Awa Imani - Joli Garçon (Angol translation)

Előadó: Awa Imani
Dal: Joli Garçon

Angol translation

Pretty boy

He said "care to dance?", thinking "it's in the bag".

But I won't dance to your tune1, you have no idea who you're messing with

I'll soon sort that out. About-face, march!2

I have no time for this, it's either love or war.

(pre-chorus)

Now tell me why you deny it. Tonight I'm your target

Now tell me why you deny it. It's too easy for you

(chorus)

Every night he used another name (he used another name)

Nothing but phoney promises (just phoney promises)

A kind of chameleon (chameleon)

His brains in his pants (his brains in his pants)

But he was a pretty boy (pretty boy)

Handsome boy (handsome boy)

He was a pretty boy (pretty boy)

was cute (dumb and cute)

Honest, I could have fallen for you, we know each other.

There will be no second chance, this time I'm ready to fight

You're wasting my time, just pay for my drink on your way out.

Cut the chatter, I'm out of it.

(pre-chorus)

(chorus)

That's how it goes3, you're bullshitting4 me crazy

That's how it goes, about-face, pretty boy.

That's how it goes, I won't be your puppet

That's how it goes, that's not for me, forget my name (yeah)

You have to put it behind you, pick another prey, Wolfy5

Forget this face, you won't get a thing.

No use in hurrying, not anymore.

Why "I follow you, you follow me"6? So drop dead.

(chorus)

Changing his name

Nothing but phoney promises

Chameleon

His brains in his pants

Pretty boy

He was a handsome boy

Pretty boy

Dumb and cute

1. the original pun is on "I don't play"
2. technically she says "switch into reverse" but since she uses military metaphors everywhere...
3. based on this nursery rhyme
4. "disquette" (floppy disk) is typical yoofspeak for "sweet talk"
5. lit. "my wolf" but that's rather a sarcastic nickname
6. that must be the twitter thing... The idea is that boys assume a girl must be attracted to them as soon as they are attracted to her

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Kűldve:

petit élève Csütörtök, 22/03/2018 - 00:09

Added in reply to request by

juanalv

Last edited by

petit élève on Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 18:47

Köszönet

thanked 3 times

Francia

Joli Garçon

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Awa Imani: Top 1

1.	Joli Garçon

Idioms from "Joli Garçon"

1.	Drop dead
2.	In the bag
3.	it's in the bag
4.	Perdre la tête
5.	that's how it goes
6.	Tourner la page

See also

Francia: Popular Artists|Popular Songs

Angol: Popular Artists|Popular Songs

Francia → Angol: Összes fordítás

Hozzászólások

juanalv

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 02:22

I love that you made it sound very natural in English. I’ve recently got into this site from finding a french song and thought it’d be a good way to practice french since I’m still a student.

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 03:42

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 05:49

His brains in his pants
You should use singular for brain.. and use the verb to express the action.. is .. always been
I am sure you exactly know what i mean
По русски, можно сказать что он не той головой думает

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 06:32

I think "brains" or "brain" can be used in that expression, but I don't know what will sound better to a native. What do you think, @Gavin?

I'm not sure what line you refer to for "always been". The French rather means "he's a kind of chameleon [with] his brain(s) in his pants" but she doesn't say "with" out loud so I didn't either.
As for things like "he was a pretty boy", I think continuous past would not be appropriate. It's not about him changing his ways, it's her talking about him as a thing of the past.
Or did you have something else in mind?

Gavin

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 09:46

You could get away with either but I think I actually prefer 'brains' as it's a ... whatchacallit.. a metonymy for his thinking - his 'smarts' if you like (but brains is better)

(he thinks with his dick)

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 06:36

Well, they use brains, in plural, when they refer to some one famous and smart...

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 06:47

Indeed, but I wonder if that also applies in that expression. I've changed the translation to be on the safe side, but still I'm curious about a native second opinion.

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 06:38

In real live, you have only one brain, r?

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 06:41

well "brains" is used for "grey matter" (the stuff brain is made of), so I suppose both would make sense in that metaphor.

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 07:00

Well, in his pants can be “ only one brain” no offense to hombres

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 07:03

Or maybe a mass of grey matter?

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 07:06

In his pants? Gray matter? Really?

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 07:17

Well, I suspect the reptilian part of the brain is quite enough for testosterone-induced thoughts. That's not a lot of grey matter, it could easily fit in a man's underpants

Gavin

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 13:23

Better than brown matter...

Yep we say 'grey matter' (and Hercule Poirot says 'little grey cells' - but he's an imaginary Belgian written by an English woman so what does he know eh?)

Pierre - I expect I have embarrassed myself here - be gentle!
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/friday-night-vendredi-soir.html-0

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 16:08

LOL
men are from mars women are from venus
Hormones will not change it
And your translation is fine:)

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 18:19

Thanks for putting up with my stubbornness.
Despite my pigheadedness, I value your input very much, be it in Russian or English.

Igeethecat

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 20:12

You will not beat my stubbornness - you can have only one brain, the one in your pants don’t count LOL

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 20:16

It seems we are made for each other then. Translation-wise, I mean.

Gavin

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 10:51

I can't really see much to improve here - it's a smooth job.

Maybe just:
Every night he would use another name (he would use another name)

The 'would's feel a bit clunky - I'd just say "Every night he used..he used..." sounds fine. But you could have "he'd use" if you wanted to echo the imparfait in the French. Not really necessary though.

petit élève

Péntek, 23/03/2018 - 12:45

Thanks guv'