Posted by: boxer
Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 16:14
Anybody spend a couple of minutes to help my daughter in her new job:
She needs to know what the following translate as in :French, Italian, Dutch, Czech and Russian:
Could anyone have interfered with your baggage since you packed it?
Have you been given anything to take on board your flight?
Do you have any sharp items in your hand baggage, or on your person?
She really would be thankful for any help.
Posted by: jimhogan
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 16:24
Now here's 4 out of 5 in machine-generated form (from freetranslation.com). I'm mostly throwing them up there to see what people who actually know/speak these languages think of them. The only one I have any opinion on is French: seems plausible! Always interesting to back translate through the same engine and see what comes out!!
Dang that Russian is hard to read!!
Francais:
Aurait-quelqu'un pu interférer avec vos bagages puisque vous l'avez emballé ?
Avez-vous été donné pour prendre n'importe quoi monte votre vol ?
Avez-vous des articles tranchants dans vos bagages de main, ou sur votre personne ?
Elle vraiment serait reconnaissante pour n'importe quelle aide.
Dutch:
Had iemand met uw bagage kunnen bemoeien zich aangezien u hem inpakte?
Bent u iets aannemen logeert uw vlucht gegeven worden?
Hebt u enig scherpe onderdelen in uw handbagage of op uw persoon?
Zij zou echt dankbaar voor enig hulp zijn.
Italian
Nessuno avrebbe potuto interferire col suo bagaglio poiché lei l'ha fatto le valigie?
Lei è stato dato per portare niente su imbarca sul suo volo?
Lei ha qualunque articoli affilati nel suo bagaglio a mano, o sulla sua persona?
Sarebbe realmente riconoscente per qualunque aiuto.
Russian
Любой, возможно, столкнулся с вашим багажом, так как(с тех пор как) Вы упаковали это?
Вам дали что - нибудь, чтобы взять на борт ваш полет(рейс)?
Вы имеете любые острые пункты(изделия) в вашем ручном багаже, или на вашем человеке?
Она действительно была бы благодарна за любую помощь.
Posted by: julf
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 16:46
The Dutch looks OK to my rather half-educated eye
Posted by: boxer
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 16:57
Julf
Great, Thanks a million, I thought Czech would be difficult, but they have loads of Prague flights at Leeds/Bradford!
Sorry Jim, Slight abberation, I was trying to watch TV at the same time: Owe you a large pint or litre!
Posted by: Cris
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 17:02
But will she be able to understand the responce ???
That could be more important
Cheers
Cris.
Posted by: boxer
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 17:10
Play your cards right and you'll get extra legroom when you check in at LB!
She decided that she needed a regular income.
Have you ever checked in with anybody who was remotely interested in what you said?
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 17:23
What she really needs are the useful ones:
"My luggage is missing."
"Oh my God, where did my wallet go?"
"The restrooms are disgusting and need immediate attention."
"Help, the person in line next to me is incontinent."
"I am afraid of flying and will cause a scene if not sedated prior to takeoff."
"I have been mugged and am bleeding profusely."
...
Posted by: julf
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 17:28
And "is this not Brussels?"
Posted by: elperepat
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 17:28
Here's a personal translation in French. Machine translation above are kind of.... robotic ;-)
Quote:
Could anyone have interfered with your baggage since you packed it?
Est-ce que quelqu'un aurait pu toucher à vos bagages depuis que vous les avez faits?
They don't use that turn of phrase in French. They prefer:
Avez-vous laissé vos bagage sans surveillance?
which translates into:
Did you left your baggages unattended?
Quote:
Have you been given anything to take on board your flight?
Est-ce que quelqu'un vous a donné un objet pour l'amener à bord du vol?
Quote:
Do you have any sharp items in your hand baggage, or on your person?
Avez-vous des objets tranchants dans vos bagage à main ou sur vous-même?
Posted by: jimhogan
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 19:28
And I couldn't help myself. For lunchtime fun, I ran a few snips of a familiar song lyric through all 6-7 treetranslation.com filters in sequence, backtranslating each one to English as I went:
The person knows, - that while bad men, to be sad men behind of dark dark blue eyes
The person knows, HAS diventarchi, around as gehaat beforehand a set to be unique skill of it(him) has told
One my dreams, have, it did not stop, leegt it seems real so how many to my conscience, to be
I have, it(him) some hours, lonely unique expensive mine revenge which is never free
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 19:36
ROFL
I'm surprised Vengeance/Revenge survived the circular translation so well!
Posted by: boxer
Re: Common airport phrases - 16/02/2005 19:44
I knew Esperanto was a good idea......but then, so was the european economic community!
Posted by: Taym
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 00:28
The in Italian ones form freetranslation.com are pretty bad.
They don't mean much, and when they do, they sound funny
You can't really translate word by word from English to Italian, in most cases.
Please, tell her to use these:
1. E' possibile che qualcuno abbia avuto accesso ed aperto il suo bagaglio dopo che lei lo ha chiuso prima della partenza?
2. Le è stato dato nulla da portare con sé a bordo?
3. Vi sono oggetti taglienti nel suo baglio? Ne porta con sé, addosso?
Good luck to your daughter
Posted by: jimhogan
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 03:33
Hah, let's see the CBC work with *this*!
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It - us a habit a sight of a rain which I, that it places, I read, that it(he) not knowledge, have praised it(him) when they which I wish from one it(he), break the petition it(he) when she(it), but a sight of a rain any against which the volume (edition) is habits for hair cosн some ofegos long time of time to be and unemployment of a part it, I did not read about gesmetenZijn
(Note: this the song that Jim would argue is possibly the best American song...ever.)
Posted by: frog51
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 09:07
Good old LBA - I get my BMI gold card every year just from flying EDI-LBA and back a few times.
Got to love the place - especially the well circumvented security screening for business class passengers
Posted by: boxer
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 09:28
You use a plane? I thought that for a short inland trip like that you'd be running!
Posted by: frog51
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 11:16
If I got paid at my usual rate for running it then yes...but sadly my client there may object. They don't seem to mind the airfare though, and breakfast on the BD404 is not that bad (as airline food goes)
Posted by: boxer
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 11:36
Come by for a bite and a pint, if you're stuck overnight.
Posted by: boxer
Re: Common airport phrases - 17/02/2005 11:55
I can't let this thread go by, without:
A) Thanking all those people who've taken the trouble, especially Jim for getting the ball rolling.
B) Relating the day when my sister dropped in, in my Brother-in-law's private jet:
When I got to LB, the whole ground crew, mechanics, men with table tennis bats, administrators, front of house, were standing as though it were '64 and the Beatles were arriving .
After a little trouble finding a parking space (a Honda doesn't hack it, in the exec. jet section) they had to hide it round the back, a very pleasant girl with a clip boards greets us: "Have you come to meet Mrs.*********", "Yes", " She's coming in a Challenger (I think that was it), we haven't had one land here before, everybody wants to see it".
The steps come down, like a scene from close encounters, tension mounts in the crowd, my sister appears covered in the
stuff that comes with mucking out horses.....which is precisely what she had been doing.
Embarrassed! I blush to this day!
Somehow it doesn't look so good written down, as related over a pint!
