Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Sex slave of venture capitalists

Japanese translation:

ベンチャー キャピタリスト(達)の ひも

Added to glossary by KathyT
Aug 3, 2005 22:29
18 yrs ago
English term

Sex slave of venture capitalists

Non-PRO English to Japanese Bus/Financial Slang strange? :-)
I want to call myself "sex slave of venture capitalists" ;-)
like a joke :-)

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com (asker) Aug 4, 2005:
Just installed Windows Japanese Language support, I see something in kanji!!

���̓z�� How does this compare to sex slave?

Non-ProZ.com (asker) Aug 4, 2005:
possibly clearing things up, or not :-) As literal a translation as possible after I explain the best I can :-)
OK, here we go....
"Sex slave" is important to be left intact, in some manner, and a male one at that....
I have been having a friendly discussion with somebody who is of a communist persuasion. I seem to have taken the role of the capitalist supporter.

I am trying to make a self-deprecating joke that I should end up being the
"sex slave of venture capitalists" to pay for my sin of being a non-communist! A plain old CAPITALIST would be fine I guess.

*I promise there will be no Japan-Asia consequences!
**I won't be able to pronounce anything unless a latin alphabet version is provided :-(
The suggested answer I see so far (Kaori Myatt) is not displaying properly (random symbols), I will have to change encoding and hope for the best, lol!



KathyT Aug 4, 2005:
Definitely seconding that. What about something like "Worked to the bone/overworked, etc."
Kurt Hammond Aug 4, 2005:
With the historical significance of 'comfort women' and Japan-Asia relations, that might have unexpected consequences. While I do understand the idea behind your joke, I have concerns if it is translatable into the Japanese sense of humor.
Will Matter Aug 3, 2005:
Do you need the pronunciation for this or can you read it?
KathyT Aug 3, 2005:
Do you mean in the sense that you work for/with venture capitalists or that you boyfriend/girlfriend/partner is a venture capitalist? If it's the former, perhaps something like "work slave" or just 'slave' would be more appropriate?

Proposed translations

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6 hrs
Selected

Benchaa Kyapitarisuto-no Himo

ベンチャー キャピタリストの ひも
Where "Benchaa Kyapitarisuto" = "Venture Capitalist"
"-no" -possessive
"Himo" = gigolo, toyboy, etc.

The literal meaning of "himo" is string/cord/tie, etc. which is where the double entendre comes from...

This would probably work much better than "sex slave" if you are planning to say it to a Native Japanese person (was that the idea?)
Won't get you into any of that PC strife, either, hehehe...

HTH ;-)

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Note added at 1 day 40 mins (2005-08-04 23:10:10 GMT)
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In response to Yoshimine-san¥'s note:
¥"Pimp¥" is certainly another meaning of ¥'himo¥'. Yet *surely* you have heard it used as per my description! If not, here¥'s a little webidence:

From Eijiro (admittedly not always the most reliable dictionary source but nevertheless):

gigolo 【名】 愛人、女のひも、体を売る男、男娼◆【同】prostitute
女のひも => gigolo

Also:
http://www.geocities.jp/sio_wings/Diary1.html から
◎今日の単語
 ・単身赴任    He works away from home.
 ・Tom boy    おてんば
  Toy boy     ひも

http://www.junktrax.com/gigolo/ から
ジゴロ[gigolo フランス]
 女にたよって生活している男。ひも。(新修広辞典…集英社)
 女に頼って働かない男。ひも。(カタカナ新語辞典…学研)
 女にたかって生活する男。転じて、男妾。ひも。(広辞苑…岩波書店)

アメリカンジョーク#33In a divorce case, the local gigolo was brought to the stand, accused of sleeping with the plaintiff’s wife. 離婚法廷に町の「女たらしのひも」が引き立てられる。 罪状は被害者の妻が寝取られたというもの。 The judge asked, ¥"This man claims ...
www.geocities.jp/darabojp/miami33.html

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www.infoseek.co.jp/SRedirect?qt=GIGO& type=kokugo&svx=101505

No-sword sans frontieres (old)... だからまあそういう意味で確かに言われたくない言葉なのだ。日本語の「ひも」 のニュアンスがよく分からないけど、それににてるかもしれない。あれって英語の「 gigolo」のほうがいいんじゃないかな。 でも、70s ...
no-sword.sieve.net/sans/?11280829

etc.etc.etc.....
Peer comment(s):

agree Will Matter : Good alternate suggestion. Wonder if the person he intends to say it to is Japanese or not? We see it ALL here, don't we? Shinjirarenai na. :0)
11 hrs
haha. THanks, willmatter-san ;-)
neutral Yoshimine : Please see my explanation below.
13 hrs
Thanks for your comment, Yoshimine-san. Please see my response ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Hey thanks! Almost thought you and Yoshimine were going to start brawling :-) "
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5 mins

ベンチャーキャピタリストたちの愛の奴隷

Sex Slave is not very common expression...

性の奴隷 might be an alternative...

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Note added at 2005-08-04 07:21:03 (GMT)
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Conglatulations on vewing Japanese Charactors, Tex.
性の奴隷 Sei no dorei
愛の奴隷 Ai no dorei

愛の奴隷 is more like ¥"love slave¥". 性の奴隷 is sex slave.

Pronounciation is something like...
¥"Bencha Kapitaristo tachi no Sei no Dorei¥"
Peer comment(s):

agree Will Matter
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+1
19 hrs

Just a suggestion

Not for grading.

To KathyT

I like your idea, KathyT. But I don稚 agree with your selection of "himo,
Peer comment(s):

neutral KathyT : Hello, Yoshimine-san. This is certainly another way that 'himo' is used. Thanks for pointing that out. However, please refer to my additional comments.//P'haps you're reading too much into it?私もAskerが"(male) sex slave"と指定してくる理由が解りませんが
5 hrs
Thanks for note, KathyT. But himo isn't a whore or gigolo. Please read my addition above.
agree proto : ヒモ means "a freeloader" to most people, so the meaning of the phrase is reversed with "himo." In answerer's defense, "sex slave" cannot be used metaphorically in JPN, so the task is impossible.
5 days
Thank you, proto-san. I am simply saying here that I woul;d use 「売春夫」 instead of 「ヒモ」, and it makes much more sense to me as the same reason you mentioned. But it's thier choice, and I respect that.
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