A week or two ago I was watching the episode in which Jerry's phone is being used by the Chinese delivery guy. He was speaking in Chinese, and I started wondering if what he was saying actually went along with the plot, has anyone here ever heard of any translations for these lines?
Will
Hi: He was saying actually went along with the plot:
Ping: Hi, Mr. Wang? Yes, he want to buy some cream. Ping: (look at Goerge) Yes, his forehead is like a big mirror! (he really lost a lot of hair!) Ping: Ok, I will tell him how to do. Ping: If you send money they send cream. George: They send me? Aw right ..ask 'em Does it really work? Ping: Could it really work? Really? Ping: They say you grow hair, Look a like Stalin! George: Ask' em Are there any side effects? ping: Are there any side effects? Ping: .... Impotence. ....( makes a just kidding gesture) George: Aw! Funny he's a funny guy. Ping: Get a money order from the Bank of China , be here three days after they get check Ping; Good bye! Oh! no,no, I'm working in a restaurant. (began to chat)....... I grew up in USA...........
Then Jerry stopped him.
Enjoy it. :) Zhang Bin
Thanks for the translation! I've seen every episode of Seinfeld, and wondered if I was missing out on anything. Does anyone know if there are any other instances of foreign language use in the show that might contain some humor or interesting dialogue?
Will
Not really any interesting dialogue but the bit in an episode (which one?) about how Hagen Daaz sounds danish but really is made in US always annoys me since Hagen Daaz does not sound danish at all. Maybe dutch or german but not danish.
On an side note: Many americans also say Copenhagen with "hagen" pronounced like the "a" sound like in the word "hard". Why? the first word is not danish sounding so why try to make the second part sound like danish? And actually that way of pronouncing the second part does not sound danish but german. If you want to use that "a" sound you would also need to replace the "gen" with a "ven" like the "ven" sound in "haven".
And another thing: Why do americans say "smorgasbord"? That is a swedish word but the meal is not swedish but a danish tradition and in Denmark it is called "frokost". However the food we eat at "frokost" is "sm�rrebr�d" and we eat it at a "bord" (table).
Ahh yes language...funny thing how it develops.
Anyway I apologize for my linguishtic (spelling?) hick-ups. I got carried away.
On 22 Mar 2003 13:28:57 -0800, [email] (Morten Madsen) wrote:
Yeah, and they call "back bacon" "Canadian Bacon". It's really part of the "ham'. What's that all about? And "Frech Fries" were invented in Belgium. Do vegetarians eat Animal Crackers?
And what's the deal with raisins and prunes, they're dried grapes and dried plums; yet dried apricots don't have they're own name! Did they run out of names - enough with these dried fruit names - dried apples! That's it!
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Yeah. And what's the deal with prune juice? If prunes are dried plums, they have no juice. Is it really plum juice? I'd like to know!
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"Art Vandelay" wrote in message news:[email]...
And what's up with that Ginger Ale? I think it's just Coke and Sprite mixed together. How can I prove it??!!
GAK..... what kind of name is Gak anyway?..... I think its Dutch.....
"Todd Gak" wrote in message news:Ao6fa.24180$S%[email]...
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Let me give you a word of advice, O.K.? I want you to stay away from me, I don't want to talk to you, and I don't want to hear any more of your stupid little notes and suggestions. I don't like you. So if you got any other problems, whether it is raisons, prunes, figs, or any other dried fruit, just keep it to yourself and stay out of my way, O.K?
"The News Guy(Mike)" writes:
And why's it called Ovaltine? The mug is round, the tin is round. It should be called Roundtine.
Johnny Vegas on BBC 7 a few weeks ago commented on his recent return to heckling.
formula comic: What's the deal with bridges? What's THAT about?
Vegas (loudly): They're for helping you cross bodies of water.
Well, I thought it was funny.
There was a thread about people speaking in foriegn languages on Seinfeld but I can't find it now.
Anyway, i just saw The Apartment tonight and the landlord's friend is talking in Spanish about how the old lady died and there is an empty apartment that Elaine can have....
[email] (GetRichQuick712) wrote in news:[email]:
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of course the Japenese TV execs in the Checks
13erla wrote:
And Kramer's Cuban...
Ian
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:14:21 -0000, "Ian F." wrote:
My japanese is not what it ought to be, but I doubt that those guys actually speak in real japanese.
"Lunatic" is a lovely word, but not japanese!
Do japanese have a sense of humor? Don�t they mind being laughed at here and there? ........................................
"Mad as a hatter." (This is just a gift expression from me to all of you, and has nothing to do with this thread at all. Very sorry for taking up your time like that!) It is a nice expression though and could well be used more often.
English is a foreign language to some 85% of the worlds people. At this time. Since nearly all aliens in Star Trek speak it quite well, the percentage will probably change once they start dropping in.
Tomas Stockholm
In article , 13erla writes:
Umm, i'm not good at name's of episode unless I catch it on the TV Guide thingie on my DishTV but...
was that the japanese who had to sleep in the drawers in Kramer's place?
Also, there was an episode where Jerry supposed to be the funny guy in Japan and the tourist were talking in Japanese while looking at him or something?
Is that the same episode? I'm all lost
"GetRichQuick712" wrote in message news:[email]...
Japan
something?
Ping's Chinese telephone translation in "The Tape."
The priests speak Latvian during George's conversion ceremony in "The Conversion."
The Flying Sandos Brothers speak...Romanian? in "The Friars Club."
The Korean manicurists in "The Understudy."
Enzo says something about 'vendetta' in Italian in "The Barber."
Babu sings a song in Pakistani in "The Cafe."
-B.
Cassus Belli!
"Brian" wrote in message news:BYDga.9021$[email]...
Nobody speaks Pakistani. Probably Urdhu (sp?)
There's also the episode where Jerry is dating the Romenian olympian and she talks Romenian to this guy who works in the circus...
<drawblank>Sorry, no names or episode titles here.... </drawblank>
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"Er" wrote in message news:b6ru4i$f9e$[email]...
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: The Gymnast
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<clicks> Olympian -> Romenian -> The Gymnast... makes sense! </clicks>
Er
IIRC, the guys installing cable at Jerry's in "The Baby Shower" start talking to each other in Russian when discussing what they should be paid when Jerry cancels the whole thing.
And as a stretch, there's the American Sign Language in "The Lip Reader"!