Talk:shithole

Vietnamese translation
This Vietnamese translation of the term used by U.S. president Donald J. Trump has appeared in the Vietnamese press: hố phân. 76.189.141.37 06:49, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That doesn't mean it's the proper translation. I've been reading many articles that choose to bowdlerise or modify the translation to suit their audience. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 08:48, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, French translated as "pays de merde" (lit.: "shit country") but "merde" doesn't mean "shithole". Taiwan: 鳥不生蛋國家 / 鸟不生蛋国家 (niǎo bù shēng dàn guójiā) - "countries where birds don't lay eggs", Japan: 便所のように汚い国 (benjo no yō ni kitanai kuni) - "countries dirty as toilets". --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 08:58, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
 * There's an entire French article (referenced by French Wikipedia) debating how this should be translates in various languages. See here. My favourite is the Serbian translation as vukojebina. Nfitz (talk) 23:55, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The Koreans newspapers translated as . 'Thanks' to Trump, the East Asian transliterations have become popular: Korean or, Japanese . --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 07:42, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

RFV discussion: January 2018
Rfv-sense: A hole into which one defecates. Tagged but not listed. DTLHS (talk) 02:31, 13 January 2018 (UTC)


 * cited Kiwima (talk) 03:19, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 02:35, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Wait a minute . . . if you could cite it, why did the RfV fail? Khemehekis (talk) 07:46, 21 January 2018 (UTC)