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Offline tp4tissue

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Help, English experts !!
« on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 12:55:36 »
I need a better translation for 撒娇,chinese [Sa-jiao]   愛嬌,korean [Aegyo]

My engrish is not good enough..

google says coquettishly,  that's not really right..


Watch this korean video explanation, they don't have a proper translation either.

The video is very NSFW

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 13:15:54 »
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« Reply #2 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 13:19:20 »
If I'm not horrible, that should translate into something in the vein of "overtly flirtatious" as opposed to being shy about it.

it's not that NSFW man, it's just egyo af

the way i usually associate egyo with the ganguro style of kawaii, if that helps
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 13:20:35 »
Quote from: TacticalStache on Fri, 24 October 2014, 13:19:20
If I'm not horrible, that should translate into something in the vein of "overtly flirtatious" as opposed to being shy about it.

it's not that NSFW man, it's just egyo af

the way i usually associate egyo with the ganguro style of kawaii, if that helps


eggyo is Very specific..  it's not a style of anything..   it's a thing all to itself, just not in english it seems.


The flirtatious connotation is sexual in nature..  eggyo isn't necessarily sexual..
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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 13:27:05 »
so like ganguro kawaii, like i said

there's no 1:1 english translation for egyo, if that's what you want
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 22:49:58 »
Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 24 October 2014, 13:15:54
How's this?

You could also try annoying....

That could be it.

I will think on it and watch the video again and get back to you.
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 00:51:49 »
I'd call it childish or infantile begging.  It's the same cutesy pre-temper-tantrum **** little kids do to try and get something.
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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 02:10:53 »
Childish mannerisms? Wouldn't work on most Westerners though... well, unless you're a child or spoiled rich.
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 21:10:39 »
where are you
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 26 October 2014, 08:43:56 »
sa jiao means acting coy.
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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 27 October 2014, 00:28:12 »
coy describes the intent fine.. but not really the act of...
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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 27 October 2014, 01:09:30 »
eh. Probably best to just englishify the word and just call it egyo or something like that to preserve its meaning. A lot of english words are used in other languages so why not the other way around.
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 27 October 2014, 07:27:23 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 27 October 2014, 00:28:12
coy describes the intent fine.. but not really the act of...

don't think you can describe sa jiao in just one word.
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Re: Help, English experts !!
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 27 October 2014, 14:56:13 »
Quote from: frosty on Mon, 27 October 2014, 07:27:23

Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 27 October 2014, 00:28:12
coy describes the intent fine.. but not really the act of...

don't think you can describe sa jiao in just one word.

I was hoping maybe at least the Germans already had one, and so we could do a better import that way.
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