Comment on Anon experiences German humor

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Come to think of it, that’s a thing in Swedish as well - we could make the pun work there as well:

  Två jägare träffades. Båda dog.

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  • SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Båda dog! Båda dog! No Treåt

    (I know å is pronounced like “eu” like in Blåhaj)

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    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For it to match Swedish phonetic rules, it would have to be:

      Bäd dågg! Bäd dågg! Nåu trit!

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      • SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh true my bad, thank you!

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      • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Wouldn’t it be “Nåo trit”?

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A Båda dog once bit my sister… No realli!

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      • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My hovercraft is full of eels!

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  • Taalnazi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Works in Dutch too.

    Twee jagers treffen elkaar. Beiden zijn dood.

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That joke used to work in English.

  By c. 1300, of things, “to come into physical contact with, join by touching or uniting with;” also, of persons, “come together by approaching from the opposite direction; come into collision with, combat.”

  www.etymonline.com/word/meet

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• Karjalan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s why translation can be so hard, especially for poems, songs, comedy etc. Double meanings, metaphors, rhymes etc are often lost when translated.

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  • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In some cases you can replace a pun with another pun that works in the target language.

    In other cases, where you’re translating a religious text, doing something for scholarly reasons, or otherwise think your audience would really like to know what’s going on in a text you have to add a translation note.

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  • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I only understand train station.

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• fushuan@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So it’s a misstranslated joke then. With that information it’s kinda funny or at least it makes sense.

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  • rhombus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    More like untranslatable, as the context just doesn’t work in English. You either have something that doesn’t make sense or - if you use the other meaning - a statement with no humor. The pun is completely dependent on the German phrasing.

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• Peter1986C@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  treffen.

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