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Clean Translation

February 2nd, 2007Kamangir (Iran)

The man is talking about his experience with a prostitute in a movie chosen to be aired from IRIB TV4. So, they need to come up with a cleansed version of his words. When the man refers to the woman’s weight, “250 kilos”, the translator finds the way out. In Persian, the guys are talking about hunting for a 150-kilo bear. Before they laugh, the man says “I shot it in the head”. Watch the video here.

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6 Responses to “Clean Translation”

  1. #1 Esra'a - February 2nd, 2007 at 11:36 am

    This reminds me of all the deleted scenes that we used to have in our cinemas. Half the romance movies never make sense because they were too short, “wait, did they have an affair? What’s going on?!”

    They deleted all the naughty scenes, which for many mainstream Western films make up about 60% of the film’s length.

    Anyways, this is funny. They should’ve made an effort to change the subtitles too.

  2. #2 Arash (Iran) - February 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 am

    Esra’a
    They can cut it, but please do not make a fool out of me! Many Iranians know a few English words, including at least the naughty words! :)

  3. #3 Jina - February 2nd, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    Hahahahaha, this reminds me of animes being made for kids. If you guys don’t know, animes in Japan are meant for all ages, but American dumbfucks makes it seem like it’s only for kids so they do the EXACT same thing.

    Iran you are not alone, muahahahah Americans are with you. One more similarities between the two cultures. Go make out with each other and stop fighting.

  4. #4 Esra'a - February 2nd, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    Go make out with each other and stop fighting.

    But when you make out with each other make sure you change the translation.

  5. #5 Arash (Iran) - February 2nd, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    Esra’a
    Like, come on bear, come on!

  6. #6 Edo River - February 3rd, 2007 at 4:59 am

    I found this really wierd. no sense of humor ;-)

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