Off topic: Fun French slang quiz Thread poster: Ben Gaia
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Ben Gaia 
New Zealand
Local time: 14:13
French to English
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 02:13
Spanish to English
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I got 10 out of 10, but my formal French has gone to les chiens through lack of exercise...
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Ph_B (X)
France
Local time: 02:13
English to French
| Bon boulot ! | Feb 14, 2015 |
Hats off to whoever thought up the answers, and for including a few nice traps (drague/boring, gars/train station, connard/duck, not to mention those I may have missed).
My favourite one: ‘conneries/Bond impression’
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Ph_B wrote:
My favourite one: ‘conneries/Bond impression’
I had missed that one.
Not bad either, for translators:
10 out of 10 i.e. : You’re qualified to turn off the subtitles. In fact it’s a good idea, as otherwise you’ll just be sitting there going: "Well, that’s not actually what she said, you know. Not in Parisian French, at least."
[Edited at 2015-02-14 09:43 GMT]
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Ben Gaia
New Zealand
Local time: 14:13
French to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Puerile Subtitles | Feb 14, 2015 |
...which reminds me of how feeble the subtitles often are regarding French swearing in movies, the Parisians will be going "l'enculé!" and the American subtitles will read "Jiminy Cricket" or something equally wet like "Gadzooks!" 
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Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:13
Hebrew to English
....despite barely speaking a word of French....
Maybe I learnt more from Les Revenants than I thought.
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| Terrible quiz -_- | Feb 15, 2015 |
I got 9/10 just by choosing the rudest possible answer for every single question. The one I got 'wrong' is one I forgot to answer. That's hardly my idea of a well-designed quiz. If The Guardian was trying to put me off watching French TV dramas, they've succeeded quite nicely.
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Inga Petkelyte
Portugal
Local time: 01:13
Lithuanian to Portuguese
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I'd never imagined that Parisians would swear thiiiiis much
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 18:13
Norwegian to English
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| Sans surprise | Feb 16, 2015 |
Dix sur dix.
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NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 20:13
French to English
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Moderator of this forum | 10 out of 10 | Feb 16, 2015 |
Not bad for a Canadienne, n'est-ce pas?
Here all the swear words relate to the Church and its holy contents and personages.
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The very last one reminds me of an old French pun about Aretha Franklin getting married to Sean Connery.
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