# How are puns and wordplay translated?

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**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-puns-and-wordplay-translated/926560 "2020-11-27T06:23:23Z")\
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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> I can find [a dubbed version](https://vimeo.com/75469682): the moment in question is at 54:30. It’s also on [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.c2ba5459-fe70-9e3f-55cc-84b47a1cd5d9?autoplay=1&ref_=atv_cf_strg_wb) for free, if any Francophone here has a subscription; the moment in question is at 56:45. It sounds something like “ees on par par en miette.”

Looks like [someone asked about this line on another message board](https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/en-miettes.1056632/) twelve years ago. The best guess was “ils (ne) sont pas en miettes” = (figuratively) “they haven’t fallen apart yet.” (Literally, “they’re not in crumbs.”)

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