An interesting issue of translate equivalence

[Helen Halva]

The term "pants" is described at 
http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-pan4.htm
HH
On 1/13/2012 6:11 PM, Nafpaktitis, Margarita wrote:
> A friend of mine assures me that "mustard" is the opposite of pants.
>
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> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] An interesting issue of translate equivalence
>
> Fortunately, I have Cassell's Dictionary of Slang handy to tell me that
>
> pants [late 19C-1910s; 1990s+] means nonsense, rubbish; as an adj.
> second-rate, inferior.
>
> I would suggest in this particular case: ��� ���� �� � ����� ������ ��
> �����.
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2012, at 10:57 AM, John Dunn wrote:
>
>> Occasionally the reporting of foreign news stories can throw up some
>> interesting issues relating to equivalence in translation.  The site
>> newsru.com today reports the unimpressed reaction of one British
>> commentator to the news that Andrei Arshavin, the captain of the
>> Russian national football team, who also plies his trade in London
>> with Arsenal FC, has been elected Russia's sportsperson of the year
>> for 2011.  In Russian translation this reads as follows:
>>
>> "����� ����, � ������������� ����-�� �� �������, �� �������, ���
>> ���� ����� ���������� ������ "��������" ���������� � ���, ��� ��
>> �������� ���� ��� ���� ������ �������� � ������� ��������� ��
>> ����������� ������� �������." [http://www.newsru.com/sport/13jan2012/imp.html
>> ]
>>
>> A handily-placed link directs us to the original:
>>
>> 'Maybe we are all missing something here, but even the most strident
>> Arsenal fan will admit that Andrei Arshavin's performances for the
>> club, over the past year or so, have been utter pants.' [http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/arsenal/105284/russian-sport-hits-new-low-andrei-arshavin-voted-athlete-of-the-year.html
>> ]
>>
>> Well, it does sort of convey the idea, and I am not sure I want to
>> imagine the versions that might have conjured up by someone less
>> attuned to the niceties of British slang.
>>
>> John Dunn.
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