Thread: Translating Obscenity
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Unread 01-13-2018, 03:59 AM
John Isbell John Isbell is offline
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Scheissloch. Trou a merde. The obvious French choice is a hole to put shit in, it's pretty literal to my ear. It sounds like Jarry or Rabelais. German is more readily metaphorical IMO. Or you could go with beschissen.

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