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English Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
lead		intro, or the first sentence of the story	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
light		Someone who inspires others
living out that bag		surviving on what he had in that bag
Long as you come		provided that you come (to bobsled)
Magnificent.....		Magnificent in a way, you must admit that. Three tablespoonfuls and not a quiver.
make that last slot on		get the last place on the team
measures		steps, actions	Rahi Moosavi
Entered by: Rahi Moosavi
move to Corporate		is going to work in the main office..in the head office	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
nagging out of the other side of that couch		play on words . nagging out of the other side of your mouth	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
nay-nays		Balls
necktie scene		It's just a scene with a necktie in it.
No mold to fit.		no particular expectations/conventions to adhere to	Ebrahim Mohammed
Entered by: Ebrahim Mohammed
on a bit of a corporate		availed of corporate hospitality	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
On Catch Up		on a facility for watching TV programs broadcast earlier.
on the blob [UK slang, ***offensive]		slang expression to describe a menstruating woman	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
oodles		a lot / lots
Out of nicks, into nacks!		play time's over, let's get to work!	Yasutomo Kanazawa
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa
pipes (colloquial US term)		breasts	Berni Armstrong
Entered by: Berni Armstrong
plastic bender [hippy, New Age traveller etc. slang]		Definition: a kind of makeshift shelter or tent, in this instance made from plastic (sheeting etc.)	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
pledging.		swearing an oath
post		postproduction
preserving the old graces		keeping to old traditions (traditional ways of doing things, courtesy, manners) and preserving them	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
prisoners. peanuts. (line from Married With Children)		"Prisoners!" (of 2nd Avenue - formerly Steaks & Chops), and literally, "Peanuts"
Quinn is army from the anus up.		Quinn is military educated/trained "from head to toe"
rap sheets		Criminal Identification Records ("Rap Sheets")//Record of Arrest and Prosecution
Regarded		observed	Abdelmonem Samir
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir
robot-nappers		kidnappers of robots
rocker room		play and music room
scum		the dregs of society	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
see our way forward to sth		see no impediments
Seven Minute Abs video		video on how to develop abdominal muscles in 7 min.
shots that overflow each other with the soundtrack		shots that overlap one another against the soundtrack (montage)
signature programme		trademark programme
sits in the top slot on both sides of the Atlantic		Is in No 1 position in both the US & UK
Sketchlies (typo possible)		Sketchley (Dry Cleaners)
Snakes trump heights!		more afraid of snakes than heights
sperrit		spirit
stand-ups (in context of journalism)		reporter's appearance in a TV news story, usually in a head-and-shoulders shot
stumbled upon		found/discovered by accident
subspecies		malapropism for auspices

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