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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Wonderful. This makes me happy.

Some things don’t translate well, though. “My beetroot”?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm guessing the word in their language is a cutesy moniker, like pumpkin or peanut in English.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. Sounds odd, though. Now I have a better understanding of translators who insist on being literal vs. translators who are willing to bend the rules slightly in order to clarify what the speaker meant.

[–] dirthawker0 3 points 3 weeks ago

A French term of endearment is "my little cabbage"

[–] Brickhead92 1 points 3 weeks ago

I prefer to use my lumpy potato

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Pumpkin doesn't make sense either, so I just assume it's one of those cutesy nicknames. Either that, or maybe they just like Dwight Schrute. A lot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Muffin basket with rainbow kiss then. Either translation works.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, idiomatic expressions shouldn’t be translated literally. To make sense they should be replaced with something close in terms of meaning and way it’s used in the target language like “sweetheart” or “honey” in this case.

[–] NOT_RICK 13 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve been having a rough week; this was a nice dose of perspective. Heartwarming to see

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Pure destilled happiness. Plus she got the news delivered by Jeremy Renner. What a day!