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by Parbuckle_Archive
As an experiment, I translated the same two lines of lyrics from a song by Canadian indie rockers Big Black into various languages and back into English. The results are quite interesting.Arabic:Sometimes, you know, you want to hurt someone.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Japanese:Sometimes you know, you want to have sex with someone.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Scots Gaelic:Sometimes you know, you want to pick someone up.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Afrikaans:Sometimes you know you want to show someone up.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Dutch:Sometimes, you know, you want to shoot someone.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Vietnamese:Sometimes, you know, you want to make someone up.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Yiddish:Sometimes, you know, you want to be someone.Sometimes you just want to fuck.Welsh:Sometimes you know, you want to fucking someone.Sometimes you want to fucking.