Thread: The movie "The Search For John Gissing" - help please!

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by sperk

[s:1atcpwcv]re[/s:1atcpwcv]sold

It is "resold" there. Maybe [s:1atcpwcv]in[/s:1atcpwcv] due to the youtube quality one can't hear it well... But it is. I hear it. He pronounces it very unclearly, but he does.

upon listening again, he says "bought n' sold," though the n' (meaning "and") is very clipped and may appear to sound like "resold."

Originally Posted by Оля

I need help with another excerpt please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-Rb6hcA5A

- Everyday you dress the same, you walk to work the same way, you sit at the same desk. .....??...... your life (and your? into?) whatever is the job, (ha ha?) What do you think? Too much? I've had two wives, Barnes, three children, each with a corner of their hearts that I'm not allowed to visit.
- So who is the nun?
- She's not a nun, she's a stripper. She is a good girl, good heart; just too young. ......??...... some desperation....??...... On both our parts.

Everyday you dress the same, you walk to work the same way, you sit at the same desk. Slowly but surely you pour your life into whatever is the job at hand. What do you think? Too much? I've had two wives, Barnes, three children, each with a corner of their hearts that I'm not allowed to visit.
- So who's the nun?
- Actually, she's not a nun, she's a stripper. And she's a good girl, good heart; just too young. Smacks of desperation, don't you think? On both our parts.

Thanks for the help with the previous video.
The next please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3uDrnDr7wc

My try:
- So what if I went to them, told them everything. Told them what you've done.
- You won't do that, you'll (permanently?) damaged. ....??..... broken leg. Before you go, I need your ......??..... of the final figures, for the financial demonstration tomorrow morning. You need this deal to go through, Barnes. It's a (fever in your cap??) which ..... way you look at it.

Originally Posted by Оля

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3uDrnDr7wc
My try:
- So what if I went to them, told them everything. Told them what you've done.
- You won't do that, you'd be permanently damaged like a racehorse with a broken leg. Before you go, I'll need your transparencies of the final figures, for the financial demonstration tomorrow morning. You need this deal to go through, Barnes. It's a feather in your cap whichever way you look at it.

Спасибо.

Я все-таки не поняла, почему Барнс не пойдет к ним и ничего им не расскажет. Что значит фраза "you'd be permanently damaged like a racehorse with a broken leg"? Точнее, буквальное значение я понимаю, но вот... мне все равно непонятно, что Гиссинг имеет в виду.

Originally Posted by Оля

Спасибо.

Я все-таки не поняла, почему Барнс не пойдет к ним и ничего им не расскажет. Что значит фраза "you'd be permanently damaged like a racehorse with a broken leg"? Точнее, буквальное значение я понимаю, но вот... мне все равно непонятно, что Гиссинг имеет в виду.

I haven't seen the movie so I don't know what's going on, but it seems that Barnes is threatening to report Gissing for something, which if he does, he'll be known as a snitch or someone who can't be trusted, meaning his career will be finished, like a racehorse with a broken leg. It could have more ominous overtones, as racehorses with broken legs are generally "put to sleep."

My unscientific explanation would be – the show must go on. If he went and told that would be the end of the story, but who needs the end when what we’ve seen so far was just the beginning. To keep the story unfolding Sperk’s reasoning is good enough for me.

Originally Posted by alexB

My unscientific explanation would be – the show must go on. If he went and told that would be the end of the story, but who needs the end when what we’ve seen so far was just the beginning. To keep the story unfolding Sperk’s reasoning is good enough for me.

Yes, I think you are right...

Guys, help me with another episode please. I am almost sure that I hear it all correctly, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ExuKgkV7Xk

The fact is, you'll be me before you know it. One day, not too far down the road, they'll suddenly call up your number and hand it over to someone else. And when that day comes, I promise you this, you won't be there to pick the little f*cker up at the airport. You physically won't be able to make the trip.

Originally Posted by Оля

Guy, help me with another episode please. I am almost sure that I hear it all correctly, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ExuKgkV7Xk

The fact is, you'll be me before you know it. One day, not too far down the road, they'll suddenly call up your number and hand it over to someone else. And when that day comes, I promise you this, you won't be there to pick the little f*cker up at the airport. You physically won't be able to make the trip.

Perfect!!! I hear it exactly the same way. Gold stars all around on this one Olya!!

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Perfect!!! I hear it exactly the same way. Gold stars all around on this one Olya!!

To be honest, partly I copied that from imdb quotations....

Originally Posted by Оля

Guys, help me with another episode please. I am almost sure that I hear it all correctly, but...

I assume you're addressing more than one person.

Originally Posted by sperk

Originally Posted by Оля

Guys, help me with another episode please. I am almost sure that I hear it all correctly, but...

I assume you're addressing more than one person.

Yes. It was a typo!

Another two excerpts please!

#1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=934-COI5QOM
(in this one, I think, I hear all correctly)

- Hey, hey, wake up.
- What?
- I found Gissing. He've buggered me.
- Excuse me?
- It's not important. Go back to sleep.

#2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh7TZZT0Jqk
(this is more difficult)

- I need to get in the Gissing's office. I need to get in the Gissing's office! Okay? I n... I need to get in the Gissing's office. Alright? ........??....... files. This can work one of two ways. I can give you fifty pounds, or I can tell you a really good story about life, and people, and the hollow, hungry, heartless times that you and I are both living in.
– (I'll have?) to go with the fifty quids.
- I could have phoned that one in from the couch.

This partly is from imdb, and I've corrected something as I hear it; and I am not sure about the last sentence, and I don't understand it as it is.

Originally Posted by Оля

- Hey, hey. Hey, wake up.
- What?
- I found Gissing. He[s:4zcbx3cr]'ve[/s:4zcbx3cr] buggered me.
- Excuse me?
- It's not important. Go back to sleep.

#2

- I need to get in the Gissing's office. I need to get in the Gissing's office! Okay? I n... I need to get in the Gissing's office. Alright? The printer room and some of the files. This can work one of two ways. I can give you fifty pounds, or I can tell you a really good story about life, and people, and the hollow, hungry, heartless times that you and I are both living in.
– I'm gonna go with the fifty quid[s:4zcbx3cr]s[/s:4zcbx3cr].
- I could have phoned that one in from the couch. [Здесь всё прекрасно.]

This partly is from imdb, and I've corrected something as I hear it; and I am not sure about the last sentence, and I don't understand it as it is.

'Phoning something in' is slang for doing something uninspiredly, going through the motions, not putting in any extra effort beyond just getting it done.

I didn't listen to the clip, but did he really say "fifty quids"?

Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

I didn't listen to the clip, but did he really say "fifty quids"?

Nope. (See above.)

Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

I didn't listen to the clip, but did he really say "fifty quids"?

Without the "s" on the end.

Quid is slang for British currency....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quid
A pound sterling (£), in British slang, possibly derived from the Royal Mint at Quidhampton, Wiltshire, England, but more likely from the Latin phrase 'Quid pro quo' (This for that) meaning an exchange of goods.

quid http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=quid
One pound (100 pence) in British Sterling (GBP). Can refer to the actual denomination (a goldish looking coin, about a centimetre and a half across), or any amount in Sterling. In very common use, all across the UK.
"That'll be a quid mate"
"That's going to set you back about 3, 4 hundred quid

Also... for you SciFi fans...

proposed intergalactic currency Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination (or QUID)

Originally Posted by Lynn

Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

I didn't listen to the clip, but did he really say "fifty quids"?

Nope. (See above.)

OK, now I see that the 's' is crossed out. It's so small, I could barely tell.

I thought it could have been meant humorously. I know 'quid' is not given a plural 's', but I thought it might have been spoken by an American in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

One more small thing:

Originally Posted by Оля

#2

[i]- I need to get into Gissing's office. I need to get into Gissing's office! Okay? I n... I need to get into Gissing's office. Alright?

Originally Posted by Winifred

One more small thing:

Originally Posted by Оля

#2

[i]- I need to get into Gissing's office. I need to get into Gissing's office! Okay? I n... I need to get into Gissing's office. Alright?

Nice catch! My eyes went right over that. Спасибо большое!