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score beers, screw beers

French translation: se procurer illicitement

11:35 Jan 19, 2004
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: score beers, screw beers
Young people are in a car and one of them says, "let's score some beers" and another one says "screw beers" and "let's get bandoleros", does it mean they want to steal beers ?
Sibylle
French translation:se procurer illicitement
Explanation:
On utilise souvent le terme "score" pour la drogue ou tout autre produit illicite (se procurer)

quant à "screw", il peut être employer dans le sens de screw some money : extorquer de l'argent.

s'il s'agit de jeunes gens et d'un langage slang, je traduirai ces deux verbes par "piquer" mais attention, tout dépend du contexte!!!
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Annabelle Pepin
Local time: 00:42
Grading comment
Merci, j'avais une petite idée, ces mômes ne sont pas trop méchants, ils font un peu les gros durs, je crois, mais dans ce film, le contexte n'est jamais très limpide !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1"Let's get some beer"
Alex Zelkind (X)
2 +2se procurer illicitement
Annabelle Pepin


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"Let's get some beer"


Explanation:
"No, I don't want none"
Let's get some crack

Alex Zelkind (X)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Debra LeBlanc
3 mins
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
se procurer illicitement


Explanation:
On utilise souvent le terme "score" pour la drogue ou tout autre produit illicite (se procurer)

quant à "screw", il peut être employer dans le sens de screw some money : extorquer de l'argent.

s'il s'agit de jeunes gens et d'un langage slang, je traduirai ces deux verbes par "piquer" mais attention, tout dépend du contexte!!!


Annabelle Pepin
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 8
Grading comment
Merci, j'avais une petite idée, ces mômes ne sont pas trop méchants, ils font un peu les gros durs, je crois, mais dans ce film, le contexte n'est jamais très limpide !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sylvain Leray: tout à fait
1 min
neutral  CMJ_Trans (X): "screw" = des bières? foutaise, nous on préfère..... (ça c'est la version polie!)
4 mins
agree  rene_teews: avec CMJ sur "screw" dans ce contexte
1 hr
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