Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bent bouncer
English answer:
doll with springs for legs
Added to glossary by
Mohamed Fouda
Mar 2, 2022 09:36
2 yrs ago
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English term
bent bouncer
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Their kids are going to love them.
Uh-oh, we got a springy toy coming in with a bent bouncer.
Not sure what it is or what it looks like. It's just a doctor in a kids' show who gives her toy babies some toys to play with.
Uh-oh, we got a springy toy coming in with a bent bouncer.
Not sure what it is or what it looks like. It's just a doctor in a kids' show who gives her toy babies some toys to play with.
Responses
4 +2 | doll with springs for legs |
Jennifer Levey
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3 | It is a small cradle... |
Clauwolf
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Responses
+2
3 hrs
Selected
doll with springs for legs
Something like this:
https://bartlshop.de/en/charly-with-spring-legs-assor-p3907/
https://bartlshop.de/en/charly-with-spring-legs-assor-p3907/
Peer comment(s):
agree |
philgoddard
: There's no way of knowing, but this is a reasonable guess. Maybe it's Zebedee :-)
19 mins
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agree |
Thayenga
: With Phil.
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, everyone!"
1 hr
It is a small cradle...
.. with toys hanging in front of the baby for fun
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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-03-02 12:39:17 GMT)
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I think they are different things. They got got a springy toy to hang in front the baby.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-03-02 12:39:17 GMT)
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I think they are different things. They got got a springy toy to hang in front the baby.
Note from asker:
Do you mean the whole toy, springy with a bent bouncer, is a small cradle? |
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Tony M
: I'm not at all sure, especially from the way it is worded, that this is in fact anything to do with a 'baby bouncer'.
23 hrs
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thanks
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Discussion
I.E. your translation can be just as general and vague if the source text is. So if the source uses two non-specific vague words to describe this item, then you ought to do exactly the same in the target translation. There is no need to over-specify if the source text does not specify the item's identity.
It could be that they are going to receive a 'springy toy' AND a 'bent bouncer', simply 'with' because they are coming in at the same time / from the same donor.
But it might equally mean that it is the 'springy toy' that unfortunately has a 'bent bouncer' — one would imagine that the 'bouncer' is the springy thing that makes it bounce; though difficult to imagine in what way it ight be 'bent.
Then again, it might be referring to a '(baby) bouncer' that is unfortunately 'bent', but will be coming in complete with a 'springy toy'. Maybe the latter is all that is usable from it...
I bet that this "springy toy" is shown at some point in the movie (means: no need for guessing)