Saturday, April 19, 2008

Colour in Different Cultures

I am upset when they translate "Yellow Culture" as "Budaya Kuning". Yellow is a degrading colour in English synonymous with cowardice. But in Malay yellow symbolizes royalty. So a more appropriate translation should be "Budaya Kelabu Asap"

However I am glad that they have translated "Blu Film" as "Filem Lucah" instead of "Filem Biru"

How would one translate "Once in a blue moon"

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