compost

English translation: Now off to the compost!

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French term or phrase:compost
English translation:Now off to the compost!
Entered by: Mari O'Keefe

18:18 Jun 13, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / childrens' video game
French term or phrase: compost
"Va au compost" qu'elle m'a dit ! Je vais l'atomiser !!!

This is again a sentence from Titeuf. Is this an actual phrase French kids use or is it specific to Titeuf because they place a lot of emphasis on recycling? If so, how would you translate it? "Go roll in the compost heap"?

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Mari O'Keefe
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:26
Now off to the compost!
Explanation:
As I understand it, the game is focusing on recycling and the character has received an instruction to go to the compost heap/bin with a load of vegetable peelings, for example.

I'm assuming that the instruction was not meant as an insult, but was taken as one by the character. If that's correct, I don't think that the person issuing the instruction would say "go compost yourself" or "jump in the compost".
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David Goward
France
Local time: 09:26
Grading comment
You made me completely rethink this, David. Thanks very much!
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2go compost yourself
Jonathan MacKerron
4Go jump in a compost heap!
SCocron (X)
2Now off to the compost!
David Goward


Discussion entries: 2





  

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go compost yourself


Explanation:
just following silt's instructions....

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Levine: Not bad... I like "Go roll in the compost" even more though.
30 mins

agree  danièle davout
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Go jump in a compost heap!


Explanation:
I like the "Go jump...." formula, because it's pretty common (cf "Go jump in a lake"), though US audiences might not immediately know what a compost heap is, so you could substitute something else like "Go jump in a pile of leaves" or even "dirt", etc.....

SCocron (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Now off to the compost!


Explanation:
As I understand it, the game is focusing on recycling and the character has received an instruction to go to the compost heap/bin with a load of vegetable peelings, for example.

I'm assuming that the instruction was not meant as an insult, but was taken as one by the character. If that's correct, I don't think that the person issuing the instruction would say "go compost yourself" or "jump in the compost".

David Goward
France
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
You made me completely rethink this, David. Thanks very much!
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