French speakers: please translate "poisson pas content" for me!
bbernardini
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Sun Mar-25-07 04:50 PM
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French speakers: please translate "poisson pas content" for me! |
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This is on a onesie purchased for my son by my aunt and uncle who live in Luxembourg. The closest translation I can come up with is "unhappy fish," which, while amusing to me, makes no sense in terms of slogans on baby clothing.
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Sun Mar-25-07 04:54 PM
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1. The fish is not pleased? |
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That's about all I can figure out - probably one of those phrases that doesn't translate exactly. Maybe something like "Baby ain't happy" or "I'm a one-baby demolition derby"
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Sun Mar-25-07 04:57 PM
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2. Unhappy fish is an accurate translation. |
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But it might mean something else, like "restless fish."
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Sun Mar-25-07 04:59 PM
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3. Probably a French translation of a Japanese phrase. |
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Or it could mean the kid peed in the aquarium.
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Sun Mar-25-07 05:03 PM
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4. I think the unhappy fish may be a cartoon character. |
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I've seen the logo in France and Belgium recently, and you can get a "poisson pas content" screensaver for mobile phones (there may even be a related ringtone).
It's probably just another "Crazy Frog"-like character.
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Sun Mar-25-07 07:01 PM
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Maybe that graphic is on the onesie. Is there any patch, embroidery, drawing on the item?
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Sun Mar-25-07 06:45 PM
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5. According to freetranslation.com, it means "not happy fish" |
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I agree that it might have a more accurate, non-literal meaning. Just thought you might like to have this link for later: www.freetranslation.com
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