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نانوا هم جوش شیرین می زند!

English translation: the baker is anxious about his sweetheart too

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Farsi (Persian) term or phrase:	نانوا هم جوش شیرین می زند!
English translation:	the baker is anxious about his sweetheart too
Entered by:	Farzad Akmali

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01:20 Feb 28, 2009

Farsi (Persian) to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Farsi (Persian) term or phrase: نانوا هم جوش شیرین می زند!

Actuallt in this sentence you may see ambiguity "جوش شیرین" material used in baking and also "جوش زدن" which means "بیقراری کردن" , furthermore the Alagory is obvious : "Shirin and Farhad"
This seems to be a kind of cute wordplay.
Thank you all in Advance

Farzad Akmali

the baker is anxious about his sweetheart too

Explanation:
به نوعی نان شیرینی که به شکل قلب می باشد نیز گفته می شود که در اینجا نوعی ابهام به وجود میآید یعنی sweetheart
نگران شیرین است یا اینکه نگران شیرینی ای که می پزد می باشد
you can just think of something like that

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-02-28 07:22:07 GMT)
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Sweartheart: beloved or a kind of cookie

Selected response from:

Alireza Amini
Iran
Local time: 07:16

Grading comment

متشکرم، زیبا بود
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

the baker is anxious about his sweetheart too

Alireza Amini

4 +1

the baker needs his dough

Edward Plaisance Jr

even the baker is boiling (anxious)for Shirin

asal

The baker's frizzing as though for his Shirin!

Hossein Emami

pay attention to the context

Mohammad Mostajaboddavati

Discussion entries: 2

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4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

the baker needs his dough

Explanation:
I don't think there is any way to closely translate the Persian and have it make any sense, much less have a double meaning.

It all rests on "jushe shirin" which is "sodium bicarbonate" in English and "jush zadan". I have researched my thesaurus for possible English synonyms for "jush zadan" that might possibly sound like a woman's name. No luck.

But we can find some puns related to the baker's business. The one I suggest can be read as the baker needs his money (dough) and can also be read as the baker kneads his dough.

I have no idea what your context is, but maybe the suggestion will be useful.

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 22:46
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 247

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Asker: متشکرم

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

the baker is anxious about his sweetheart too

Alireza Amini
Iran
Local time: 07:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Farsi (Persian),

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

متشکرم، زیبا بود

6 hrs confidence:

The baker's frizzing as though for his Shirin!

Explanation:
Well, it's so hard to convey all there is in this cute play of words into English; however, since frizz means both the bubbling act caused by baking soda as well as worrying about one's dearest, I think this translation could convey the most out of the original.

Hossein Emami
Iran
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi),

Farsi (Persian)
PRO pts in category: 58

Notes to answerer

Asker: متشکرم

6 hrs confidence:

pay attention to the context

Explanation:
i think it depends on the context. if it is talking about people who are not doing their job as their supposed to do( with jusheh shirin here), the sentence must be translated in a different way, if not using dough is a great idea.

Mohammad Mostajaboddavati
Local time: 07:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Farsi (Persian)

Notes to answerer

Asker: متشکرم

7 hrs confidence:

even the baker is boiling (anxious)for Shirin

Explanation:
as long as this phrase is an amphibology,anyone with different comprehension may translate sth different.
here the thought of baker worriation for shirin rang a bell in my mind and what i wrote above can have two different meaning"نانوا نیز نگران شیرین است" و"نانوا نیز خواستار شیرین است"

Example sentence(s):

he is tossing and turning for Shirin.

asal
Iran
Local time: 07:16
Native speaker of:

Farsi (Persian)

Notes to answerer

Asker: متشکرم

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Changes made by editors

Mar 1, 2009 - Changes made by Farzad Akmali:
Edited KOG entry	Farzad Akmali's old entry - "نانوا هم جوش شیرین می زند!" => "the baker is anxious about his sweetheart too"
Mar 1, 2009 - Changes made by Farzad Akmali:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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