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September 15

Arabic interjection for "Ouch!"

I was checking the translations of "ouch!" in several languages by google translate (Albanese: uf, Greek: ωχ, Bulgarian: ох, Italian: ahi, Ungarian: joj...). So there is a number of variations, always interjections of one or two syllabs, more or less geographically consistent. But I was surprised by the Arab translation:

أي صوت للتعبير عن الألم

Is that really what one exclaims in Arabic when you step on his feet? --pm a 07:32, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Putting that translation back into Google translate in two parts gives "no voice to express for pain. A user on this site states that أخ or أي are used. BbBrock (talk) 07:59, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

aha, thankyou... when I try to translate it back as it is, I got "ouch" again, but now I see it's kind of bug of the translator. Writing it twice, it says "any sound to express the pain". I guess the moral is: never make automatic use of an automatic device ;) --pm a 08:15, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Or a translation office: [1]. --ColinFine (talk) 11:11, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What language is this?

Trolling.

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

The language in question is written like this: Hœįkačač, ťâk ťìì łóòłæńeęžeŕ çałlįcįłāāžŕ!. I understand that Hœįkačač is pronounced Hoy-ay-ska-ku-ark-ka, however the rest of the sentence I do no understand. I am guessing this is some sort of slavic language. Any tips? Thank you very much. --Seolfghaty Pissz (talk) 15:49, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Google Translate claims it's Slovak, but the best it could do is translate the "tak" part to "and". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:57, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another instance of the recent reference desk troll making up nonsense language questions? Fut.Perf. ☼ 16:04, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Go fuck yourself Fut.Perf. . --Seolfghaty Pissz (talk) 16:10, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Although it looks like it could be either a North Caucasian language or an Amerind language from western North America, there is absolutely no possibility that the OP's transcription of the first word is at all correct. Trolling is the indubitable conclusion, and the OP's behavior doesn't belie that. μηδείς (talk) 17:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What is the title of this Chinese drama?

This vid's title doesn't show the correct title of the show and episode; it just shows a Chinese drama show between a young brother and older sister. What is the title of it, and it is articled here?

And please translate what they tell each other. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2EE6:8600:5D2F:EB9C:59E7:77F (talk) 20:34, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why would the boy (of about 11-13) stay in diapers? Is that explained anywhere in the plot? Thanks in advance --162.238.104.96 (talk) 17:12, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can translate the plot, but I've no idea what show this is. Not being as strong at Chinese as I should be, I missed a few words that others can hopefully fill in:

Boy: I was just saying random stuff. He/she is a bad guy who (??) children

Girl: You’re getting more and more out of line. You didn’t come back for a whole night. Where did you really go?

Boy: Women shouldn’t interfere in men’s business. I still have a lot of things to do. It’s very hard!

Girl: Stop pretending to be an adult! If you’re really mature, you’d know that not going back will make mom very worried!

Boy: God, sister, you say so much useless stuff! No boy is going to like you!

Girl (looks down, long pause): Here, for you

[boy goes to washroom]

Boy: (something like 还喜欢了 or 好喜欢乐？？)

Girl: Enough

Boy: I haven’t drank any water since last night. It’s not a problem if I drink a little more

Girl: Better not drink too much. From now on you should be more obedient. Don’t go to random places. I heard there’s a lot of bad people here, (name)’s child just fell victim

Boy: God, sister… [video cuts off] --Bowlhover (talk) 21:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Xie, xie / thanks. I guess in case you haven't seen the subsequent vids, here they are:

Apparently the 2nd has no sound, but you'll hear again on 3rd. And I wonder why there's no drama show made like this anywhere else in the world (at least, that speaks English.) --2602:30A:2EE6:8600:5D2F:EB9C:59E7:77F (talk) 22:44, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]