Comments on: Extreme Khmer https://jinja.apsara.org/2006/09/extreme-khmer/ Art, life, art of life in Cambodia. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 03:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank Smith https://jinja.apsara.org/2006/09/extreme-khmer/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Frank Smith Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:31:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2006/09/10/extreme-khmer/#comment-894 yes, technically you're correct, but that translation--like the title itself--is meant as tongue-in-cheek, because actually I hate that whole marketing strategy (and let's face it, that's what it is) of "Extrrrreeeeme Sports!!!" and all that, a la MTV, etc.<br/><br/>relatedly, my students and I sometimes have fun translating American hip hop slang literally into Khmer, in other words, a word-for-word translation, with no attempt to convert the meaning accurately into Khmer (which is of course the goal of serious translation). for example "peak ler" ('word up') or "khmae niw pteah" ('khmers in da house')...<br/><br/>Frank yes, technically you’re correct, but that translation–like the title itself–is meant as tongue-in-cheek, because actually I hate that whole marketing strategy (and let’s face it, that’s what it is) of “Extrrrreeeeme Sports!!!” and all that, a la MTV, etc.

relatedly, my students and I sometimes have fun translating American hip hop slang literally into Khmer, in other words, a word-for-word translation, with no attempt to convert the meaning accurately into Khmer (which is of course the goal of serious translation). for example “peak ler” (‘word up’) or “khmae niw pteah” (‘khmers in da house’)…

Frank

]]> By: Wanna https://jinja.apsara.org/2006/09/extreme-khmer/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Wanna Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:17:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2006/09/10/extreme-khmer/#comment-893 The translation of "Extreme Khmer" sounds not familiar to me. The word KrayLaeng is always used as adverb, not adjective. We can say "Sahao Kraylaeng" (extremely brutal),... The translation of “Extreme Khmer” sounds not familiar to me. The word KrayLaeng is always used as adverb, not adjective. We can say “Sahao Kraylaeng” (extremely brutal),…

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