erik saunders said:"its all about money aint a damn thing funny" is poorly translated as "Il est tout au sujet
d'argent, pas une chose damnee est drole"... you must have babble translated that on the
internet...
While trying to do this I realized that though I used to speak French poorly, now I really can't
speak it at all. Never had a grasp of idiom, anyway. BTW, I did use Babelfish as a dictionary, its
version was even worse.
Quoted message said:i wish i could do this line justice in translation.. but it just doesnt translate well, as is the
case with most songs- "ain't" is a problem, and so is "damed".. in this context "damnée" isnt
really the same...
Quoted message said:maybe you might say instead "c'est pas de la rigolade", or "ca ne rigole pas"... they both come
out as "it aint no joke"...
Quoted message said:can anybody help?...
Quoted message said:oh.. grand master flash is a DJ, so he didnt actually say that... it was one of the furious
five... i wish i could name them all, but i cant.. all i know is grand master melly mel (and i am
not sure about the spelling)
Now that is embarrassing! I'm pretty sure it was GM Melle Mel who delivers "The Message" but all my
12-inches are in an attic on the other side of the country so I can't check.
-Benjamin I remember people bringing those 12 inches to school and handing them back and forth
on the bus.