# Triple translation needed: German/Dutch, Scandinavian and Albanian. Seriously. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 17, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822 "2015-11-17T20:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/1 "2015-11-17T20:40:18Z")
Consider this a test of the depths of SDMB knowledge. 🙂 **[This clip](http://www.dgath.com/misc/mh_translation_clips.mp3)** (about 1 meg) has three short comedy bits in three different languages. I suspect only a native speaker of each language will be able to really translate the content meaningfully. [ul] [li]First clip: German or Dutch.[/li][li]Second clip: Swedish and/or Norwegian.[/li][li]Third clip: Albanian.[/li][/ul] Translations and discussion as appropriate, thanks. (And if you’d like public credit for the xlate, say so and/or PM me.) ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/2 "2015-11-18T14:19:32Z")
I didn’t hear any real Swedish or Norwegian in there. Not any real German either. Don’t know about Dutch or Albanian. Wild guess: It’s all gibberish, except the English bits. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/3 "2015-11-18T14:47:27Z")
It’s been a while, but to me it sounds like… 1. American with horrible accent mangling a German script beyond all comprehension. 2. No idea… suspect the same as #1, possibly in Norwegian. 3. Doesn’t sound like Albanian… maybe Croatian? Just my 2 cents… ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/4 "2015-11-18T15:33:35Z")
Yeah, the source being what it is, there’s every possibility of all three being nonsense. That’s why I said only native speakers might be able to tell… Matt Frewer’s pronunciation of plain English in this context tends to be garbled anyway. I suspect the first one exists only to allow him to yell CUNT! at the end, disguised as German to get past S&P. The last one doesn’t need any content to the gibberish to carry the joke… I was just wondering if it did have any meaning. Still hoping for input from delicately tuned ears. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/5 "2015-11-18T17:39:47Z")
I’m fluent in both German and Dutch, can’t make heads or tails from the first part: " Goedemorgen? And something Bacteriën danish? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/6 "2015-11-18T17:55:10Z")
My native tongue is Norwegian and I speak enough of the other Scandinavian languages and German to conclude that the first two are gibberish. I speak no Albanian but would put money on the latter one being gibberish as well. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/7 "2015-11-18T18:05:18Z")
The “bork bork bork” bit was pretty funny though. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/8 "2015-11-18T18:25:20Z")
> [@The\_Librarian](#): > > danish? Definitely not. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/9 "2015-11-18T18:52:26Z")
Thanks, all. I hadn’t counted on it being completely gibberish, as other clips do use garbled but legitimate passages from other European languages, but it looks like a trifecta. Giant gorilla. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/10 "2015-11-18T18:58:05Z")
But while I have Norwegian and Dutch speakers on the line, can either of you make sense of (phonetic, from memory): “doo von hicken von varduh vleet” ? It was a family curse and while I thought it might have been from my mother’s Norskie side, it might have been from my father’s vague Dutch roots. I’ve been trying to recover the phrase and/or translation for a long time without success… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-translation-needed-german-dutch-scandinavian-and-albanian-seriously/737822/11 "2015-11-18T21:17:24Z")
The first clip sounds like a recording in “whatever language” played backwards. The second clip sounds like they tried to insert something related to Lutefisk in there at the end.