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Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by poulsbohemian »

ofrzeta wrote: post #79
dirkt wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That happens when you google idioms in other languages ... you have no clue about the actual usage. And they are usually not one-to-one. German "das ist mir Wurst" is also a lot weaker than "zero fucks given", at least use something stronger like "das interessiert keinen Arsch" (no asshole cares). Also "zero fucks given" in the sense of "irresponsible, he just does it and doesn't care who gets hurt" doesn't really ha…

Even stronger (and more like "zero fucks ..." imho): Das ist (mir) scheißegal ("indifferent as shit" ot something like it).

Yes, scheißegal strikes me as exactly the right translation, and once again there is a single German word for an entire English phrase.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by jezze »

INTPenis wrote: post #103

In Swedish it's not as harsh as Zero fucks given but reading some of those others I'd say "intresseklubben antecknar" is the phrase we'd use when I was growing up in the 90s. It translates literally to "the club of interested people is taking notes".

A suggestion for a more fluid translation could be "interest groups are taking notes"

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne »

bluepoint wrote: post #229

In greek it is actually, “i have it noted on my testicles”, or in short “on my testicles”. I don’t think the one posted is used very much.

I had never heard it. Slang.gr gives it as "στον πούτσο μου λουλούδια και γύρω-γύρω μέλισσες". Sounds a bit rarefied to be sure.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by SahAssar »

jezze wrote: post #232
INTPenis wrote: post #103

In Swedish it's not as harsh as Zero fucks given but reading some of those others I'd say "intresseklubben antecknar" is the phrase we'd use when I was growing up in the 90s. It translates literally to "the club of interested people is taking notes".

A suggestion for a more fluid translation could be "interest groups are taking notes"

I'd say that looses some of the sarcasm, since the point is that the "club of interested people" is no-one.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by aine »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #176
skrebbel wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'd be surprised what 2000 years of living at a global center of wealth and power can do to the spirit of an average joe. For inspiration, see this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29639486

As mentioned in the thread, it's more like it's an ad for a book. Including cross posting it here. Knowing the thread, i don't really see a correlation ( and it seems te exagerated + coincidence considering the timing in the reddit thread - ~4 hours between)

Who cares? The thread is interesting, so if that's an ad campaign - it's a good one.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by antender »

konart wrote: post #2

>It’s horseradish to me (Russian) Well, that's a one way to say it for sure, but that's almost the most delicate way, lol.

Yeah, and it's not even the funniest one of a bunch of different phrases. I really prefer adding dogs instead of horseraddishes: "да и пёс с ним".

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by NicoJuicy »

aine wrote: post #236
NicoJuicy wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As mentioned in the thread, it's more like it's an ad for a book. Including cross posting it here. Knowing the thread, i don't really see a correlation ( and it seems te exagerated + coincidence considering the timing in the reddit thread - ~4 hours between)

Who cares? The thread is interesting, so if that's an ad campaign - it's a good one.

If it's fake, what's the value?
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