# Getting a tattoo - need help with English-French translation :)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-need-help-with-english-french-translation/547450>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-need-help-with-english-french-translation/547450 "2010-07-21T11:39:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-need-help-with-english-french-translation/547450/21 "2010-07-23T05:43:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> i kind of like
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> TABERNAK, on y va!
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> and, here we go

Fixed. 😉

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-need-help-with-english-french-translation/547450/22 "2010-07-23T06:22:06Z")

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> [@highart](#):
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> i kind of like
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> et, on y va
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> and, here we go

What’s with the comma? You’ll have the English-speakers _and_ the French-speakers down on you for that.

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**Author:** ![highart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@highart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/highart)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-need-help-with-english-french-translation/547450/23 "2010-07-23T23:03:21Z")

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so just:

et on ya va

thanks for everyone’s help!

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-need-help-with-english-french-translation/547450/24 "2010-07-23T23:28:11Z")

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If I were you, I would think long and hard about having a tattoo I would have to translate and explain to everyone who sees it and ask about it. That sounds regrettable to me. I find it bad enough to have one that can be partially seen behind a t-shirt sleeve that I constantly need to raise the sleeve to allow people to ooh and aah over it - and I love showing it off - but to have to explain it to people would put me over the edge.

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