The Official Marcatoons discussion/translation thread

[west501]

Hey all, on Monday we're going into season 2 of MarcaToons. If you talk about big summer deals, no one scored as big as Marcatoons! J.M. Garcia! Pedja Mijatovic! Bernd Schuster! Pau Gasol! Samuel Eto'o! Lewis Hamilton! Lionel Messi!

I figure we can use this thread for future translations and requests of translations for those who follow the hilarious world of Spanish sporting culture!

[shindigo]

Excellent!

I will do my best to provide translations this year (although my translator is moving away )

Regarding the new signings:

According to my translator: #4 is a Spanish Basketball Player - I think the name is Pau Gasol

#7 we think is Messi
#5 Eto'o maybe
#6 may be Alonso's teammate (Lewis Hamilton?) - since Beckham's gone they need another Brit to make fun of.

I'm interested to know who the guy with the headphones is.

[ANTONIO_65]

Originally Posted by shindigo

I'm interested to know who the guy with the headphones is.

I think he could be Andrés Montes (very funny commentator from la Sexta)


un saludo

[west501]

Originally Posted by ANTONIO_65

I think he could be Andrés Montes (very funny commentator from la Sexta)


un saludo

he doesn't even really need a marcatoon!
I see gasol, eto'o, and messi in there too
hamilton and schuster are probably in there
pedja?

[shindigo]

Ah - Another season of La Liga and Marcatoons!! Here is the link and translation graciously provided by my Venezuelan translator Marcos.

http://app5.marca.com/MarcaToons/Ver...Video=128&sb=s

<not sure who this is>: Cordial greetings. I am Garcia, although many call me “El Butano” [the butane]. But not because I have gas, notice the tip. But because if somebody lights me, I explode. Luis, Luisito, Luisete, here there is …

Gasol: … too much … What’s the name of that sport of little guys that lose? Ah, yes, football. Here there is too much football. You need more world champions. And I will be a signing of stature. Just by saying that I am [measure]…

Messi: … one-sixty, about sixty goals I will score this season. It’s the only thing left for me to copy Maradona. And let’s see if they make the fields larger, because in 5 secs I can go from one goal the other, and I get bored. And I can’t stand…

Schuster: … that journalists would tell me who I need to play. That I should play Raul, that I should play Guti… One day someone will ask me to play his cousin and his mother in law. I had it so easy at Getafe, I didn’t have to stand…

Eto’o: …the babying of Ronaldinho, they let him do anything and never… I am sorry grandpa… <answers the phone> Yes? Ah, Laporta, hello my brother. Whatever you say. <hangs up> Barca’s dress room is great, we are all friends and train with lots of energy. And for example…

Mijatovic: I smile because I know I have put together a great team. Well, I also smile because the hair gel pulls me back and I can’t close my mouth. But well, as sport director I know that…

Hamilton (singing “Yesterday” in English): … Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they're here to stay, oh, I believe in Yesterday. Suddenly… [Subtitles in Spanish say: “… in Marcatoons I will run into Alonso. However, he will not recognize me when he sees my face, since at the races he only sees me from behind…]

Aragones: Well, I am very impressed with the roster “y tal” [and so on]. It made my hair stand on end. Well, except in the back because I have a hairless butt. Welcome to Marcatoons and so on. Take it Gasol!

Marcatoons 2nd season.

Notes:
1. Not sure who this guy is. Another Luis Garcia?
2. Pau Gasol plays basketball for the Spanish National Team. They won the world championship in 2006.
3. Lionel Messi - young, right-sided midfield player for Barca. Achieved even greater fame last season for duplicating two very famous goals by Maradona.
4. Bernd Schuster - new coach of Real Madrid, replacing Fabio Capello
5. Samuel Eto'o - the gazelle of Barca. There were rumors of tension between he and Ronaldinho last season.
7. Predrag Mijatović - Serbian, former player and now Sport Director of Real Madrid.
6. Lewis Hamilton - Fernando Alonso's British race partner. A youngster who happened to beat Alonso a few times last year.

Questions:
1. Can anyone explain the origin of Aragones saying "culo pelao" (hairless butt, bare ass, bald ass, etc)?

[ANTONIO_65]

1. Not sure who this guy is. Another Luis Garcia?

No more Luis Garcia please :P :P
He was a spanish radio commentator,here is:

1. Can anyone explain the origin of Aragones saying "culo pelao" (hairless butt, bare ass, bald ass, etc)?

I'm spanish and I don't have idea why he says it....
un saludo

[mosesmalone]

Originally Posted by shindigo

1. Can anyone explain the origin of Aragones saying "culo pelao" (hairless butt, bare ass, bald ass, etc)?

Aragones speaks in his own language. If you don't speak Spanish, it's impossible to understand him. If you speak Spanish, it's still impossible to understand him.

I would consider culo pelao to be an idiom. In context, it kind of means experience.

[gastador]

Originally Posted by mosesmalone

Aragones speaks in his own language. If you don't speak Spanish, it's impossible to understand him. If you speak Spanish, it's still impossible to understand him.

I would consider culo pelao to be an idiom. In context, it kind of means experience.

I agree, in this old marcatoon http://app5.marca.com/MarcaToons/Ver...dVideo=52&sb=s I think Aragones means exactly that.

Oh, btw, this one is my favourite form last season: http://app5.marca.com/MarcaToons/Ver...dVideo=43&sb=s

[joki]

Andrés Montes is the best commentator there is.
Don't understand Spanish well but I understand kukurukukuuuuu
Tiburón Puyol and Humphrey Bogart Xavi

[west501]

the tragedy of Antonio Puerta has hit us all very hard
he was featured in Tuesday's toon as the radiovoice wished him well before he ultimately lost his battle
no one is in the mood to laugh, so marcatoons have taken (at least) the day off
I think this is a fitting tribute and look forward to their return, laughter will help us heal from this tough moment
cheers and hasta siempre, Antonio


they came back with my favourite footballer/marcatoon: Ronaldinho: Double Citizenship
r10: I swear to the King of Spain and to obey the constitution, and when I say 'obey' I'm serious, not like when I say it to Rijkaard *infectuous laughter*
Camacho: I'll tell you another joke, Racing 0 - Barça 0! Man, you're trying to become Spanish, you still have to answer some questions to see if you're useful. ¿How would you hang a painting at 5 in the afternoon?
r10: I would get a nail and...
Camacho: Wrong! From 4 to 6 we don't work! Shit! For a Spaniard the siesta is sacred! Another, ¿where would you park if you can't find space?
r10: In a parking...
Camacho: NO! You'd double park! Shit, we're Spanish! Alright, last one, ¿what Spanish foods do you know?
r10: Oh! I'm good at this! Paella, tortilla, octopus, gazpacho, cocido, migas, marmitako...
Camacho: Ok! Enough! You've passed, from this day forward *pause* you are Spanish.
r10: Thanks, friend. Though deep down I'll never be a real Spaniard because I've won a World Cup! *infectuous laughter*
Camacho: Shit, what a joke it is to be Spanish.