Arachnid
Delivery Boy
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« on: 12-02-2003 04:55 »
« Last Edit on: 12-02-2003 04:55 »
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While rewatching "A clone of my own", where we get to Farnsworth introducing his universal translator, he says this: Farnsworth: And this is my universal translator. Unfortunately, so far, it only translates into an incomprehensible dead language. Cubert: Hello! Translator: Bonjour! (French) In french, however, the same scene results in: Cubert: Bonjour! Translator: Guten Tag! (German) In italian: Cubert: Bonjourna (or some such) Translator: Bonjour! (French again) Does anyone else have copies of the DVD with other languages? If so, what's the dead language for each of them? Is it always french, except for french?
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MrBurns
Bending Unit
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In German Cubert: Hallo! Translator: Bonjour! In Spanish Cubert: Hola! Translator: Bonjour! Bruahahaharrr!
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DOM
Crustacean
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Lol... Fench is my native langugage, and even if it not very kind to my language, I think this joke is 'ok', because it's very funny. But something is wrong in this kind of joke, because English use some sort of french expressions like ''Bon Appetit'' or ''Rendez-vous''.
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DOM
Crustacean
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Yeah! That's true. But there most be some political reason under that...today, everyone is bitching on the other so...
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DOM
Crustacean
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Surely not, but there's still a French version of Fututrama, and beleive me, it's FRENCH! Yeuk...
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DOM
Crustacean
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Lol it,s funny! But, I'm kind of stupid saying that becasue french Is my native language. Lol, anyway, it's funny!
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Y_L_B
Professor
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Originally posted by jerkberg: you really are stupid it means that the french language is supposed to be dead but bender knows some french eg je suis napolean. so once againfor the first jerkberg has proved somebody wrong *buzzer* You did no such thing. What about Latin? Almost everybody knows a few latin words, and it's a dead language. Ancient Egyptian? Why, my father's first language, a Sicilian dialect of Italian, can be considered quite dead and/or dying. He still knows it. Choke on that!
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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I know what Veni, Vidi, Vici means and the context in which it was said. I know what Humanum erare est means, but my sister doesn't. That doesn't mean I can speak Latin, just that I know a few phrases made famous for their role in history and litterature. A few people can speak Latin, but in prectic it's a dead language, though one deeply rooted in our cultural memory.
Bender know what Je suis Napoleon means, and maybe what it's role is in a humorous setting. He know what Bonjour means, Farnsworth doesn't. That doesn't mean he can speak French, just that he knows a few phrases. Some people can probably speak Fench, but in the larger scope it's dead.
Farnsworth doesn't know Frecnh because he's a senile, amoral, crazy crackpot inventor.
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