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Arabic: | اسنان جهنم و قطط الشيطان (As-naan jah-hannam wa qitat ash-shaytahn) |
loubiya_mashto |
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Afrikaans: | Hel se tande 'n Satan se katjies! | Bianca |
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Chinese: |  地狱之牙，撒但的猫 (di yu zhi ya, sa dan de mao!) Mandarin: Cantonese: |
Handwriting by April Typing by Aietra Audio by Ken |
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Croatian: | Zubi pakla i mača Sotone! | Satu |
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Czech: | Pekelnézuby a ďáblova koťata! | Twisp56 |
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Danish: | Helvedes tænder og Satans killinger! | Mette |
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Dutch: | Hel's tanden en Satan's katjes! | Frank |
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Esperanto: | dentoj de la infero kaj katidoj de Satano! | Julia |
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Estonian: | Põrgu hambad ja saatana kiisud! | Tupsu |
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Finnish: | Helvetin hampaat ja Saatanan kissanpennut! |
Text by Mrs Alloydog Audio by Lasse |
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French: | Les dents de l'enfer et les chatons de Satan! | Laétitia |
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German: | Zähne der Hölle und Satans Kätzchen! | Sonia |
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Greek, Ancient: | ὀδόντες τοῦ τάρταρου καί αἴλουρια τοῦ διάβολου (odontes tou tartarou kai ailouria tou diabolou!) |
Julia |
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Greek, Modern: | Τα δόντια της κολάσεως και τα γατάκια του διαβόλου (ta dhóntia tis koláseos kai ta ghatákia tou dhiavólou) |
Text by Dimitrios Romanisation by Tim |
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Hindi: | Nark ke daat aur Satan ki billiyaan! | Ruchita |
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Hungarian: | A pokol foga és a Sátán cicái! |
Text by Zsuzsa Audio by Matt |
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Icelandic: | Tennur helvítis og kettlingar djöfulsins! | Kjartan |
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Irish Gaelic: | Fiacla Ifrinn agus puisíní Shátain! | Brad |
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Italian: | I denti dell'Inferno e i gattini/micini di Satana | Giulia |
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Japanese: | 地獄の牙、サタンの子猫 | brehvgc |
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Kartvelian: | ჯოჯოხეთის კბილები და ეშმაკის კნუტები (jojokhetis K'bilebi da eshmaK'is K'nuTebi) |
Jamila |
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Klingon: |  (ghe'tor Ho'Du' veqlargh vIghro'Hommey je) |
Brad |
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Korean: | 지옥의 이빨과 사탄의 고양이 Jiok e ippal gwa sa-tan e goyang-ee (not say-tan) |
MinimalResults |
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Latin: | dentes Infernorum felisque catuli Satanae | Julia |
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Latvian: | Elles zobi un Sātana ka ķēni | hudie |
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Lithuanian: | Pragaro dantys ir velnio katèiukai | Tusserte |
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Malay: | Gigi-gigi neraka dan anak kucing-anak kucing setan! | Cestus44 |
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Malayalam: | Narakathinte Pallukalum satante puuchakalum |
Jipson |
| CW | Morse code: | .... . .-.. .-.. .----. ... / - . . - .... / .- -. -.. / ... .- - .- -. .----. ... / -.- .. - - . -. ... |
scphillips.com |
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Norwegian: | Helvetes tenner og Satans kattunger | Silje |
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Tagalog: | Ngipin ng impyerno at mga kuting ni Satanas |
Text by Choose |
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Polish: | Zęby piekła i kocięta szatana! |
Text by Sonia Audio by Marek |
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Portugese: | Dentes do Inferno e gatos do Diabo! | Kristina |
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Russian: | Зубы ада и котята сатаны! (Zuby ada i kotyata satany) |
Text by Yana Audio by Katja |
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Spanish: | ¡ dientes del Infierno y gatitos de Satanás! |
Text by Magaly Audio by Michael |
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Serbian: | Зуби пакла и мача Сотоне! | Satu |
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Slovak: | Pekelné zuby a DiablovE mačiatka! | Ralekill |
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Swedish: | Helvetes tänder och Satans kattungar |
Text by Johanna Audio by Sara |
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Turkish: | Cehennemin dişleri ve Şeytanın yavru kedileri! |
Text by Julia Audio by Aykut |
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Welsh: | Danedd uffern a cathod fach y diafol | Menna Mae |
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Yoruba: | Eyín orun apáàdi atí ologini esu | Ifi |
But "Why?" you ask! Well, why not? ;) Put the kettle and pull up a sandbag. Are we sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin...
Many, many years ago, to avoid swearing in front of the kids, I used the ye olde English expression "Hell's teeth". Now this can be followed up with things like "... and buckets of blood!" or "... and damn your eyes, man!". The sort of thing you'd expect Harry Flashman to come out with. But, in one instance, "... and Satan's kittens!" rolled out. Mrs Alloydog then said it in Finnish "Helvetin hampaat ja Saatanan kissanpennut!" and low and behold, it worked and still flowed nicely off the tongue.
At the time, I worked for a technical writing company, where there were others who spoke various other languages. I challenged them to translate the phrase into their native language, with the requirement that it had to keep the meaning, litterally: The teeth of Hell and the kittens of Satan. Now, this isn't as easy as it seems, as some cultures and languages do not have the same concept of Hell and Satan as western Christian influenced cultures do. Though, everyone knows (and loves) kittens, right?
So, if any of you dear readers out there in interwebsland fluently speak a language or dialect that is not represented on the from page, and Ethnologue say's there are just over seven thousand of them, then please, send me your translation and enshrine yourself in INTERNET HISTORY!
