French prez Nicolas Sarkozy tells man, "Get lost, you stupid bastard"
Is Nicolas Sarkozy the new "Leave Britney Alone" guy? Following the success of his Youtube video "Sarkozy drunk at G8," the French president is now starring in a new video that has already become an internet sensation:
If your French is rusty, here's what happened in the above video: Sarkozy was walking through a crowd at an agricultural show in France, when he approached a man who told him, "No, don't touch me. You disgust me."
Sarkozy responded with "Casse-toi alors, casse-toi alors pauvre con," which translates roughly to, "Get lost, you stupid bastard." Various news organizations have reported the translation differently. Reuters replaces "stupid bastard" with "dumb ass"; the AP chose "total jerk"; the BBC went with "bloody idiot."
Any native French speakers out there care to help out with the translation?
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Feb 26th 2008 @ 9:57AM
AskTheAdmin said...
It means Don't touch me, you're making me dirty! but just as American slang means different things to different people some would say it means:
get lost, asshole or fu*k off jerk. It depends on who is listening to it.
Either which way it is not becoming words for a national leader!
Karl Gechlik | http://www.askTheAdmin.com
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Feb 26th 2008 @ 10:14AM
Eva said...
Hmm, I think these news organizations are avoiding the direct translation. As an adjective "con" means stupid or inept, but as a noun - which is how it's used here - it means cunt, at least according to my Larousse.
It's always tough to translate slang, though.
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Feb 26th 2008 @ 10:32AM
Anna Brones said...
I would say "get lost you poor bastard" is a pretty good translation. And the BBC's "bloody idiot" is British slang for the same thing.
Oh Sarko, what would we do without you to keep us amused?
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Feb 27th 2008 @ 9:40AM
B said...
Being a French native speaker, I would all the translations here are ok.
The only main thing is that a President should definitely not say these things especially during this kind of Official Event. As you may imagine it's spinning quite out-of-control in France now ;)
BTW CON can mean either ASSHOLE/IDIOT or CUNT in its "noun" form
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