Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Slang o qualcos'altro?

Salve a tutti. Sono stato dirottato su questo NG dopo aver postato
questo mex su IAC (it.arti.cartoni). Non conoscevo nessun NG che
trattasse di lingua inglese e quindi non sapevo a chi rivolgermi. Sto
traducendo un gioco dall'inglese ma in alcuni punto trovo enormi
difficoltà forse dovuti ad un inglese americanizzato con parole
piuttosto ostiche. Spero che qualcuno possa aiutarmi. Di seguito le
frasi che proprio non capisco:
« Did you see that move he pulled back there? You call me hotdog, right?
»
« That wasen't hotdogging. That was the move of a true master »
Un'altra è tratta da un dialogo tra un tipo ed un altro che si fa
chiamare "Vagabondo". I due erano piloti congedati alla fine della
guerra me che sono stati richiamati in servizio:
« So you still living up to that callsign of your? »
« A man can do okay, 'long as he doesen't stay in one place too long. Of
Course, I had to get greedy. Stayed in the active reserve. All those
montlhy credits seemed like free money. Yeah, who would've figured
they'd actually reinstate me? I got played for a sucker. I oughta know
better, right? »
Un'altro è:
« Some of there newbies rattle on about "what if this happens" and "what
if that happens" »
Spero che qualcuno sia così gentile da aiutarmi. Molto probabilmente
avrò altri questiti analoghi in futuro e preferirei mi avvertiste se
messaggi come questo non sono ben accetti.
Vi ringrazio anticipatamente.
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   * Subject: Slang o qualcos'altro?

   * Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:05:23 +0200

   * Organization: TIN

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Salve a tutti. Sono stato dirottato su questo NG dopo aver postato

questo mex su IAC (it.arti.cartoni). Non conoscevo nessun NG che

trattasse di lingua inglese e quindi non sapevo a chi rivolgermi. Sto

traducendo un gioco dall'inglese ma in alcuni punto trovo enormi

difficoltà forse dovuti ad un inglese americanizzato con parole

piuttosto ostiche. Spero che qualcuno possa aiutarmi. Di seguito le

frasi che proprio non capisco:

« Did you see that move he pulled back there? You call me hotdog,
right?

»


I don't know where you saw this, but it sounds like
something from skiiers. In skiing, there is a slang expression "Hot Dog"
which means doing a very fancy or difficult move. There are different kinds
of jumps... for example, a "spread eagle", a "helicopter", a "daffy"...
all of these fall into the category of hot dogging. The word hotdog has
spread into other sports where someone who is good at the sport does an
interesting or difficult move.


 

 

« That wasen't hotdogging. That was the move of a true master
»

 


 

Un'altra è tratta da un dialogo tra un tipo ed un altro che
si fa

chiamare "Vagabondo". I due erano piloti congedati alla fine della

guerra me che sono stati richiamati in servizio:

« So you still living up to that callsign of your? »


Hmmm.... sounds like some military thing... a callsign
is probably a name someone uses on a radio... like a radio operator with
a callsign of "beast" or something like that. Then you could ask if he's
"living up to his callsign", this means, are you still being a beast?


 

« A man can do okay, 'long as he doesen't stay in one place too
long. Of

Course, I had to get greedy. Stayed in the active reserve. All those

montlhy credits seemed like free money. Yeah, who would've figured

they'd actually reinstate me? I got played for a sucker. I oughta know

better, right? »


This part has to do with American culture. Some students
join the Army reserves or other "reserves", such as Navy, Air Force, National
Guard... they get some money for doing this. They must give a weekend or
so every month and once a year report for some training.


    There is the chance that they
can be "called to active duty", which means that they can be called by
the government to become full time soldiers. None of them ever expect this
to happen, since America's army is all volunteer.


    During the Gulf War, a lot
of "reservists" were surprised when they were called in for active duty.


    There is another slang term
for such people... we call them "Weekend Warriors" due to the fact that
they usually train on weekends.


 

Un'altro è:

« Some of there newbies rattle on about "what if this happens"
and "what

if that happens" »


A newbie is someone new to computers, internet or
programming.


 

I hope that helps!! Can you help me? I have a little computer program I
need people in Italy to test ... can you try it and see if it works okay?
It will let you send SMS messages from your computer to any GSM telephone
in Italy... try it and let me know what you think...

Go here:   
http://utenti.tripod.it/smsadesso/download/downloadindex.html


Thanks!!

Daniel

 

Spero che qualcuno sia così gentile da aiutarmi. Molto probabilmente

avrò altri questiti analoghi in futuro e preferirei mi avvertiste
se

messaggi come questo non sono ben accetti.

Vi ringrazio anticipatamente.

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Like you, I don't write in English well; I'm bettere in traslation but
not in writing.
Thank you for your help but I need the exact translation from english to
italian.
About "Hotdog" I have a question. You have said that hotdog it's a word
that mean something hard to do (in the skiing, for example). But Why the
other man answer with:
« That wasen't hotdogging. That was the move of a true master »
If the man is a true master, he can do that but he said that it is not a
hotdogging.
Anyway, I appreciate your efforts to help me.
Thanks a lot and see you on the next message...
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 « That wasen't hotdogging. That was the move of a true master »
dev'essere "wasn't"
Non era una cosa da esibirsi.  Era una manovra di un maestro vero.
Marty
A penny saved is..........................................not much

 hotdogging.
A hotdog, besides being a type of highly-processed sausage, is someone who
"shows off" to a crowd. To "show off" means to make a display only for the sake
of impressing someone (to make them think that you are skilled, talented,
desirable, or other such quality that grants a feeling of status to the fragile
human psyche). A true master is someone who performs at the highest level of
true skill. A hotdog is someone who wants others to think he/she is truly
skilled. Daniel's explanation is accurate in the sense that one must have good
skills in order to hotdog." A true master, however, has no need to convince
others, because he/she performs for the Art itself.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

 « That wasen't hotdogging. That was the move of a true master »
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