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Ecopsy Posted 18 years ago
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something I don't quite understand, but natives may well understand
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I recently read a passage, one sentence in it is something like- It's not exact, but it's good enough for the purpose-"An orgnization that employs people with vowels at the end of their names and with bugles in their pockets"
The translator believe the first part means Maffia members in the United States who deal drugs which I agree, but the second part is translated as "very rich people", which I really doubt about, and think It means people carrying guns.
Am I right? Since in here there is a total ban on guns, so excuse me if what I suppose is funny.
I recently read a passage, one sentence in it is something like- It's not exact, but it's good enough for the purpose-"An orgnization that employs people with vowels at the end of their names and with bugles in their pockets"
The translator believe the first part means Maffia members in the United States who deal drugs which I agree, but the second part is translated as "very rich people", which I really doubt about, and think It means people carrying guns.
Am I right? Since in here there is a total ban on guns, so excuse me if what I suppose is funny.
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Hi, I recently read a passage, one sentence in it is something like- It's not exact, but it's good enough for the purpose-"An orgnization that employs people with vowels at the end of their names and with bugles in their pockets" The translator believe the first part means Maffia members in the United States who deal drugs which I agree, but the second part is translated as "very rich people", which I really doubt about, and think It means people carrying guns. Am I right? Since in here there is a total ban on guns, so excuse me if what I suppose is funny You are probably right about the first part.
- Hi, I recently read a passage, one sentence in it is something like- It's not exact, but it's good enough for the purpose-"An orgnization that employs people with vowels at the end of their names and with bugles in their pockets" The translator believe the first part means Maffia members in the United States who deal drugs which I agree, but the second part is translated as "very rich people", which I really doubt about, and think It means people carrying guns.
- Am I right?
- Since in here there is a total ban on guns, so excuse me if what I suppose is funny You are probably right about the first part.
- However, the second part is an odd thing to say.
- In a context like this, I suppose you might make a guess that it refers to guns, but the word 'bugle' is not at all a common term for a gun.
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Hi,
I recently read a passage, one sentence in it is something like- It's not exact, but it's good enough for the purpose-"An orgnization that employs people with vowels at the end of their names and with bugles in their pockets"
The translator believe the first part means Maffia members in the United States who deal drugs which I agree, but the second part is translated as "very ri
I recently read a passage, one sentence in it is something like- It's not exact, but it's good enough for the purpose-"An orgnization that employs people with vowels at the end of their names and with bugles in their pockets"
The translator believe the first part means Maffia members in the United States who deal drugs which I agree, but the second part is translated as "very ri
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I'm confused. What you actually read somewhere was "bugles in their pockets" but it's translated as "very rich people." Do you mean you have a friend who is a translator who read the same thing and thinks "bugles in their pockets" (in English) means "very rich people" (in English)? Or is the translator looking at the original in some other language and telling you that the original translator
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It is almost certainly a spelling mistake. I think it should be "bulges in their pockets". That would refer to guns.
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Ah yes. Memories of dear old Mae West. I think you have the answer. Way to go! It's an anagram.
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I shall remember this the next time some idiot government minister says "spelling doesn't matter"!
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I think there's a huge difference between a spellling mistake (speeling misteak) and a typo that creates an entirely different word that is quite valid it its own right although illogical in that context.
There's no way I'd guess that "bulges in their pockets" meant anything other than people carrying guns, in that context.
Unless they're all just really, really happy to see me.
There's no way I'd guess that "bulges in their pockets" meant anything other than people carrying guns, in that context.
Unless they're all just really, really happy to see me.
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I'm really sorry for the spelling mistake. It should be 'bulge'. The original sentence is from a textbook for tanslators, and I don't really know who is the translator. As for the 'ban on guns' I mentioned, it's really the circumstance here in China. One of my friend who is an officer in the Armed Police Force told me that one would get a at least 5-year sentence if he is found to keep a gun. Than
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