How to translate this swear word?

[Agentt]

So, my language has this one cuss word.
It's more peculiar than others, in the sense that it has no meaning.

Like, we have a word which translates to bitch, one that is motherfricker, one that is sisterfricker, we have shameless,free loader, useless and brother in law.


Okay, the brother in law one doesn't make much sense when translated literally.
A more appropriate translation would be 'lowly being.'

But this word, it has no meaning.
It was invented for the sole purpose of insulting someone, it just has no other meaning.

So, I was just wondering, how would you translate such a word?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Are you sure that his word has no other meanings?

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Context.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Is it like Kisama?

 

[Agentt]

Are you sure that his word has no other meanings?

Yep, no other meaning

 

[Psycholor]

Write a sentence that uses that word, translate the entire sentence except for that word into English, and share the sentence with the people here.

Bonus points if you do a few sentences. Localizing words with no specific translation is impossible without knowing their use cases.

English has a lot of ways to "just insult someone". "Fucker" "Asshole" "Dipshit" "Piece of Shit" "Jack Off" "Bastard" "Cum Drinker" are all gender-neutral insults that tend to be somewhat nonspecific in meaning.

 

[Agentt]

Context.

....well, what should i say?
It can be something like,
He cheated on me, he is such a kamina.
And also like,
Ah, brothers, we meet again after so long. I hope you all still the kamine i knew

Write a sentence that uses that word, translate the entire sentence except for that word into English, and share the sentence with the people here.

Bonus points if you do a few sentences. Localizing words with no specific translation is impossible without knowing their use cases.

English has a lot of ways to "just insult someone". "Fucker" "Asshole" "Dipshit" "Piece of Shit" "Jack Off" "Bastard" "Cum Drinker" are all gender-neutral insults.

Is your special insult gendered? English has "Sow" "Bitch" "Cunt" (though this is really only an insult in America, for brits and Aussies, it is a term of endearment) Are all typically feminine gendered insults in English.

for Masculine insults, "Dickless" "Bastard" "Soyboy" "Beta" "Cuck" come to mind.

It's not gender specific,
And, well, i believe dipshit kinda catches it, considering that's the only word which is also kinda non sensicle

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Yep, no other meaning

And there are no predecessors to this word either?

 

[Agentt]

And there are no predecessors to this word either?

Nopie~♡
As for the sentences part..
Uhhh?
It can be used as anything?

Hey, you kamine! Stop eating my fries!

*sobs* he is such a kamina man. How could he kick me out.

Ah! You kamine! You crashed my car!

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Nopie~♡

Then, I would probably use the closest thing I can find in English.

 

[Agentt]

Is it like Kisama?

Yep! Just like that

Then, I would probably use the closest thing I can find in English.

Indeed, I am not well knowledgable about insults, so i don't really know any which is this versatile and is also meaningless

 

[Psycholor]

He cheated on me, he is such a kamina.

"He cheated on me, he is such an asshole!" "...he is such a bastard!" "...he is such a douchebag!"

Ah, brothers, we meet again after so long. I hope you all still the kamine i knew

"Ah, brothers, we meet again after so long. I hope you are all still the bastards I used to know!" "...still the same assholes I used to know" "...still the same cunts I used to know!"

These all work in English, though in that context "cunts" would be more of an Aussie thing than any other English speaking country.

Based on the context you gave, it seems like the word can be both an insult and a term of endearment. That makes it really hard to translate in just one way, I would suggest getting a few different translations and just using them as appropriate.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Yep! Just like that

Indeed, I am not well knowledgable about insults, so i don't really know any which is this versatile and is also meaningless

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So base, it means vile.

Scoundrel, cad, worthless cumstain.

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[RepresentingWrath]

Indeed, I am not well knowledgable about insults, so i don't really know any which is this versatile and is also meaningless

Shit, fuck?

 

[Psycholor]

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So base, it means vile.

Scoundrel, cad, worthless cumstain.

Yea, "Vile" can be used as an insult in English, but it sounds like something a nun would say. Not really something you hear in day-to-day speech.

 

[Agentt]

Shit, fuck?

Both already do exist tho, i was looking for something a bit different

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Both already do exist tho, i was looking for something a bit different

Bloody?

 

[Agentt]

Scoundrel

cunts

Both of these sound purfect

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Vile... Hmm. How about slag?(yes I searched up British insults)

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

I don't recomend vile, since it seems like you are looking for a noun. How about jerk, dastard, scoundrel, tramp, wastrel, bully, monster, or garbage? There's also sort of a tradition in English to combine insults with body parts, like with poopyhead, meanieface, stickyfingers, smartmouth, dumbass, shortstains, stinkybutt. I recommend poopypants, you can never go wrong using poopypants as an insult.