Showing posts with label not in the anus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label not in the anus. Show all posts

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Wonder how he dies

I'm translating a kung fu movie where the protagonist, having mastered the Shaolin Invincible Body technique, renders himself impervious to harm - his only weak spot is his anus. I'll give you a moment to savor that one. I've yet to actually see it*, so my imagination is just teeming with images. Take for instance this exchange:

- Mom said that after you've been immersed in the wine, the only part vulnerable is your anus.
- Do I have to walk like this from now on?

You'd think it would be the Greeks who'd go there first, but no. It was the Chinese.

* the movie is in Mandarin, and I have a - sort of - English script, so the process is inverted: first I translate the lines, and then try to match and adjust them to the video