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I have Internet in my room! Life is good, though already my productivity has slid riiiight down. Currently translation a scene from the film La Haine, which is fun - How many times do I get to translate dialogue like this into idiomatic English?

T'en a fait, toi? Mais moi non plus, je dis "nique ta mère"; déjà je m'en fous du placard, c'est bon.
Vinz: Shit, you've done community service ? Well I won't any more, I'll them to fuck off, hey already I don't even give a shit if they land me in the slammer.

My grasp of gangster English is not great. Do alienated teenagers even talk about the slammer? UrbanDictionary is being surprisingly unhelpful. A vast improvement, though, on last week's text for translation, which was two sentences of Proust. Two 200-word sentences of Proust, which I completed at 4 in the morning, muttering "Fuck Proust, seriously, why don't you fuck off and die in a fucking fire with a madeleine up your arse Marcel" from time to time. It was fun!

Date: 2012-01-23 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] helle-d.livejournal.com
SO HAPPY.

(I have download ep1 of Eternal Law and it is mostly your fault. Haven't had time to watch more than the first 10mins yet, but I can see that I will become obsessed, and then it will be ALL your fault.)

Date: 2012-01-23 07:56 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] frith_in_thorns
YESSS YOU ARE WATCHING ETERNAL LOLS. Tagline: Zak Gist is a Serious Lawyer who Conducts Himself Professionally.

Come play in our little fandom when you're caught up! http://mountjoys.dreamwidth.org/ We have reaction posts with much capslocking, and a meme :D
Edited Date: 2012-01-23 07:57 pm (UTC)

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