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So I've been sent the lyrics to a song by a French musician, Louise Attaque. I tried running it through Babelfish, but the results were somewhat less than coherent. If anyone here is fluent in French and pretty bored, I'd really appreciate it if you'd take a few minutes and make this Paris-speak into American-talk. And uhm... I'll show my gratitude by posting a pic of my man-boobs or something. Thanks. Leakynips.


Cracher nos souhaits
Des fois je me dis je vais voyager
Souvent géant
J'ai envie de rester là
Souvent j'ai envie de t'embrasser
C'est rare quand je souhaite que tu ne sois pas là
Elle est vieille mon histoire j'suis pas le premier à penser ça
Et rien à foutre tu sais quoi on va quand même faire comme ça
On va cracher nos souhaits on va donner de la voix
Et toi donne-moi donne
C'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
Pas facile pas possible de compter sur soi
C'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
Pas facile pas possible de compter sur soi
Quand dans la rue j'te donne mes yeux pour que tu vois
Tu me donnes tes mains pour recevoir
A dire qu'on est un peu radin faudrait se donner un peu d'espoir
Arrêtons-là tu veux bien laisse-moi me rincer près du lavoir
Y'a plus de raisons de se faire croire
On est pas vieux, amoureux
On reste seul le soir
Et toi donne-moi donne
C'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
Pas facile pas possible de compter sur soi
C'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
Pas facile pas possible de compter sur soi
Des fois je me dis je vais voyager
Souvent géant
J'ai envie de rester là
Souvent j'ai envie de t'embrasser
C'est rare quand je souhaite que tu ne sois pas là
Elle est vieille mon histoire j'suis pas le premier à penser ça
Etj'en ai rien à foutre tu sais quoi on va quand même faire comme ça
On va cracher nos souhaits, on va donner de la voix
Et toi donne-moi, donne
C'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
c'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
Non non
c'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi
Non non
c'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi

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Yeah, Sabine, this makes a lot of sense.

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**time-out** spit our wish Of time I me say I go travel Often giant I have desire to remain there Often I have desire to you embrace It be rare when I wish that you be not there It be old my history I be not the first to think that And nothing with foutre you know what one go nevertheless make as that One go spit our wish one go give some voice And you give me give It be not easy to know why not easy step possible to count on oneself It be not easy to know why not easy step possible to count on oneself When in the street I you give my eye for **time-out** for receive A statement that one be a little skinflint be necessary himself give a little of hope Stop-there you want well leave me me rinse near of laundrette Y' A more of reason of himself make believe One be not old man, in love One remain only the evening And you give me give It be not easy of knowledge why not easy not possible of count on oneself It be not easy of knowledge why not easy not possible of count on oneself Of time I me say I go travel Often giant I have desire of remain there Often I have desire of you embrace It be rare when I wish that you be not there It be old woman **time-out** nothing with foutre you know what one go nevertheless make as that One go spit our wish, one go give some voice And you give me, give It be not easy to know why it be not easy to know why Not not it be not easy to know why Not not it be not easy to know why

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umm.. umm.. it's lyrics!
it doesn't HAVE to always make sense.. you just have to FEEL it..

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Or it could be that the translator doesn't take syntax into consideration.

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uhm... I suspect that it makes a little more sense than what the auto-translate does. I gather that it's a love song, but I was kind of hoping to understand it nuances a little better. There are a lot of culture points around the Asylum... I figured someone would know French. And I figured someone would be motivated by the thought of my effervescent nipples. Thanks to you both for even bothering with this at all... I realize I'm begging.

Leakynips.

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My French is very rusty, and I only had two years of it in high school. Where's a fucking Frog when you need one?

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Uhm... disparaging comments relating to the French are strongly discouraged in this thread, as I am begging of them at this point. The French have a very fine aerospace technology sector, some very romantic countryside, and are the world's recognized leader in industrial espionage (very few people know that... I commend it).

I took three years of French in Elementary school (something about Louisiana's French heritage) but all I learned there was bienvenue, au revior, and bonjour. oh, and oui. C'est la vie.

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Je suis le fromage, et vous êtes le jambon de Noël.

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omelete du fromage

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C'est pas facile de savoir pourquoi

means

It's not easy to know why.

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I just did the whole thing... then found out I wasn't logged in. Then it back... but the post was eaten, so here's trial #2 (grr)

As I had explained in the first one, the punctuation is lacking, so it sounds really weird. I'm not entirely sure where to break things off. Also, think of english lyrics: They tend to be disjointed to start with... so it sounds weird overall. That being said, here's the best I can do:

Spit on our wishes.
Sometimes I tell myself I will travel
Often gigantic
I have desire to stay there.
Often I desire to embrace you.
It's rare that I wish you were not there.
She [it] is old, my story.
I'm not the first person to think this.
And nothing to file, you know what?
We'll do like this anyway:
We will spit on our wishes, we will give voice
And you give me, give.
It's not easy to know why
Not easy, not possible to count on one's self.
I'ts not easy to know why.
I'ts not easy, not possible to count on one's self.


When on the road, I give you my eyes so that you can see
You give me your hands to receive
To say that we are a bit stingy should give oneself a bit of spirit [hope]
Let's stop here. You would like to leave me, to rince me off by the wash house.
There are more reasons to make you believe
We are not old, love
We stay alone at night
And you give me, give.
It's not easy to know why
It's not easy to count on one's self.
It's not easy to know why
It's not easy to count on one's self
Sometimes I tell myself I will travel
Often gigantic
I have desire to stay there
Often I have desire to embrace you
It's rare that I wish you weren't there.
She's old, my story.
I'm not the first one to think that.
And I have nothing to file.
You know what? We'll do like this anyway:

We will spit on our wishes, we will give voice.
And you give me, give.
It's not easy to know why, It's not easy to know why
No no,
it's not easy to know why
no no
It's not easy to know why.

Ta da!

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props to jinxy..

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As promised, or something. Thank you *very* much.

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