May 5, 2015 20:49
9 yrs ago
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Spanish term

ha sido mi padre

Non-PRO Spanish to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama subtitulación de un clip
Hi,

I have to translate a movie clip from Spanish into English and I'm finding the following sentence a bit tricky:

- No, ha sido mi padre.

Context:

- El que se pela se estrena. (the boy gives the other boy a slap on his head for having had a haircut)
- Tú no te pases, chaval.
- Yo no he sido.
-No, ha sido mi padre.

Gracias
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 No, it was my father
Change log

May 7, 2015 07:31: Billh changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Neil Ashby, Yvonne Gallagher, Billh

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Proposed translations

+5
4 mins
Selected

No, it was my father

This only seems a matter of irony in tone, not necessarily in the translation. In the US I could say: Yeah, right, it was your mother.

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Note added at 4 mins (2015-05-05 20:54:12 GMT)
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Or yeah, SO it was your mama (your mother/father)
Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood : "No, it was" is good and take your pick for the "padre" bit
1 hr
agree Christine Walsh
3 hrs
agree jude dabo : fits
13 hrs
agree Florentina Constantin
18 hrs
agree Catherine Steele
1 day 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "perfect"
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