How do you translate कहके लेंगे उसकी? My longest 🧵 thread to date. @anuragkashyap72 @JaideepAhlawat @Nawazuddin_S @itspiyushmishra @humasqureshi @vineetkumar_s @sharmamatvipin @FuhSePhantom @JarPictures @Viacom18Studios In this thread, I shall examine different translations of the iconic line from Gangs of Wasseypur (part I), using back-translations into English to give you an idea of the choices made. 2/20

📖 1968 में फ़्राँसीसी साहित्यकार जॉर्ज पेरैक ने सबसे विचित्र उपन्यास लिखा। आइए मैं आपको इसके बारे में बताता हूँ। 1/6 La Disparition, जिसका अर्थ लोप भी हो सकता है और निधन भी, पहली नज़र में महज़ एक थ्रिलर उपन्यास है। लेकिन इसकी ख़ासियत यह है कि इसके पूरे 300 पन्नों में आपको एक भी e नहीं मिलेगा। जबकि यही फ़्राँसीसी भाषा का सबसे अधिक उपयोग किया जाने वाला अक्षर है। 2/6

So how much would it take to get French subs done?, is a question I get asked often. 1/9 To which I invariably respond: 2/9

From June 1940 to August 1944, @Paris lived under Nazi occupation. But what happened to cinemas? A thread. 1/8 The foreign occupying forces requisitioned three films theatres, that were reserved exclusively for the recreation of their own troops: @legrandrex, the Marignan and the now defunct Parisiana. 2/8

🇮🇳 Take a #Hindi song by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shankar Jaikishan, झूमता मौसम मस्त महीना, sung here by Manna Dey and @mangeshkarlata. 1/5
🇬🇷 Would you like to hear it in #Greek? Listen to Beba Blanche in “Ligo Ligo Tha Me Sinithisis”. 2/5

🇵🇰🥃🇮🇳 Both Pakistani and Indian companies market a locally manufactured #brandy called “Doctor(’s)”. 1/6 But if you look at the Pakistani brandy’s label, made by Murree Brewery, you’ll notice that it’s supposedly produced “under arrangement with Dr Gourgand & Co, 16100 France”. This caught my attention. 2/6

If you haven’t watched #AKvsAK (@VikramMotwane 🇮🇳 2020) yet, watch it! It’s amazing and kaleidoscopic! 🤩 1/10 Chances are you’ll need #subtitles, though. And since you people don’t sit through the end credits 🙄, I have compiled a list of (nearly all) #subtitlers. 😇 #loveyoursubtitler #nameyoursubtitler 2/10

आज पता चला कि फ़्राँस में #मिर्ज़ाग़ालिब के नाम से वाइन बनती है। 🍇✍🏼🍷
मैं और बज़्म-ए-मय से यूँ तिश्ना-काम आऊँ
गर मैं ने की थी तौबा साक़ी को क्या हुआ था @Rekhta

https://twitter.com/TheDilliMirror/status/1343046716979863552

This letter by Ghalib suggests that French wines, including champagne, were available back then. 🍷🤪🍾
👉🏼 books.google.fr/books?id=9mtpZ…

Do Bigha Zamin (Bimal Roy 🇮🇳 1953) competed for the Grand Prix at @Festival_Cannes in 1954. Its French title was ‘Deux hectares de terre’. 1/5
festival-cannes.com/fr/films/do-bi… This thread 👇🏼 explains why I am not convinced by the translation. There is a huge difference between a bigha and a hectare, and 2 ha would not make you a poor farmer. 2/5

https://twitter.com/fxdurandy/status/895974937999151105?s=20

In 1896, self-made entrepreneur Charles Pathé (1863–1957) created a film factory in @VincennesVille near Paris. @fondation_pathe 1/4 It seems that Dadasaheb Phalke received some training there (in 1912?). 2/4

Who are these fansubbers? Selfless cinéphiles, useful idiots or plain copyright bandits? 🤔 @cristweets @malsubtitles
thenewsminute.com/article/money-… OK, one thing I like about @MalSubtitles is their gorgeous Malayalised posters. 😍 #മലയാളലിപി

📖 This piece in @dawn_com intrigued me. What could it mean to #translate #Premchand into #Urdu? #اردو #हिंदी 1/n
dawn.com/news/1590368 Premchand’s last unfinished novel #Mangalsutra can be read here in its #Devanagari version. #मंगलसूत्र 2/n
hindisamay.com/premchand%20sa…