"Let Me Be Your Hog": Translations

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"Let Me Be Your Hog": Translations

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Google translates "Let Me Be Your Hog" from English to Spanish as, "déjame ser tu cerdo".

Is that right (?) Can a native Spanish speaker translate.

Any other translations?

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Re: "Let Me Be Your Hog": Translate to Spanish

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French: Laissez-moi être votre porc
I couldn't tell a dirt clod from a plate of caviar.
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Re: "Let Me Be Your Hog": Translate to Spanish

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Love it!

Keep the translations coming.
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תן לי להיות שלך חזיר
I couldn't tell a dirt clod from a plate of caviar.
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E lilo wau i puaʻa
I couldn't tell a dirt clod from a plate of caviar.
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Re: "Let Me Be Your Hog": Translations

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:accordion:

So that looks like Hebrew and ... Hawaiian (?)

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Re: "Let Me Be Your Hog": Translations

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I can't check the spanish translation, but I can provide a russian translation(since we already turned this topic into a list of translations from multiple languages) :)
When I did russian subtitles to UHF I translated "Let me be your hog" as
Позволь мне быть твоей свиньёй
but... that literally means "Let me be your pig", so my question for the native english speakers is:
are there any significant differences in meaning between a pig and a hog? (I mean, a hog is just a male pig, right?) :huh:
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Margarita, I ran into the same issue and am pretty sure my words for hogs are just the words for pig.
http://www.differencebetween.net/scienc ... and-a-pig/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That site explains the differences a bit.
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In terms of colloquial usage, there is also a bit of a difference. Both pig and hog can be used to describe a fat, lazy, or lethargic person. A pig is more associated with a gluttonous person who eats a lot. A hog specifically eats more than their fair share (eg "quit hogging all of the chips"). If there is supposed to be any insinuation by the phrase "Let me be your hog" other than its literal meaning, it's that the narrator wants to have you all to himself.
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TMBJon wrote:If there is supposed to be any insinuation by the phrase "Let me be your hog" other than its literal meaning, it's that the narrator wants to have you all to himself.
Wow! Thank you, Jon! :) I had no idea about that! Now that sentence makes much more sence to me.
And.. I don't see any way to translate that nuance into russian. :P
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