

Viagra is made from dog's bollocks.

megaloblatta blaberoides

"I'm really great, so I'm going to kill anyone who mentions haemorrhoids."

Der Befehl Speichern unter

No-one failed to notice that his favourite collection of hedgehogs were escaping from the bottom of his trousers.

Honores mutant mores

When in the company of Daily Mail readers, be sure to respect their customs.

me genoi!
I'm a cherry cake

Sacre bleu!

Blue sugar!

Je plie et ne romps pas.

I've got a headache

solventur risu tabulae: tu missus abibis!

I can't glue the table: the wife's drunk it!

hande hoch

I have pawned my limbs.

Er is aan alles een overvloed.

Eh oop, there's summat nowt right about me computer...

Credo, quia impossibile est.
It's tough to be hip these days.

deus ex machina

I have a teacup with cracks in the shape of Jesus' face.

Wovon mann nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.

The transvestite with the face like a haddock is left speechless.

Får jag låna din öl?
How far does your Jaguar go before it needs an oil change?

Wirken Sie mit!

We are huge fans of Kenneth's fingerless glove

Pleon hemisy pantos

I prefer to think of the trousers as being half full.
Bugger - I was going to say "Sooty has not done enough exercise!"

À la recherche du temps perdus

"Time for grilled chicken!"

Håll den här medans jag sticker.
I hold my hair on with glue.

verb. sap.

Tree speak.

La Bamba

Cute Italian deer - less than a year old

Zut alors!

My jacket is blowing away

chateax maison

Massage parlour vorsprung durch technik
It just popped out during Metalwork!

Oppidum antemeridialum corniculatum [I sense fatigue is setting in; would someone like to do the honours?]

Mornington Crescent.
Although, really, I wouldn't mind carrying on with it.

Vous souhaitez louer une voiture?

Will you make sweaty love with me in my car?

tumulus simulacrorum

This is actually a false beer belly I am wearing.

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

The dragon is exhausted after getting a lap dance.

Neis cwrdd â chi
You nose has bad karma.

Cymru

A sort of rice cake made from the excretions when a person is aroused.

Ich bin ein auslander.

I've hidden the body of an Australian among the refuse.

Schreib mal wieder!

Open your mouth wider and scream (as the Nazi dentist said to Dustin Hoffman).

obscuris per obscurum

Honestly - there's no need to hide the label on that cheap bottle of bacardi.

Cosi fan tutte

A frilly teapot ventilator.

É aquela uma banana em seu bolso?

Will one banana from the sea make you angry?

Est-ce qu'il y a du fromage?
Is your age making you feel unwell?

Hij was toen 43 jaar.

He died of eating 43 jars of pickled tuna.

Et dixit fiat lux; et lux fit.

The fat dictator was a perfect fit for his luxury Fiat.

der bestirnte Himmel uber mir und das moralische Gesetz in mir

Heaven is stunted over Mir, for there is ghostly morality within.

En arche en ho logos, kai ho logos en pros ton theon, kai theon en ho logos.
"In order to improve homeland security, all American citizen will need to have the Statue of Liberty and American flag tattooed on their foreheads."

Éamonn atá orm.
Your husband is home.

De historie zal deze oorlog beschouwen als een van de keerpunten in deze eeuw.

History will show that long strands of Izal have been stashed in the van secreted in the boathouse alongside the slumbering ewe.

Suppressio veri suggestion falsi

Please don't ask again about my breast implants.

Na bardito taynel o pogekône!

In the Bardo, it costs one conical podume to enter the tunnel (of rebirth).

D'argent a la fasce d'azure, charge d'un soleil de gules.

It's urgent that you cover your face with gemstones: a seagull has just flown into the sun.

Eh. Mitä ihmettä?

$1000 to whack him. [Indistinguishable Brooklyn Gangster Jibberish.]

Que horas são?
Is this pig really a prostitute?

So desu ne!
So don't sue me!

borgen macht sorgen

Burgers give you a tummy ache

Çà n'fait rien

Such is fate.

Sans souci

Without ketchup.

Doch jeder tötet, was er liebt.

You may have either tortoise, whichever you prefer.

Rauchen verboten

Rowers for boats.

Alles Vergängliche
ist nur ein Gleichnis
Das unzulängliche
Hier ist ereignis
Das unbeschreibliche
Hier ist's getan
Das ewig-weibliche
Zieht uns hinan.
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go,
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go!

ardha baddha padmottanasana

That's a nasty looking verruca.

sul ponticello

Don't sulk, you poncy cellist!
Pogue mahone dubh
"Our sex life is fine." -- First Lady Laura Bush

Suoraan eteenpäin
Suffering from teenage angst

E pluribus, unum

If there are so many buses, how come I haven't seen one yet?

Je pense, donc je suis.
When I'm thinking, I dip swiss rolls in my tea.

Quod esse non potest

Don't protest about Status Quo

Ho fatto una gran cazzata
Hey fatso, is that your grandmother on your arm?

ceteris paribus

The badgers are laughing together

Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad

I'm glad your wife plays too.

Ich habe bauchschmerzen
I have slime on my back.

Hur gör man sin egen sida?

Herman Göring was a sinful man, despite his home brewed cider.

Ite, missa est
Here are the weapons of mass destruction.

mutatis mutandis

X-Men 2

nuqDaq yuch Dapol?

Who threw up on my model railway?

Fac ut gaudeam

Bloody Hell, that CD's LOUD

Ne vous tenez pas sur mes orteils, svp
Hint; It's nothing to do with the lack of italics.
Don't play tennis with me, it's such an ordeal.

I campi obbligatori sono in grassetto

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