Showing posts with label Lost in Translation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lost in Translation. Show all posts

Friday, 15 July 2011

'Na Yu Tu Sanap lo bris yah!'

From: Emmanuel Narokobi


Tupela man i ron kam lo wanpela bris (bridge), wanpela em waitman na kam lo wanpela sait na narapela em has ples blo PNG na em kam lo narapela sait. Na yu save olsem dispela em wanpela liklik bris tumas olsem na ol ron kam lo kar blong ol na ol bump lo namel. Ol wokim traipela kros nau. Waitman belhat na singaut, 'You Son of a Bitch, Look at What You've Done?'. Man PNG tu belhat na bekim, 'Na Yu Tu Sanap lo bris yah!'

Singsing lo ol baby tasol

From: David Putulan

 Wanpela lapun harim wanpela tolai rock band singsing lo Meri na em tok ' ol png band save singsing lo ol meri tumas..ol waitman orait..ol save singsing lo ol baby tasol' ha ha

Don't baby me

From: Lynn Kewa Ravu


Wanpla sumatin go bek lo ples na mitim gf blo em....tupla stori na man tokim meri " I love you baby" meri kirap na tok "dont baby me like you born me"

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Meaning em wanem kain tok stret?

From: Jack Steven 


Wanpela miting bin kamap long wanpela ples na man husait igo pass long miting ino gutpela tumas long kamap siaman. Em iwok long tok hap pidgin na english na planti man long dispela ples ibin faul tru. Wanpela hap tok em isave tok em meaning. Em iwok long usim dispela hap tok na wanpela papa em harim igo na em faul olgeta na em askim siaman. Siaman, dispela hap tok meaning em wanem kain tok stret, siaman bekim olsem meaning long tok pisin em as bilong tok. Orait miting igo yet na paps pilim olsem em sindaun igo na mit blong bun as bilong em pen na em i laik sanap liklik. Em kirap tasol na singaut long siaman olsem, siaman meaning bilong mi pen an mi laik sanap liklik na go raun autsaid na bihain mi kam bek long miting. Ha aha ha ha ha

Na dasal, mi tok nadasal

From:Jack Steven 


Wanpela boss crew blo bus ron long Wau Lae highway. Bagaros em boy sepik na em wantaim draiva bilong em collektim ol pasindia long go lo Lae. Igat gutpela namba liklik bilong ol pasindia ibin kalap long bus (25 sitter coaster bus) tasol ol iwok long raun yet painim sampela moa pasindia. Bus igo stop nau boss crew kalap kam daun tasol sanap long dua bilong go autside long bus tasol tokim ol pasindia long go daun. "Na dasal, mi tok nadasal, wologeta kwan dan, kwan dan nadasal". (Nau tasol mi tok,olgeta go daun. go daun nau tasol). Bagaros ino laik tok save olsem taia flat na ol i bai senisim, nogat em opim dua tasol hatim stret ol pasindia long go daun. Tok pisin tasol em brukim stret...Ha ha ha ha ha...

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Tanim Tok


From: Shinobi Yet


Pidgin to its coolest definitions!!
Abstract from a Safety Meeting:


Expat Supervisor: " Safety is important!, If you think otherwise, you can kiss your ass goodbye and go home!!"
PNG Translator: " Seifti em i bikpla samting!!, Sapos yu ting nogat, yu ken kaikai maus blo ass blo yu, tata, na go lo haus!!"


Guitar is your food

From:David Putulan 


Wanpela waitman go long sepik na paitim guitar stap na singsing. Wanpela ples man go sanap na tok "ah master, guitar em kaikai blong en stret yah". Waitman kirap na askim narapela man sanap stap, "What did he say?" Man yah tu no save gut long tok english so em i tok: "No he said guitar is your food".
he he