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Hey there awesome people at TL.net
I'm in need of your help in these troubled times!.
I need to translate the phrase: "Turn it Off!", as in turning off electrical artefacts, into the most possible languages.
I already have: English, Spanish, French and Swedish (thx FA <3).
Anyone else have other mighty language ? ANY LANGUAGE works!.
Thanks!
   
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ZET HET AF!! (in dutch) ^^
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빨리꺼! korean i believe
edit: I really want to see what you do with the end result of this thread, it sounds interesting and I'm very curious with what you're trying to accomplish with a bunch of different ways to say "Turn it off!".
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बंद करो (in Hindi, dont know if this is proper, as I used Google's transliteration, the english version is "bundth karo")
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Schalt es aus. or Schalts aus.
german
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Vi'klyuchi / выключи (improper - to equals) Vi'klyuchite / выключите (proper - to elders, or on instructions due to respect form)
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You guys fucking rule!
Keep them coming please!
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On October 18 2009 03:21 tube wrote: 빨리꺼! korean i believe
edit: I really want to see what you do with the end result of this thread, it sounds interesting and I'm very curious with what you're trying to accomplish with a bunch of different ways to say "Turn it off!". Probably some environmental message.
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"Kapcsold ki!" in hungarian or the polite form "Kapcsolja ki!" (this latter would be the warning sign on some appliance rather, while the first is spoken amongst friends.)
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woops someone already beat me to it.
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In Portuguese it would be "Desligue!" or "Desligue isso!" (the first is more usual, the last one is a more literal translation).
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On October 18 2009 03:21 tube wrote: 빨리꺼! korean i believe
edit: I really want to see what you do with the end result of this thread, it sounds interesting and I'm very curious with what you're trying to accomplish with a bunch of different ways to say "Turn it off!".
Tell people to stop watching porn.
I think it's to tell people to turn lights off and conserve electricity.
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On October 18 2009 04:35 tredmasta wrote: Chinese: 把它关上!
Reasonable, and it does exhibit a sense of forcefulness... then again, exclamation marks in different languages have different level of forcefulness.
However it could also mean to close something, as in the lid of a jar, doors, windows, etc. So it might be confusing depending on where it is posted.
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On October 18 2009 04:59 illu wrote:Reasonable, and it does exhibit a sense of forcefulness... then again, exclamation marks in different languages have different level of forcefulness. However it could also mean to close something, as in the lid of a jar, doors, windows, etc. So it might be confusing depending on where it is posted. i cant read chinese. does it basically say guan diao?
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Slökktu á því (Icelandic)
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On October 18 2009 05:09 lighter wrote:Show nested quote +On October 18 2009 04:59 illu wrote:On October 18 2009 04:35 tredmasta wrote: Chinese: 把它关上! Reasonable, and it does exhibit a sense of forcefulness... then again, exclamation marks in different languages have different level of forcefulness. However it could also mean to close something, as in the lid of a jar, doors, windows, etc. So it might be confusing depending on where it is posted. i cant read chinese. does it basically say guan diao?
guan shang.
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England2657 Posts
"spegnilo!/spegnila!/spegnili!" In italian courtesy of a friend. o is for masculine things, a is for feminine and i for plural.
apagalo/apagala/apagalos in Spanish courtesy of the same friend. You may want to check these.
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Múch é sin.
For Irish (Gaelic)
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On October 18 2009 05:51 b3h47pte wrote:Show nested quote +On October 18 2009 05:09 lighter wrote:On October 18 2009 04:59 illu wrote:On October 18 2009 04:35 tredmasta wrote: Chinese: 把它关上! Reasonable, and it does exhibit a sense of forcefulness... then again, exclamation marks in different languages have different level of forcefulness. However it could also mean to close something, as in the lid of a jar, doors, windows, etc. So it might be confusing depending on where it is posted. i cant read chinese. does it basically say guan diao? guan shang. I'm not exactly a fluent speaker of mandarin, but wouldn't guan diao be more appropriate for electronics than guan shang?
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On October 18 2009 03:21 DwmC_Foefen wrote: ZET HET AF!! (in dutch) ^^
"zet het uit" in dutch, actually.
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On October 18 2009 06:55 Jyvblamo wrote:Show nested quote +On October 18 2009 05:51 b3h47pte wrote:On October 18 2009 05:09 lighter wrote:On October 18 2009 04:59 illu wrote:On October 18 2009 04:35 tredmasta wrote: Chinese: 把它关上! Reasonable, and it does exhibit a sense of forcefulness... then again, exclamation marks in different languages have different level of forcefulness. However it could also mean to close something, as in the lid of a jar, doors, windows, etc. So it might be confusing depending on where it is posted. i cant read chinese. does it basically say guan diao? guan shang. I'm not exactly a fluent speaker of mandarin, but wouldn't guan diao be more appropriate for electronics than guan shang? 关掉?
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"Izklopi!" (informal, e.g. it's singular) "Izklopite!" (formal, plural) Slovenian.
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Norwegian. "Skru den av!" - singular. "Skru dem av!" - plural.
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On October 18 2009 04:59 illu wrote:Reasonable, and it does exhibit a sense of forcefulness... then again, exclamation marks in different languages have different level of forcefulness. However it could also mean to close something, as in the lid of a jar, doors, windows, etc. So it might be confusing depending on where it is posted.
关掉 refers to electronics while 关上 is more like a "close the door" kind of close
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Croatian
"Ugasi to!" or "Isključi to!" (I guess this one refers more to some electronic devices, but the other is also used a lot.)
This roughly means: (You (singular)) turn it off! If that's not what you meant, just send me a PM.
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arr matey, you best be turnin' it off lest i behead you with me sword!
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关掉 probably is the better choice for chinese
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Japanese:
消して下さい。 Please turn it off. 消せ! Imperative form. Very forceful and impolite.
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Japanese: 消してください Chinese: 随手关掉
ah, both have been answered...
I like my chinese translation better 
I've also heard オフにする before... I think
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דריי עס אַוועק!
This is 'turn it off'. It's in the Yiddish language. Good luck reading it. ;]
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Tă’t đi - Vietnamese - Turn it off with an implied object (normal way)
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