Someone in France tried to name their kid "Bob l'Eponge" and a judge refused to allow it
Still better than the dipshit that got stopped from calling their kid "Nutella"
this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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Nutella. Good name for a girl or a boy, especially a girl.
Just wait until you get to Dexter's lab with the omelette du fromage.
In France does this scene have him saying "omelette with cheese"?
Not say that. Me grow uterus drool
That must be the European French version. In Québec, the threat of anglicisation is too great to allow him to keep an Anglo-Saxon name like Bob, so it’d be Jean-Bertrand l’Éponge or something.
Bob is Queb as fuck
In Turkey, go-to stereotypical French name is Jean Pierre. I don't know what you would do with this information though.
They wanted to teach kids about important historical figures in Quebec, so his name is René Léponsge
They use that name in Quebec
I genuinely remember asking "pourquoi ils ne l'appelent pas SpongeBob aussi?" to whoever made those French dubs. It kinda made me pretty confused.
And yes, I was an avid SpongeBob fan back in the day. Not so much anymore.
This is such a pet peeve of mine. My mum wanted me to watch GoT with her in German but I just couldn't because the translated the last names. Jon Snow was Jon Schnee which is the literal German translation of snow and it's such a mismatch with English sounding last names.
Which is doubly sad cause the German synchro is pretty damn good. As a big Lord of the Rings fan, I am so glad we've been spared this. Allegedly cause Tolkin knew German and actually helped with the translation. BUT they of course had to do a re-translation for some arcane reason and in the new version Sam calls Frodo "Chef", he literally calls him his boss. I feel like there is a lot to learn from the brain of the person responsible for this. All of it highly disturbing.
Jon Schnee. Absolutely hilarious.
But yeah, I really hate it.
K Ö N I G S M U N D
King's Landing in the german dub/book. It's somewhat okay, "Mund" as in "River mouth", but it's just one of a few jarring mismatches, some names translated, others untouched, with no sense or system.
Sponge = éponge in french
Old french : esponge -> éponge (french) | sponge (english)
As you said it's old french, we just make it shorter and easier to pronounce
Yeah I know, but as far as I know, some shows just don't have their name translated. For example, "Rocket Power" in French is still "Rocket Power". So is "Adventure Time". "Kick Buttowski". I could go on.
And then there's weird stuff like "les Razmokat" for "the Rugrats", and "les Super Nanas" for "the Powerpuff Girls". I never understood these.
Razmoket = rase-moquette, means pretty much the same thing as "rug rat" (rase-moquette is not a real french expression, but it evokes "rase-motte" which means hedgehopping)..
And "nana" is slang for "girl".
Makes sense
I think they just bullied you because you're French.
~As~ ~they~ ~should.~
On the plus side they were probably very good at saying "A few moments later" with the proper accent.
the thing is the narrator is clearly faking a French accent. It doesn't sound remotely like a real one
I mean it still has to be understood by English-speaking children
"Moments" is totally wide of the mark for sure.
Hum, I'm French living in France and my son is only allowed to watch shows if they are in English. Is he going to be bullied?
Oui
Mais oui :).
Damn you might as well have told everyone you flog puppies for fun
Bullied by L'Academie for not respecting the French language, I'm sure
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