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January 23, 2025 at 01:39 pm Reply
IkeaLoverI was recently at one of your book visits and you mentioned funny translations, are there any more weird translations?
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January 23, 2025 at 05:46 pm Reply
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They're not actually weird. Its just that different cultures express themselves in different ways. Translatng something into a different language often changes the meaning of the original saying. There are probably a lot of them besides the ones I like to mention in my presentations. -----Gordon Korman-----
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They're not actually weird. Its just that different cultures express themselves in different ways. Translatng something into a different language often changes the meaning of the original saying. There are probably a lot of them besides the ones I like to mention in my presentations. -----Gordon Korman-----
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January 24, 2025 at 10:52 pm Reply
IkeaLoverobject(stdClass)#835 (23) { ["ID"]=> string(5) "27906" ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2025-01-24 22:52:16" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-01-24 22:52:16" ["post_content"]=> string(108) "Hi again,
On the topic of translations, what was the translation for Restart, I forget.
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On the topic of translations, what was the translation for Restart, I forget.
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January 26, 2025 at 05:12 am Reply
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RUDE BOY FLYING
OK? ---GK---
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RUDE BOY FLYING
OK? ---GK---
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January 27, 2025 at 10:27 pm Reply
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February 2, 2025 at 02:55 am Reply
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" ["post_title"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(10) "reply-9768" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2025-02-02 02:55:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2025-02-02 02:55:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> string(5) "27888" ["guid"]=> string(33) "https://gordonkorman.com/?p=27999" ["menu_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_type"]=> string(5) "reply" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" }I was at one of your author visits. I LOVED the translations, they were so funny, like the one for "Liar, liar, pants on fire".
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February 2, 2025 at 03:41 am Reply
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You must mean, "Teller of untruths, your trousers have combusted."
Glad you enjoyed the presentation. Hope you like the books, too. -----Gordon Korman-----
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You must mean, "Teller of untruths, your trousers have combusted."
Glad you enjoyed the presentation. Hope you like the books, too. -----Gordon Korman-----
