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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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A broach was lost in the tumble-dryer

Trekken voor uitgaang

The gang of four are now known as 'The Group of Odd Walkers' (i.e. - Roughly translated - "The Ministry of Funny Walks")
Err ...

Una comida y yo decentes somos cualquier persona

This is the advertising line for a Spanish remake of "Queer as Folk": "A comedy about ten somewhat queer people."

domo arigato gozaimasu

The Millennium dome will be disassembled and shipped to a farm in Malta.

Overstaap bij brug

Fall off the bridge.

D'er ingen så lang han ei må tøya seg, og ingen så låg han ei må bøya seg.

In comes the new single from Toyah and out goes the Boyzone single.

Baszom a sza'd sze'le't, Sanyika'm!
The videofilm showed that her bosom resembled that of a sad skeleton.

Warum liess ich das band auch hängen so lang?

Girl bands like 'Spice' don't hang around for long.

Nie Sagen nie wieder

They're neither saggy nor too wide.

Bend boge brest.

I'm sorry, but I can't translate this on a site that children may see.

Mi dispiaci, non lo so!
The stuff I phone through is truly awful.

A piacere mano destro

The sleight of the hand deceives the eye.

Dinsdag kartonnendozen dag is.

The dog's dinner that comes in twelve boxes is 'it'.

Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis

This DVD has a commentary track.

Pupukahi i holomua.

Dog memorials: holograms a speciality!

Ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut.

Give women the vote - god help you!

Voor me het is de echte dinge

As far as I can see, this is a real Australian wild dog.

Dinna fash yersel

Salted fish for dinner.

Fihi-ma-fihi

My turntable is malfunctioning

Da's kloten van de bok
Dad has spilt cream on the book

Wasser dragen naar de zee

You wanna drag down the promenade?

Su detrás, aunque grande, es exquisito.

Your detritus is not only large, but exquisite.

Er verdrinken meer mensen in een glas dan in zee.

I bet I can drink you under the table!

mijn bromfiets is in het kanaal

My bromine-impregnated insoles are advertised on the Shopping Channel.

Scrivo sol per sfogar l'interna doglia

Write only using sugar on the doggynet

Ma ei räägi palju eesti keelt

Mother's scruffy friend is a kilt-wearing Jew.

Schon scharret mein rösslein mit lustigem fuss.

This cherry goes red at the first sign of fuss.

Quando finisce la partita, i pedoni, le torri, i cavalli, i vescovi, i due re e le due regine tutti vanno nello stesso scatolo.

Who invited these two queens to a party thrown for the Cavalry, bullfighters and fashion designers?

zet uw kaas bovenop de bank

Was that your car that's driven up the bank?

Mi si e' rizzato il cazzo
I see you've made a risotto out of the cat! (Line from a 1960s American domestic sitcom.)

Certum est, quia impossibile.
Certified impossible.

quod erat faciendum

You're being facetious.

Crea fama y acuéstate a dormir.

Become famous by sleeping in your extensive grounds.

Ars longa sed vita brevis.

A bigger bottom leads to a shorter life.

Confutatis maledictis,
Flammis acribus addictis:
Voca me cum benedictis.
Oro supplex et acclinis,
Cor contritum quasi cinis:
Gere curam mei finis.

This poem was found written in the margins of a copy of the Carmina Burana, itself a somewhat rude and earthy work, and is an explicit description of a gay SM scene. I shall tastefully but sketch the content: Let the sinner be seized and punished with burning flames; let him call out for my blessed [ahem]. With a supple, wide open mouth and a contrite heart he behaves as a dog; in the end he will thank me on his knees.

I'll link to the next quote rather than writing it here. The quote.

Re-arrange these matchsticks into a well-known sonnet.

Vergin tutto amor, sospiri di foco

I love all virgins, and aspire to f*** them.

Tamu ya mua kifundo

Tame yer monkey, it's fun.

[from a well known hymn (from memory)]
Panis angelicus
Fit panis ominum
Dat panis caelicus
Figuris terminum
My angel cake mix
All fits into one cakepan
That pan is calico
And maintains its shape until the end.

Keng-ça fou mah-jong, ca fou, puis cong-prong pas a ca o ra toujours l'air Chinoa

Mr King beats his mah-jong, but he would not beat his con-prong for all the air in China.

Were diu werlt alle min
von deme mere unze an den Rin
des wolt ih mih darben,
daz diu chunegin von Engellant
lege an minen armen.

Bonus points awarded for translation in limerick form. [Raak] Carmina Burana is a rich source. I'm surprised no-one's used it before...

While I'm trying to figure that one out, may I offer: Pro Caelio Italian fan of diminutive Australian singer Aristophanes Something a boy really doesn't want his mum to catch him doing. Pizzicato Your dinner's in the dog. Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité?

A werewolf is found in all men.
But those in the sea or the den:
Their wolves are much darker,
While that man Ronnie Barker (literally "that comedian from England")
Has wolves move his arms and legs, then.

Nie to piekne, co piekne, ale co sie komu podoba.

Now for a picnic; with our picnic we shall drink so much ale that we lapse into a coma.
Sunt enim ista maledicta pervolgata in omnis quorum in adulescentia forma et species fuit liberalis
[Blue Bananas] This isn't a move, btw. I just wanted to apologise for apparently ignoring you back there, but I started working on the answer for Kim's post before you posted yours, so I didn't see it.
Good diction is not a requirement among male liberals.

Olé!

Simulposted: I had "The sound "Ni!" is an evil found throughout the vulgar classes whenever a quorum of adolescents is formed; the whole species flees from it."

Olé!: Beer!

Dào kê dào, fei cháng dào.

[Raak] What a fantastic one! I'll tell my Latin tutor that!
[Darren] Don't worry; I noticed when I posted. I was trying to fit Demi Moore into my limerick translation but gave up.
Here's a few up for translation: Acanthopanax senticosus, Aesculus hippocastanum, Agathosma crenultata, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Harpogophytum procumbens, Polygonum multiflorum, Rhamnus purshiani cortex, Silybum marianum, Stellaria media, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Vitex agnus-castus, Withania somniferum, Yucca schidigera, Zingiber officinale and then there's Santalum album (Christmas music compilation)
[BB] OK - why don't you propose one of them, and we'll have a go?
Errr ok, Harpogophytum procumbens
[Raak's one first:] Somebody saw somebody, fetching somebody.
[Blue Bananas' one:] The silent Marx brother has turned himself into a plant and draped himself all over the place.

Taking another from BB's list, Rhamnus purshiani cortex

Goat's head is a persian delicacy.
Eleutherococcus senticosus anyone?
The elusive 'sleeping beauty'.

Tre monete in una fontana.

Thirty coins, one currency. (Official motto of the European Monetary Union.)

Non serviam

Yam's off.
Tiramisù
If you make me cry, I'll take you to court.

de minimis non curat lex.

It's so small the vicar can't read it.

Nu este bine sã fie omul singur.

Now is the bin-end of our Omani sangria.

Non placet

Where's the soap?

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

All hail Governor Schwarzenegger (God help us!)

On puc trobar un altre bar que estigue bé?
One ice-hockey player has been sent to the sin-bin.

La plume de ma tante est dans le sac de cacahouete

The tainted flowers are in the compost bag (lit: cack-sack).

Zusammen kämpfen!

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