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Translation Help
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:00 am
by Fabio Ciccone
Hello boys and girls
I was working on translating one of my strips to English last evening and the following doubt came out: what's the name of the exercise in English?
Thanks a lot
Chin up, old bean!
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:16 am
by Cope
"Chin-ups."
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:29 am
by Fabio Ciccone
Thank you very, very much. I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out yesterday
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:15 am
by KWill
Or pull-ups.
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:06 pm
by Killbert-Robby
Both chin-ups AND pull-ups! YOUR CHOICE!
Yes, I know that word is Swedish.
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:29 pm
by Cope
It's an Anglophonic smörgåsbord, man!
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:15 am
by Bustertheclown
Chin pulls. Pull chins is also acceptable.
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:30 am
by KWill
Not where I'm from, Buster! =P
Are you trying to pull a fast one on us?
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:53 am
by Cope
*pulls Buster's chin to burn some calories*
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:03 am
by Fabio Ciccone
What about "that exercise where the guy hangs on an horizontal bar and pulls himself up with the strenght of his arms"
Is that acceptable too?
Thanks a lot, guys!
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:24 am
by Tim
Technically acceptable, yes. But it has no zazz. You need to think of the marketing and branding possibilities!
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:01 am
by Fabio Ciccone
Tim wrote:Technically acceptable, yes. But it has no zazz. You need to think of the marketing and branding possibilities!
I'm under the impression the Advertising College should have tought me something like that at some point...
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:12 am
by McDuffies
Zgibovi.
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:47 am
by Ewomack
How about: "Exercise that separates the MEN from the boys." Well, it did in my grade school.
Re: Translation Help
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:34 am
by Paul Escobar
Ewomack wrote:How about: "Exercise that separates the MEN from the boys." Well, it did in my grade school.
If you have to separate the men from the boys in grade school, there's something seriously wrong going on in that school...