euphemize that...
At the center of a dais, LILLIAN DEHAVEN leans back to
ponder the ceiling of the hearing room. Her plaque card
reads "CHAIRPERSON -- SENATE ARMS COMMITTEE." DeHaven is a
tough-hided old Southern belle, Scarlett OHara at 60.
In her arsenal she carries conversational hand-grenades --
and shes apt to pull a pin at the slightest whim.
DEHAVEN
Would that be anything like
"typing"? "R
euphemisms.
If youre talking
to a college graduate...
use masturbation,
testicles, penis...
vagina, vulva,
urination, defecation.
With the lower-level male,
its jacking off, balls...
prick, cunt, piss, shit.
I dont know, Gebhard. Maybe your Harvard
degree is too ivory tower for our purposes.
I was brought up out west.
Ive rubbed shoulders
with ranchers, miners my whole life.
- And I thoug
Death Wish Script
Hold it right there.
Hold it again.
Come on, Paul.
One more.
-You wont show those to anyone.
-Why? Youve got a prime figure.
-You really have.
-Thats a euphemism for "fat."
Wanna go back to the hotel?
Whats wrong with right here?
Were too civilised.
I remember when we werent.
But well go back to the hotel.
I dont wanna go back home.
Passengers on TW
from Honolulu to New York...
다른 언어에서도 금기시 되는 경우가 많다.
국제광고 메시지를 다른 나라말로 번역할 때 잘못을 저지를 수 있다. 그 실수는 완곡어법(euphemisms) \", 부정확한 구(句)의 번역(incorrect translation of phrases), 상표명의 발음상의 문제*, 상징(symbols), 그리고 무계획적인 메시지(unintended message) 등에서 나타난다.