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Could anyone correct my transcription? http://www.bbc.com/news/health-21227449
Barista: "Hi, how are you?"
The reporter: "Hi, I'm very well, thank you. Can I get a white coffee and what'd you gonna have?"
Harry Wallop: "I'm more of a cappuccino person, I'm just gonna have a small cappuccino."
Barista: "Anything else for you?"
Reporter: "No. That's it. That's it, thank you. We're on a mission.
Well, here we are, Harry Wallop, it's 10 o'clock on a weekday morning, the first stop on a coffee crawl. Uh, with a copy of your book "Consumed," and the thesis of the book is really, it's about the fall and rise of the British class system, how the old class system is gone in place comes a new class system based on where we shop and what we buy."
Harry: "Well, we are, we are in Mcdonald's and it's food. And there's always been social anxiety over food. Now, whether you sprinkle your salt on the top of the food or you put it on the side. Whether you call it tea, or dinner, or supper, but I think these social anxieties are now on brands and companies. What you have in your kitchen cupboard, or where you are gonna buy your morning cup of coffee? And "Supposedly we are all middle class, and if that is so, then how on earth do we distinguish ourselves from each other? And I think people do actually quite enjoy distinguishing themselves."
Reporter: "Well in the book, you outline quite a number of classes, but why don't you just tell us what the, sort of, three main classes are, that you identified?"
Harry: " Well, one of the biggest, the most successful is the Asda moms, they are the inheritors of the "Worcester Woman" and "Mondeo Man" that all politicians are desperate to get onside. And they know where they like to spend their money. And they like the security of a well-known brand. They don't want anything too {slang for rich/fancy, I don't actually know how to spell it...}. They like good, honest brands and Mcdonalds falls firmly into that category."
Reporter: "All right, Harry, we're now at Costa Coffee. This is the kind of middle, but very large-spanning brand that you've brought me to, and what's the sort of middle class in your categorization?"
Harry: "I call them "Middleton Classes," named after Carol, not Cathrine. She's getting a tarry bad press for being a social climber, but her generation, and people like her, who enjoy trading up, who enjoy "Taste The Difference" from Sainsbury's or Tesco Finest are a very important commercial force in this country and Costa has done fantastically well, they're the biggest coffee chain now in Britain and sales just keep on growing.(I apologize I can't highlight my corrections, there weren't enough characters left to correct your entire entry. And on another note, you've chosen a really tough interview: you need to have a good grasp of British politics of 20 years ago, British retail/coffee chains and some very British slang to really get the words and the meaning behind them. Not easy for even a native but non-British English speaker!)
0 votedFebruary 6, 20162תרגום לאנגלית של המילים של השיר "איידישע ראסטה מאן" 1
אני איידישע ראסטה מאן ואין בי פחד
כולם לשיר איתי ביחד
אני איידישע ראסטה מאן ואין בי פחד
כולם לשיר איתי ביחד
I'm a Yiddishe rasta-man and I have no fear (literally: there is no fear in me)
Everyone sing along with me
I'm a Yiddishe rasta-man and I have no fear
Everyone sing along with me
איידישע ראסטה מאן נלחם כל יום כדי לנשום
אומר תודה לאל כשהוא קם וכשהולך לישון
מפרנס את המשפחה, דואג לחברים
שדואגים להרים ת'ווליומים בספיקרים
איידישע ראסטה מאן ישראלי אסלי
לא מתעסק פה בחארטות, ומדבר רק ראסמי
אז מי, איתי תשימו יד אחד למעלה
איצ'י באן מס' אחד אז יאללה!
A Yiddishe rasta-man fights every day to breathe
He gives thanks to God when he wakes up and when he goes to sleep
Supports his family, cares for his friends
Who take care to raise the speakers' volume
A Yiddishe rasta-man, a true Israeli (note: אסלי is a slang word from Arabic meaning true/authentic)
Doesn't deal with nonsense/bullshit
Only talks purposefully (purposefully is acceptable, but the intention here is more about direct, or blunt talk)
So whoever's with me put a hand in the air
Ichi ban, one number, so come on! (note: ichiban is from Japanese, not Hebrew.)
אין בי פחד להעיז ולהגשים ת'חלומות
לשחות נגד הזרם ולשבור ת'מוסכמות
אומר את האמת שלי, לא לוחץ על ברקסים
דוגרי, נטול שקרים או אינטרסים
שולח כבוד לאחים שהאמינו והשפיעו
בא מהשכונה אז הוא אף פעם לא שוכח מי הוא
מריץ את הדיבור בין הבניינים
יודע שיש אחד למעלה שמנהל את העניינים
נותן לכולם יחס שווה חשוב תמיד לזכור
בלי קשר לדת, גזע, מין, עדה או צבע עור
רואה כל החיים את כולם נלחמים נגד עצמם
אז תמיד דוגל באהבת חינם
I'm not afraid of daring to fulfill my dreams
To swim against the current and break conventions
To speak my truth, to not hit the brakes
Straight up, devoid of lies or personal interests
Sends respect to the/my brothers who believed and motivated
Comes from the hood so he never forgets who he is (hood in the American slang meaning, not literally a neighborhood, but lowly beginnings or a bad environment)
Drives away the chatter (probably the hardest to translate: there's no "direction", literally means: drives the talk between the buildings, which could possibly mean drives the chatter or gossip)
Knows that there is someone above who runs things
Treats everyone equally, it's important to always remember
Regardless of religion, race, gender, ethnicity or skin colour
His whole life seeing people fighting themselves
So he always supports unconditional love0 votedFebruary 6, 20160
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