Monday, March 17, 2008

English Translation for Quais de Seine directed by Gurinder Chadha

I understand that like me, most of you guys did not understand any French. So, to help you guys understand the short story I linked in my previous post (Quais de Seine), I managed to find the English translation from the internet. This movie is very...very ...very nice. So have a peek!

Boy 2, Boy 1 & Good Guy

Boy 1 : Show me the thong. Show us your ass. Miss, can you borrow me your thong? I'm out of dental floss. Please.

Boy 2 : Check out that chick.

Boy 1 : Miss, if I buy you a drink, can I get a rub? I have a bungalow close by.

Boy 2 : No luck.

Boy 1 : Shut up. Besides, she was no good.

Boy 2 : Yeah, sure.

Boy 1 : Shut it. I've had more ass than you two put together.

Boy 2 : I'm the one who scores. And you're no good.

Boy 1 : Show me how you do it.

Boy 2 : Look how an expert does it. Hello, ladies. You're charming. A tasty dish.

Passing Gal : You know what? When you start shaving, let me know.

Boy 1 : You loser! You caved in. You gotta go for it. Show'em.

Good Guy..cute eh!

Boy 2 : Listen: I'm not the one who hasn't scored for a month. Did you see that chick?

Boy 1 : What's he doing?

Boy 2 : He went to save her!

Good Guy : Are you alright?

Muslim Gal : Morons. Thanks. They have a bad look about them.

Good Guy : I'm sorry about them.

Muslim Gal : It doesn't matter.

Good Guy : Can I help you?

Muslim Gal : Yes, please.

Good Guy : Sorry. I'm not sure how to do this. Alright?

Muslim Gal : How do I look?

Muslim Gal..the beauty

Good Guy : I'll show you. Smile.

Muslim Gal : You now have another trick to hit on girls.

Good Guy : I don't do that.|My friends screw around.

Muslim Gal : They're pathetic.

Good Guy : Yeah. You have beautiful hair.|Why are you forced to cover it up?

Muslim Gal : I'm not forced.|It was my choice.

Good Guy : Too bad. Because you're very pretty.

Muslim Gal : Thank you, but...Does that mean that without it I'm ugly?

Good Guy : I didn't mean that.

Muslim Gal : You and your pals, you only insult women. Why do you talk like that, even though you know they don't like it? It's enough that I find myself pretty. When I wear my headscarf, I feel I have a faith. An identity. I feel good. And that's also beauty. Explain that to your pals and maybe one day...they'll hook up with a chick. I have to go.

Good Guy : Where to?

Muslim Gal : The mosque. Can you hand me my bag? Thank you. And thank you for helping me.

Good Guy : Don't mention it.

Boy 2 : Did you crack?

Good Guy : What?

Boy 1 : Are you nuts? If you touch her, her old man will smoke your ass.

Boy 2 : Miss! Don't search. I'm right here. Miss, you're late. I've been waiting an hour.

Boy 1 : I don't get it. We're a couple of cute guys. Shall we go?

Muslim Gal : Hi. Grandpa, this is the boy who helped me.

Good Guy : Hello.

Grandpa : Hello.

Muslim Gal : I didn't expect you here.

Good Guy : Francois.

Muslim Gal : Zarka.

Good Guy : How are your hands?

Muslim Gal : Fine.

Grandpa : It was very nice of you to help her.

Good Guy : It was nothing special.

Muslim Gal, Grandpa & Good Guy

Grandpa : We're going this way. Care to join us? Are you a student?

Good Guy : Yes. I'm studying history.

Grandpa : Very nice, my boy. Knowing your history is very important. Zarka wants to be a journalist. An international journalist. She wants to write about France. But her own personal France. InsyaAllah

Good Guy : InshAllah

Muslim Gal : InshAllah

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey!
Thanks so much for this translation!
It helped me heaps with understanding the short film. Just wanted to let you know as well that your translation of "InsyaAllah" may be incorrect. I think that the correct translation is "InshAllah" which means "If God is willing" in the Islamic culture.
Hope this helps!!!


Thanks again! =)

LiNa said...

Thank you for the correction...
:-)