I found these on postcards and would like to have a meaningful English
translation. Please do not run these through an automatic translator,
instead, tell me the MEANING.  Thanks:
1. Bart Simpson saying "Hey, che cacchio, fatti vivo!!!"
2. Kyle from South Park saying "Che Figata!"
Sorry if these are vulgar.
Thanks

Hi caplan,


   "Hey, che cacchio, fatti vivo" is vulgar in a way. It is - "WTF!
Get around!" I won't expand WTF :-)
   
   "Che Figata!" means "Cool!"

   I didn't use a search engine for this, just an Italian friend :-)


Cheers,
aditya2k

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Request for Answer Clarification by caplan8293-ga on 13 Jun 2002 16:58 PDT

Really? I wouldn't think that Bart Simpson would say WTF...
Doesn't "vivo" mean "live" or something like that?
Both sentences have the word "Che" in them.. What does this mean?
Sorry to be a stickler, I just want my money's worth.. Thanks a lot.

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Clarification of Answer by aditya2k-ga on 13 Jun 2002 17:17 PDT

caplan,

   I've also checked it up with a couple of random italian people on
IRC and Yahoo Messenger. They've confirmed the same. And regarding
Che, they say Che is an add-on which can mean who, where, what it,
that etc... Its like in Singapore where they say How are you, la. La
is a typical Singaporean (suffix).

   Regarding Bart not saying wtf...well...I differ in my opinion.

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Clarification of Answer by aditya2k-ga on 13 Jun 2002 17:20 PDT

Furthermore, vivo means alive, or active...etc..

This is a phrase, we cannot translate it word for word. Moreover, it
is Italian, and neither you nor me know Italian. Running it through an
automatic translator is a disaster.

Quick responses, thanks

Hee!

I think that's probably "WTF, over?".

Idioms being the odd things that they are.

missy-ga

Perhaps this what the Italian translators/dubbers of "The Simpsons"
chose as their equivalent to "Don't have a cow!"

I'll add my sisters translation to the comments (the question at the
end was meant for me):

Hey, che cacchio, fatti vivo!!!"
    -this means: Hey, what the f#@k, keep in touch / let me hear from
you sometime! (literally fatti vivo means: make yourself seen alive;
cacchio dervies from Cazzo which means d#@k)

"Che Figata!" 
     -this means: what a great/cool/awesome time/situation
ex: you went to the beach.  Upon arriving home to describe time spent
at the beach you say "Che Figata" meaning: what an awesome/cool
time/place: Literally "How cool!"

These are really 2 difficult phrases to translate: they are more than
just expressions.

Where did you come upon these phrases?  Are you watching italian
Simpons and South Park??

Thanks for the comment, very clear and concise!

I found these on postcards that were given to me as a gift from a trip to Italy...