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corny loser?

posted 17 years ago by mannoe
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I was fascinated by this bit of subtitling, and are there any french speakers out there who can tell me what the actual word or expression is?
There is obviously no word in English to convey the meaning.

[–] Oskiros-Arg 17 years ago

Did you ask about the origianl french title..?? : Quand j'étais chanteur.

The traslation is When I was singer.

I don´t know why "I was", because he "is" a singer....

Oscar from Rosario City
Argentina

[–] mannoe 17 years ago

No I meant the expression CORNY LOSER which pops up in the dialogue a couple of times and is so subtitled, I wonder what that is in French.

[–] ironhills 16 years ago

ringard?

[–] Trelko 16 years ago

The title of the movie is a reference to a famous 70's song by Michel Delpech, telling the story of a 73 years old retired singer who remember his days of fame with nostalgia.

[–] mannoe 16 years ago

that must be it going by the french translation sites I visited, merci!

[–] oshelley55 16 years ago

btw, who in the film calls who a corny loser?

[–] tweedlepixie 16 years ago

In the film Marion (De France) calls Alain (Depardieu) a 'corny loser' because he's old fashioned, just a dance hall singer who never made anything of himself and he has a nice line in cheesy chat up lines....

[–] PoloBurro 16 years ago

Ringard is corny and old fashioned, but "loser" isn't really a correct translation as "ringard" isn't necessarily and insult.

[–] didierfort 15 years ago

As far as I understand your question, the word which has been translated in a subtitle "corny loser" is "ringard".

Alain Moreau adds that, to be "ringard" means at least that you can last...