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| 21:37 May 2, 2007 |
| English to Italian translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Slang / Austin Powers | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Nicole Johnson Italy Local time: 03:56 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | see explanation |
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| 4 | sì, baby, è la mia specialità! |
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sì, baby, è la mia specialità! Explanation: Credo che il senso sia questo! HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 57 mins (2007-05-02 22:35:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Il significato dovrebbe essere quello indicato ma poi quella frase potrebbe essere stata tradotta come "Ma è fallico bimba !" invece di ..."FIGO !!!" http://www.iann.it/film/Critiche.asp?FILM=2025 |
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peer agreement (net): +1| yeah baby - it\'s my bag! see explanation Explanation: Andrea, I saw your other posting as well and although this phrase is certainly associated with the Austin Powers movies, as other answerers have suggested, it seems the origins go back much further, probaby even as far back to the 1930s when swing and jazz related terminology came into use. Bag Delight - joy, etc. I found this definition in an online list of Popular Music Slang Expressions, which explains: "Swing", like most fields of endeavor, also has it's own special lexicon. Once used mostly by the musician's themselves, the slang has now become a part of the greater society. And, what is even more remarkable, is the way the language has prospered. It is still widely used today, AND growing. (Hence the 1970s/Austin Powers usage). So, to sum up, you could probably provide a generic translation in Italian with something like "Questa cosa fa per me" or something similar. However, I didn't have any luck finding" an official Austin Powers Italian translation. Sorry. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2007-05-03 07:46:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Obviously credit for the "Yeah Baby" portion of the phrase goes to Austin Powers/Mike Meyers since that is the part that immediately makes one think of the International Man of Mystery! Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://nfo.net/usa/slang.html |
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