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Czech to English: Kriminál (English subtitles) General field: Other Detailed field: Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Source text - Czech RECIDIVISTA Pane veliteli, cela sto třináct, počet vězňů: jeden. NOVÁČEK Dobrý den. RECIDIVISTA Nazdar. Máš trabuko? NOVÁČEK Prosím? RECIDIVISTA Trabuko, vole, jestli máš? Čvaňho. Cígo. NOVÁČEK Tak to nemám no, já nekouřím. NOVÁČEK Můžu? Tahle je volná? RECIDIVISTA No jasně, že je volná. Na rozdíl vod nás. NOVÁČEK To jste řekl hezky. RECIDIVISTA Hmm.. Za co seš tady? NOVÁČEK Kvůli manželce. RECIDIVISTA Ále hovno, ty vole, tys jí sejmul? NOVÁČEK Prosím? RECIDIVISTA Řikám, vole, žes jí sundal? NOVÁČEK No, v podstatě… ne. Já jsem tu hlavně kvůli její matce… RECIDIVISTA Jo, takhle. To je taky dobrý. Jako kvůli tchýni? NOVÁČEK Pak ještě trochu kvůli její sestře, jejímu manželovi… RECIDIVISTA Počkej, kvůli manželovi její matky, nebo její sestry? NOVÁČEK No, kvůli oběma. Pak taky kvůli sousedovi, sousedce a jejich psovi. RECIDIVISTA No ty krávo, ty vole, ty jseš dobrej! Ty se mi začínáš líbit, kluku, ty vole! Hele a proč? NOVÁČEK To byla taková smůla. Já jsem chtěl nacouvat do garáže a projel jsem až na zahradu. NOVÁČEK No a voni tam seděli hosti v altánku, žena je pozvala…no tak jsem je sundal. Všecky, jak vy říkáte. Teda až na ženu a její matku, ty byly zrovna v kuchyni pro sekanou. RECIDIVISTA A tys jí mezitím udělal z těch hostů, co? NOVÁČEK Ale voni skoro všichni stačili uhnout. RECIDIVISTA A kolik jich to přežilo? NOVÁČEK Skoro všichni. Akorát tchýně ne. RECIDIVISTA Počkej, dyť jsi říkal, že byla s manželkou v kuchyni, ne? NOVÁČEK No to jo, ale vono jí pak kleplo, když to viděla. Von ten altánek stavěl její otec, dědeček, no a taky tam měli ňákej památeční servis. Teda vlastně v tu chvíli už neměli, žejo. A taky jsem jí projel skalkou. RECIDIVISTA Nekecej, ty vole! A co vostatní? NOVÁČEK Dobrý, akorát pes měl zlomenou nohu, von mu jí soused přišlápl, jak uhejbal. A ten pes ho pak kousnul. Do obličeje. RECIDIVISTA Ty kráso! NOVÁČEK Takže má teďka novej nos. Což mu zase až tak nevadí, von měl předtim takovou skobu vošklivou. RECIDIVISTA No jasně. Takže drobnosti, ne? NOVÁČEK No, drobnosti. Tchánovi nebylo vůbec nic, von se akorát chvilku dávil oříškama, von je vdechnul, jak se lekl. Švagrová už s náma zase mluví. Tý už taky ten jazyk srostl. RECIDIVISTA Ty vole, tak to je hustý! Tak mi řekni, jak se ti to povedlo? V prdeli brzdy, co? NOVÁČEK No, brzdy. Já jsem furt ňák šlapal na plyn. Vony to byly moje narozeniny a já jsem začal trošku slavit už v práci. RECIDIVISTA Jo, takhle, tak to jo. Hele, a kolik jsi dostal? NOVÁČEK Devatenáct let, jedenáct měsíců a šest dní. RECIDIVISTA To by tak odpovídalo? A kam to máš? NOVÁČEK Co kam mám? RECIDIVISTA Ten trest, vole. Kde si to budeš kroutit? NOVÁČEK V Evropě. RECIDIVISTA Jo, v Evropě, tak to je taky docela dobrý, to je dobrý, tam dávaj vyšší pálky. A jak tě propustěj? NOVÁČEK Nehoda na motorce. RECIDIVISTA To je taky dobrý. A výstup máš hned na fleku? NOVÁČEK Ne. Ještě mám den na jednotce intenzivní péče. RECIDIVISTA I to je dobrý. To už se neprobereš. To já mám, kámo, dvakrát vosmdesát let, jako s jednou reinkarnací, chápeš? NOVÁČEK Co jste udělal? RECIDIVISTA Všechno. A víš kde? NOVÁČEK Všude? RECIDIVISTA Ale hovno. Kde si to budu kroutit? V Tibetu. NOVÁČEK V Tibetu? RECIDIVISTA Jo! NOVÁČEK No to mi vůbec nic neřiká… RECIDIVISTA To je klášter, na východě, v prdeli. NOVÁČEK Aha. Hele a jak to tam vypadá? RECIDIVISTA Kde, v tom klášteře? NOVÁČEK Ne, tak celkově… RECIDIVISTA Jó, ty myslíš v base? NOVÁČEK Já jsem tam totiž ještě nikdy nebyl. RECIDIVISTA Já jsem si to myslel, kamaráde. Já na to jdu potřetí a vlastně i počtvrtý. Jak to tam vypadá? Jak to tam vypadá? Jak bych ti to řekl? Hlavně to není úplně klasickej kriminál, to neni jako tady todle. Todle je vazba, to je úplně něco jinýho, žejo. Tam to je planeta se vším všudy. Tam máš prostě vesnice, města, ulice, vole, krámy, buď seš ženatej, nebo nejseš, máš práci, nebo nemáš… Prostě jak to přijde… NOVÁČEK A kdo to určuje? RECIDIVISTA Co kdo určuje? NOVÁČEK No to, co tam budu dělat. RECIDIVISTA To ti nikdo neurčuje. To si určuješ sám. NOVÁČEK Fakt? RECIDIVISTA No jasně, to neni, že nás tam vodvezou a rozdělej nás do ňákejch skupin. To je prostě celej jeden život. Tam. Od narození až do smrti. Jeden trest, jeden život. Dva tresty, dva životy. Tři, že jo…. No a někdo holt má ten trest delší a někdo kratší, no. Ty to máš docela v pohodě. Ty se narodíš, budeš chodit do školy, vole, v devatenácti se vyflákáš na motorce, umřeš a jdeš domů. To si myslim, že může bejt docela klídek. Ale já, kamaráde, ty vole, já mám ten druhej výstup přes rakovinu tlustýho střeva. A to chci vidět. To bude lahůdka, ty vole. NOVÁČEK No ale počkej, teda počkejte… RECIDIVISTA V klidu! NOVÁČEK ..když to….to naše těla jako, to zůstanou tady? RECIDIVISTA No, jasně. Tohle tělo, to jde sem do mrazáku a tohleto to ti daj do těla tam. A tam po uplynutí trestu ti tohle zase vrátěj sem, do těla co je v mrazáku. NOVÁČEK Jo, takhle…jasně! RECIDIVISTA No jasně a co sis myslel? Jako klasická basa? No ty vole, to už je léta zrušený. NOVÁČEK Ale když výstup je smrt, tak to přece můžu… RECIDIVISTA Jó já vim, já vim, co chceš říct. Když výstup je smrt, tak spácháš sebevraždu a jdeš domů, žejo? NOVÁČEK No jasně. RECIDIVISTA No to hovno! Ses zbláznil, to nejde! Si myslíš, že to nikdo nehlídá? Když jseš tam, tak nevíš, že to je trest za něco, cos udělal tady, vole. Si myslíš, že žiješ normální život a snažíš se ho žít, jak nejlíp umíš. A na všechno si vzpomeneš až když se dostaneš zpátky. Sebevražda, kamaráde, ta je jenom za vodměnu. A zdaleka ne pro každýho. NOVÁČEK Vy už jste to někdy absolvoval? RECIDIVISTA Třikrát! (Poznámka: tady se vloudila chyba, správně měl říct „Dvakrát!“ – pouze info) Poslední výstup jsem měl přes jedno město. Stalingrad se to jmenovalo. A to bylo drsný. Tam byla zima, ty vole. NOVÁČEK Hele a všichni, co tam jsou, jsou trestanci? RECIDIVISTA No, všichni. Celá ta planeta, to je dělaný na zakázku pro ministerstvo vnitra. Všechno, vole, všechno je tam vyrobený do posledního zrnka písku. RECIDIVISTA Starý chlapi říkali, že dřív to tam bylo lepší. Úplně na začátku, to tam bylo jen pár muklů, to prej bejvaly ty největší pálky tak do pětadvaceti let. Víc ne. I pak to docela šlo, (Poznámka: tohle bude ještě doplněno) ale potom to začali zvedat a teď už je to úplně v prdeli. Teď je úplně normální, že chlapi dostanou padesát, šedesát, sedumdesát, vosumdesát, devadesát, vole, let. Jsem znal frajera a ten dostal sto tři, vole, sto tři! A musel si to vodsedět do posledního dne, nevodpustili mu vůbec nic, kamaráde. Tak to už je fakt musel asi nasrat. NOVÁČEK Proč mě vlastně dali sem? RECIDIVISTA Zřejmě máme stejnej nástup trestu. To znamená stejný datum narození. Tam. No! Možná bude bráškové, vole. NOVÁČEK To je stejně divný… RECIDIVISTA Nebo sestřičky. NOVÁČEK Počkejte, to je možný? RECIDIVISTA To víš, že to není možný. Ty se narodíš někde v Evropě a já v Tibetu, tak jak by to asi bylo možný? NOVÁČEK Ale né, já myslím tu možnost, že se narodíme jako ženský? RECIDIVISTA Jo tohle. NOVÁČEK To je přece blbost, ne? RECIDIVISTA To víš, že to jde. Neposílaj tě tam za vodměnu, vole. NOVÁČEK Tak to je teda hodně divný… RECIDIVISTA I když na druhou stranu, ty máš bouračku na motorce, viď? NOVÁČEK To je pravda. Díky. RECIDIVISTA Ale taky můžeš bejt spolujezdkyně….na zadnim sedadle. NOVÁČEK To je pravda. Díky. RECIDIVISTA A je to tady. NOVÁČEK Co se děje? RECIDIVISTA Transport, vole. Dělej! NOVÁČEK Už? RECIDIVISTA No dělej! Jo! RECIDIVISTA Jdeme do mrazáku. Maminky čekaj.	Translation - English RECIDIVISTA Warden, cell 113, number of prisoners: one. NOVÁČEK Good afternoon. RECIDIVISTA Hey! Do you have a frajo? NOVÁČEK What? RECIDIVISTA If you got a frajo, man? A butt. A cig. NOVÁČEK No, I don't. Sorry, I don't smoke. NOVÁČEK Can I? Is this one free? RECIDIVISTA Of course it is. Unlike us. NOVÁČEK Nicely put. RECIDIVISTA Hmm... What are you in for? NOVÁČEK My wife. RECIDIVISTA No shit, man. Did you whack her? NOVÁČEK What? RECIDIVISTA I'm saying that you whacked her? NOVÁČEK Oh well... no. I'm in here mainly because of her mother... RECIDIVISTA Ah, I see. That's a good one too. Like your mother-in-law? NOVÁČEK And also slightly because of her sister, her husband... RECIDIVISTA Hold on, 'cause of the husband of her mother or her sister? NOVÁČEK Well, both. And also because of a neighbor, his wife and their dog. RECIDIVISTA Holy crap man, you're good! I'm starting to like you, man! Hey and why? NOVÁČEK It was some kind of bad luck. I wanted to reverse into the garage, but instead I rammed through it and all the way into the yard. NOVÁČEK And we had some guests over in the gazebo, my wife invited them... and so I whacked them. All of 'em, as you say. Well, except my wife and her mother, they were in the kitchen getting the burgers at that moment. RECIDIVISTA And in the meanwhile you hamburgered the guests, right? NOVÁČEK Ale voni skoro všichni stačili uhnout. But almost all of them were able to scurry away. RECIDIVISTA And how many of them survived? NOVÁČEK Almost all of them. Except the mother-in-law. RECIDIVISTA Hold on, you were saying that she was with your wife in the kitchen, right? NOVÁČEK Right, but it killed her when she saw it. The gazebo was built by her father or grandpa, and in there they also had some old heirloom china. Well, at that point they already didn't have it, right? And then I also mowed through her garden. RECIDIVISTA No shit, man! And what about the others? NOVÁČEK Good, only the dog had a broken leg. The neighbor stepped on it as he sidestepped out of the way. And the dog then bit him. In his face. RECIDIVISTA What a beauty! NOVÁČEK So he's got a new nose now. It probably makes no difference to him, before he had such a crooked schnoz. RECIDIVISTA Sure. Such minor details, no? NOVÁČEK Yeah, details. Nothing happened to my father-in-law, he only choked on some nuts for a moment, he inhaled them in the shock of it all. My sister-in-law is speaking with us again, since her tongue also healed. RECIDIVISTA That's pretty dank, man! So tell me, how did it happen? Your brakes fucked up or what? NOVÁČEK Yeah, the breaks. I somehow kept my foot on the gas. I had my birthday and I started to celebrate a bit early, already at work. RECIDIVISTA Ah, I see, got it. Hey and how long did they get you for? NOVÁČEK Nineteen years, eleven months and six days. RECIDIVISTA That sounds like the right amount. And where do you got it? NOVÁČEK Where do I have what? RECIDIVISTA The sentence, dumbass. Where are they gonna lock you up? NOVÁČEK In Europe. RECIDIVISTA Ah, in Europe, well that's also quite good, it's good, that's where they put the longer sentences. And how will they release you? NOVÁČEK Motorcycle accident. RECIDIVISTA That's also not bad. And your exit happens right on the scene of the accident? NOVÁČEK No. I still have one day at the intensive care unit. RECIDIVISTA That's also good. You won't wake up anymore. Dude, I got two eighty years back-to-back, with just one reincarnation, you know? NOVÁČEK What did you do? RECIDIVISTA Everything. And you know where? NOVÁČEK Everywhere? RECIDIVISTA Bullshit. Where am I gonna to do my time? In Tibet. NOVÁČEK In Tibet? RECIDIVISTA Yeah! NOVÁČEK Well that's not telling me anything... RECIDIVISTA It is a monastery, in the East, in bumfuck. NOVÁČEK Uh-huh. Hey and how does it look there? RECIDIVISTA Where, in the monastery? NOVÁČEK No, just overall... RECIDIVISTA Yeah, you mean in the can? NOVÁČEK I have never been there before, you know. RECIDIVISTA That's what I thought, buddy. I'm going there for the third time, well and actually for the fourth time. How does it look there? How does it look there? How would I say it? Well mainly it's not a typical prison, it's not like this here. This here is a police-cell, that there is something completely different, ya' know. That there is an all-inclusive planet. There you just have villages, towns, streets, shit, crap, you're either married or you're not, you've got a job or you don't... It just depends what comes your way... NOVÁČEK And who determines this? RECIDIVISTA What do you mean who determines? NOVÁČEK Well that, what I'm gonna do there. RECIDIVISTA Nobody's going to tell you what. You will figure it out on your own. NOVÁČEK Really? RECIDIVISTA Of course, it's not like they are gonna take you there and then separate us into some kind of groups. That's just one whole life. There. From birth to death. One sentence, one life. Two sentences, two lives. Three, ya' know... Well and somebody just has the sentence longer and somebody shorter. You pretty much have it all good. You'll be born, you'll go to school, man, at nineteen you'll get wrecked up on a motorcycle, you'll die and go home. I think this might be a chilled life. But me, buddy, dude, I have the second exit through cervical cancer. That I wanna see. That's gonna be the icing, man. NOVÁČEK Hold up a minute, hold on... RECIDIVISTA Just relax! NOVÁČEK ... you mean like our bodies will stay here? RECIDIVISTA Well, sure. This body it is going to be here in the freezer and this over here, they'll put in your body there. And there after your jail time, they will put this back here, in the body that's in the freezer. NOVÁČEK Oh, I see... got it. RECIDIVISTA Of course and what did you think? Like a regular jail? No man, it doesn't exist for years now. NOVÁČEK But if death is the exit, then I can... RECIDIVISTA Yeah, I know, I know what you wanna say. If death is the exit, then you can commit suicide and go home, right? NOVÁČEK That's right. RECIDIVISTA Hell no! Are you insane, that's not possible! You think that nobody's stopping that? When you're there, then you don't know that it's it's a sentence for something you have done here, man. You think, that you live an ordinary life and you try to live it to the fullest. And you will remember everything only after you get back. Suicide, my friend, is only a reward. And certainly not for everybody. NOVÁČEK You have already gone through that before? RECIDIVISTA Three times! (Two times!) The last exit I had through one town. It was called Stalingrad. And it was fucked up. It was really cold there, man. NOVÁČEK Hey and all who are there, are prisoners? RECIDIVISTA Yeah, everybody. The whole planet is made by the order of the State Department. Everything, man, everything is manufactured to the last grain of sand. RECIDIVISTA Old guys used to say, that earlier it was better there. Right at the beginning, there were only a few inmates, they say that the longest sentences were up to twenty-five years. Not more. And then after that it was okay, But afterwords they started to increase them and now it's totally fucked up. It's completely normal that guys get fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, freakin' years. I knew a dude that got a hundred and three, man one hundred and three! And he had to carry it out to the last day, they didn't reduce his time at all, man. So, he really had to piss them off. NOVÁČEK Why did they put me here? RECIDIVISTA We probably have the same incarceration. That means the same birth date. There. Well, we might be bros, man. NOVÁČEK It's still weird... RECIDIVISTA Or maybe sisters. NOVÁČEK Hold on, is that possible? RECIDIVISTA Of course it is not possible. You'll be born somewhere in Europe and I in Tibet, so how would that be possible? NOVÁČEK No, I mean the possibility that we'd be born as women? RECIDIVISTA Oh that. NOVÁČEK It's nonsense, isn't it? RECIDIVISTA Of course it is possible. This is not like a grand prize, man. NOVÁČEK Well, that's just really weird... RECIDIVISTA Although on the other hand, you'll have the motorcycle accident, right? NOVÁČEK That's right. Thanks. RECIDIVISTA But you might be riding bitch... on the back seat. NOVÁČEK That's right. Thanks. RECIDIVISTA And here it comes. NOVÁČEK What's going on? RECIDIVISTA The transport, man. Move it! NOVÁČEK Already? RECIDIVISTA Well, yeah! Move it! RECIDIVISTA We're going to the freezer. Mothers are waiting.

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I am a Czech-American with English as my native language. I moved to the Czech Republic over three years ago, where I successfully completed Charles University's intensive language course for foreigners at the intermediate level.

I have approximately one year experience translating and editing, specializing namely in the following fields:

-advertising
-restaurant (menus)
-travel brochures
-greeting cards
-resumes

Everything I translate I ensure has the highest quality. In order to do this I break it down into three steps.
1. I translate the document into English.
2. My partner who is a native Czech speaker reviews it for accuracy.
3. I finalize with a through edit.

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