[R]Need help to translate
kiisukat
After I finished Good Omens, I started to read Equal Rites, again. At the
moment I read translated books and I haven't got any PTerry's books in
English. So a question rose:
What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
Please, help to satisfy my curiosity,
kati
Adrian Ogden
>After I finished Good Omens, I started to read Equal Rites, again. At the
>moment I read translated books and I haven't got any PTerry's books in
>English. So a question rose:
>What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
Bad Ass.
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Simon Waldman
>>What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
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> Bad Ass.
Also the name of a pub in Edinburgh... I was going to take a picture but
then thought that this group was probably already aware of it...
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robert craine
> Hi!
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> After I finished Good Omens, I started to read Equal Rites, again. At the
> moment I read translated books and I haven't got any PTerry's books in
> English. So a question rose:
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> What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
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What is it called in Estonia? There's a story behind the (english)
name which was revealed in Carpe Jugulum....
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only a very minor, not plot related spoiler coming up.
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...and it went something like this:
some bloke had a donkey, and tried to get it to cross a river. It got
half way and then refused to carry on. It wouldn't turn back either.
Then, for a reason I either can't remember or wasn't given a village
built up at the site [1] and they named it Bad Ass (=naughty donkey)
in the animals honour. Or possibly there was already a village there
and it got renamed.
Robert
[1] maybe some entrepreneur thought it would make a good tourist
attraction: 'Come see the famous 'bad ass(TM)!' Read the story of one
man and his calcitrant donkey in the Bad Ass visitors centre! Buy a
Bad Ass(TM) on a stick!'
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Andrew.Gray
>
> Adrian Ogden wrote:
>
> >>What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
> >>
> >
> > Bad Ass.
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> Also the name of a pub in Edinburgh... I was going to take a picture but
> then thought that this group was probably already aware of it...
Really? Where?
/me never noticed it
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Simon Waldman
>>Also the name of a pub in Edinburgh... I was going to take a picture but
>>then thought that this group was probably already aware of it...
>>
>
> Really? Where?
Eastern end of Rose Street. It's actually called The Bad Ass, and has a
picture of a donkey...
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-- Curt Siffert
pravda
:> Hi!
:>
:> After I finished Good Omens, I started to read Equal Rites, again. At the
:> moment I read translated books and I haven't got any PTerry's books in
:> English. So a question rose:
:>
:> What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
:>
:>
: As has already been said, Bad Ass.
: What is it called in Estonia? There's a story behind the (english)
: name which was revealed in Carpe Jugulum....
[snipped donkey-related spoiler]
It's called Pahaperse. Very literal translation that unfortunately doesn't
involve any donkeys. Obviously the translator hadn't read Carpe Jugulum. :/
Danny
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Now, I don't quite recall this quote from Lords and Ladies, unless it's
some Oggham runes which appear on the Long Man...
Care to elaborate?
Seeya. Danny.
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tpman
> As has already been said, Bad Ass.
> What is it called in Estonia? There's a story behind the (english)
> name which was revealed in Carpe Jugulum....
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> .
Pahaperse. Paha is on synonym to bad but perse is not donkey.
On problem with Estonian translation is that they are translated
different persons.
Toomas
Andrew.Gray
> > Really? Where?
>
> Eastern end of Rose Street. It's actually called The Bad Ass, and has a
> picture of a donkey...
/me files that away for reference next to the 'Horses & Hounds'. The
things you learn on Usenet...
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Mark
robert craine <robc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> As has already been said, Bad Ass.
> What is it called in Estonia? There's a story behind the (english)
> name which was revealed in Carpe Jugulum....
I thought the naming story was in ER, one of the first things Granny says, in
fact [1], but I may be wrong.
[1] I don't know for sure, as my copy of ER is in a box a few miles away,
'cause we're moving soon.
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Jenny Radcliffe
> Adrian Ogden wrote:
> >>What is the name of the village where Esk was born?
> > Bad Ass.
> Also the name of a pub in Edinburgh... I was going to take a
picture but then thought that this group was probably already aware
of it...
Oh, *why* didn't I catch up to this point earlier? I've just got
back - like five hours ago! - from three days in Edinburgh and
because I didn't know I didn't look for it!
Andrew.Gray
> Oh, *why* didn't I catch up to this point earlier? I've just got
> back - like five hours ago! - from three days in Edinburgh and
> because I didn't know I didn't look for it!
You were in Edinburgh? You could have told me... I've been really bored
most of this week... ;-)
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