#412 Lost in Translation

Streetwise Hebrew

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Language Learning, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Hebrew word לתרגם, to translate, is a handy verb, especially if you live in Israel and go to the cinema. Why? Because you want to make sure the Israeli film you're about to watch has been translated and has English subtitles. How do you ask whether something has been translated to your language?

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New Words and Expressions:

Letargem – To translate – לתרגם

Mutarjem (Arabic) – Translator – מותרג'ם

Metargem – Translator – מתרגם

Metargemet/metargem lisfat ha-simanim – Sign language translator – מתרגם/מתרגמת לשפת הסימנים

Kshe-ata tsofe ve-metargem, ata lif'amim gam mitragesh me-ha-stsenot? – When you watch and translate, do you sometimes also get moved by the scenes? – כשאתה צופה ומתרגם אתה לפעמים גם מתרגש מהסצינות

Hu metargem mi-turkit le-ivrit – He translates from Turkish to Hebrew – הוא מתרגם מטורקית לעברית

Letargem sefer, letargem seret – To translate a book, a film – לתרגם ספר, לתרגם סרט

Ata yachol letargem li rega ma hi omeret? – Could you translate for me what she's saying? – אתה יכול לתרגם לי רגע מה היא אומרת

Tirgoom – Translating – תרגום

Targumim muzarim shel shemot shel sratim me-anglit le-ivrit – Weird translations of movie titles from English to Hebrew – תַרגומים מוזרים של שמות של סרטים מאנגלית לעברית

Tirgoom me-anglit le-ivrit ze lo davar kal – Translating from English to Hebrew is not an easy thing – תִרגום מאנגלית לעברית זה לא דבר קל

Tirgoom otomati, automatic translation – תִרגום אוטומטי

Targoom – Translation – תַרגום

Ha-targoom ha-hadash shel ha-sefer me'ule – The new translation of this book is amazing. – התרגום החדש של הספר מעולה

Ha-sefer turgam le-20 safot – The book was translated to 20 languages. – הספר תורגם ל-20 שפות

Ha-seret meturgam le-anglit – The film is translated to English – הסרט מתורגם לאנגלית

Yesh targoom le-anglit? – Is there an English translation? – יש תרגום לאנגלית

Yesh ktuviyot be-anglit – Are there English subtitles? – יש כתוביות באנגלית

Ken, yesh ktuviyot, lo, ein ktuviyot, ein targoom – Yes, there are subtitles / No, there are no subtitles / There's no translation

Meturgeman – Interpreter – מתורגמן

Dibuv – Dubbing – דיבוב

Ledabev sratim – To dub movies – לדבב סרטים

Playlist and Clips:

Metargem – translator – from TK to HEB

Translating movie titles from EN to HEB

Ilan & Ilanit – Ba-shana Ha-ba'ah (German)

Ep. no. 27 about foreign words and four letter roots

Ep. no. 50 – interview with an interpreter

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is TELV1.
0:10.0	St.
0:11.0	St. Streatwise Hebrew.
0:12.0	Chalo, it's me guy with Streetwise Hebrew. Shalo, it's me Guy with Street-wise Hebrew.
0:15.0	Bill Blumenthal from Maryland, a long-time listener and patron, wrote me the following.
0:20.0	Hi Guy, as a frequent listener to your podcast I have really enjoyed
0:24.9	your shows given these very tough and challenging times. I Googled Streetwise Hebrew and the word
0:31.8	translate and unless I'm wrong I do not think that you have a show focused on the verb
0:37.3	Littagem to translate I recognize that this might not be the greatest theme given these times, but thought it might be a good one.
0:46.0	Keep doing what you're doing.
0:47.7	Much appreciated, Bill.
0:49.7	Todara Babil, as a kef, indeed, I haven't spoken about Littargam to translate.
0:55.2	And for everybody, Bill did the right thing. When you want to find a word I talked about,
1:00.3	just Google Streetwise Hebrew and this word in Hebrew or in Latin letters.
1:06.0	You can also do it in most of the podcast apps.
1:09.0	Yeah, I'm saying I'm not going to bring a letteram, we're talking about the word Letergam to translate.
1:16.0	Leterghem Lamed, Taf, Ghe, Gimmel, maim.
1:19.3	If you speak Arabic, you might be familiar with the same route which gives us the word mutarajim
1:25.0	translator.
1:26.2	It is just like the Hebrew word.
1:27.8	I'm going to be able to see the
1:30.0	and a rock.
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