Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 11, 2008 10:24
16 yrs ago
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Dutch term
"I was surprised by the speed & quality"
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Dutch to English, and 3 more.
poeperd
Dutch to English
Marketing
Slang
Respondent answer in toilet paper survey, no doubt explaining their answer or making a suggestion for improvement.
Here it does not seem to be a nickname. It's not in the Alternative Dutch Dictionary.
Respondent's complete answer: dat hondje natuurlijk. wie wil er nou niet een puppy langs zijn poeperd halen?
Here it does not seem to be a nickname. It's not in the Alternative Dutch Dictionary.
Respondent's complete answer: dat hondje natuurlijk. wie wil er nou niet een puppy langs zijn poeperd halen?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +10 | bum |
San Barto
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| 3 -1 | anus |
Margreet Logmans (X)
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| 2 | wipe your rusty dusty with this rusty puppy |
Henk Peelen
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| 3 -1 | poo hole |
drboer
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Proposed translations
+10
3 mins
Selected
bum
or any other synonym!
"who wouldn't like to rub a puppy along his bum"
"who wouldn't like to rub a puppy along his bum"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Margreet Logmans (X)
: I really need to learn to type faster :-)
5 mins
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| agree |
Willemina Hagenauw
: I would go for bum! - by the way: poor puppy!
14 mins
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| agree |
Kate Hudson (X)
: It's the Andrex puppy!
25 mins
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| agree |
Jacqueline van der Spek
28 mins
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| agree |
vixen
1 hr
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| agree |
Kitty Brussaard
2 hrs
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| agree |
Ken Cox
: 'ass' would also work here in US English (but not in all social circles)
3 hrs
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| neutral |
drboer
: hmm, is bum really equivalent to the anatomical part that is covered by "poeperd" and the poor puppy?
3 hrs
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| agree |
Dennis Seine
: You wouldn't want it to bite though
3 hrs
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| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
: wipe his ass with a puppy. Or, for a more polite expression: wipe his behind.
5 hrs
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| agree |
Saskia Steur (X)
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone! (although actually Margreet was the 1st to give the actual sense of the sentence - but not the slang word equivalent. And personally I think 'wiping your bum with a puppy' subverts the advertising wittily.)"
-1
6 mins
anus
I'll leave it to you to find an English equivalent ;-)
Translation of the whole sentence:
the little dog , of course. Who would not want to wipe their anus with a puppy? (yikes!)
Translation of the whole sentence:
the little dog , of course. Who would not want to wipe their anus with a puppy? (yikes!)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: too clinical and actually sounds more revolting than cute
4 mins
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| disagree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
: Sorry Margreet but no native English-speaker would say that.
5 hrs
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No need to apologise, I figured if Robert knew what part of the body was meant, he'd find his own words for it. Have a nice weekend!
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6 hrs
Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
Polytechnic school; Studio & memoQ
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: German to Dutch, English to Dutch
Related KudoZ points
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1
wipe your rusty dusty with this rusty puppy
klopt niet echt, maar voor het geval je wat rijmklank wilt mee-vertalen, zou dit misschien kunnen, te meer daar men in Angelsaksische landen in namen van dieren vaak kleuren verwerkt.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Kitty Brussaard
: Although this gave me a really good laugh, I think it's too 'free' a translation. Very creative though!
3 hrs
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Considering the other question as well, I wasn't too much convinced about the seriousness of the survey.
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| neutral |
drboer
: :)
1 day 6 hrs
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-1
4 hrs
poo hole
Just trying to give a anatomically correct alternative without being (too) gross. I'm not native english, but I hope this conveys the humorous undertone of "poeperd", if that is possible.
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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2008-04-12 22:45:41 GMT)
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A short comment. There's a reason why 'poeperd' is not in your dictionary: it's hardly ever used by (sobre and sane) Dutch either. People use 'billen', which I would most definitely translate as bum. Using 'poeperd' makes the given answer ludicrous and ridiculous. 'Bum' would give it too much credit, in my opinion. I don't know if 'poo hole' is what you need, but I would try to find something less harmless than bum. Anyway, good luck!
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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2008-04-12 22:45:41 GMT)
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A short comment. There's a reason why 'poeperd' is not in your dictionary: it's hardly ever used by (sobre and sane) Dutch either. People use 'billen', which I would most definitely translate as bum. Using 'poeperd' makes the given answer ludicrous and ridiculous. 'Bum' would give it too much credit, in my opinion. I don't know if 'poo hole' is what you need, but I would try to find something less harmless than bum. Anyway, good luck!
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
: No native English-speaker would say that.
1 hr
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As I said myself, I'm not native english, so you might well be right. Just 1) making clear what poeperd exactly means and 2) giving alternatives so Robert can choose. I think he himself is native english, so no problem there...
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| neutral |
Buck
: in this context, poo hole is somewhere up there with anus LOL
17 hrs
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