Sunday, July 6, 2008

In BLACK and WHITE: Translated from French into many shades of grey


Still from: À Bout de Souffle BREATHLESS (1960 France 90mins) 35mm
Stripes: Jean Seberg (Patricia Franchini) Plaid: Jean-Paul Belmondo (MIchel Poiccard, aka, Laszlo Kovacs)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, co-written by Godard and fellow New Wave director, François Truffaut.

MICHEL: C'est vraiment dégueulasse.
PATRICIA: Qu'est ce qu'il a dit?
VITAL: Il a dit que vous êtes "une dégueulasse".
PATRICIA: Qu'est ce que c'est "dégueulasse"?[1]

MICHEL: That's really disgusting.
PATRICIA: What did he say?
VITAL: He said, "You are really a bitch."
PATRICIA: What is "déguelasse" [bitch]?

MICHEL: It's a real scumbag.
PATRICIA: What did he say?
VITAL: He said, "You're a real scumbag".
PATRICIA: What's a scumbag?

MICHEL: Makes me want to puke.
PATRICIA: What did he say?
VITAL: He said you make him want to puke.
PATRICIA: What's that mean, "puke"?