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Hungarian translation: ash heap


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16:41 Jun 29, 2008
English to Hungarian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: ass sheep
- You know, you can fool the whole world, but you can’t fool Dr. T.J. Eckleberg.
- Who?
- The eyes on the billboard over the ass sheep in the Great Gatsby..
Ehhez szeretnék segítséget kérni.
Balázs Sudár
Hungary
Hungarian translation:ash heap
Explanation:
It's an ash heap, not an ass heap :)

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-06-29 16:47:50 GMT)
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it could be also a trash heap
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Lingua.Franca
Local time: 20:06
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Köszönöm, meghallgattam, ez az, még csak szójáték sincs.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3ash heap
Lingua.Franca
4hulladék (lásd lent)
Katarina Peters


Discussion entries: 8





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ash heap


Explanation:
It's an ash heap, not an ass heap :)

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-06-29 16:47:50 GMT)
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it could be also a trash heap

Lingua.Franca
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Köszönöm, meghallgattam, ez az, még csak szójáték sincs.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Valószínűleg szójáték, ezért segítene az eredeti is :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  abrudan: ash heap - definitely
29 mins

agree  Katarina Peters: igen, de hol a fordítás?
2 hrs

agree  juvera: ...the Eastern US called a "valley of ashes" by Fitzgerald, "an ash heap of civilization"This "ash heap" is the present, the terrible time where The Great Gatsby takes place....
7 hrs
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ass sheep/ash heap
hulladék (lásd lent)


Explanation:
Itt az én ajánlatom a szójátékra: a lógó táblára festett szemet (vagy az illető szemét) nem téveszti meg a szemét (a hulladék)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 14:06
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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