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English translation: kidnappers of robots

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English term or phrase:robot-nappers
Selected answer:kidnappers of robots
Entered by: Mohamed Fouda

19:59 Feb 11, 2022
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama /
English term or phrase: robot-nappers
-Where's Robot? And my remote?
-We don't know!
- You used the remote to steal him!
Confess!
-No, we just came here to...
-Fly Bots! Seize the rotten robot-nappers!
And power up the Truth Ray!
Mohamed Fouda
Egypt
Local time: 15:45
kidnappers of robots
Explanation:
It's a made-up word, based on the concept of 'kidnapper' = someone who captures a person against their will, possibly as a hostage or to obtain a ransom, for example.

So they think the robot has been abducted.
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 14:45
Grading comment
Thanks, everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +4kidnappers of robots
Tony M
5 +2robot-nappers
Ingunn Henrikssen


Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
robot-nappers


Explanation:
Robot-nappers is a made up term that combines robot with kidnapper. The term should stay as written - it's funny and so fits well in the dialogue.

Ingunn Henrikssen
United States
Local time: 07:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in Norwegian (Bokmal)Norwegian (Bokmal)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I assume this is being translated into Arabic, so it can't stay as written.
2 mins
agree  Clauwolf
31 mins
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: whether or not it stays (and I assume this is being translated FROM English), it should not be the same headline term
42 mins
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
kidnappers of robots


Explanation:
It's a made-up word, based on the concept of 'kidnapper' = someone who captures a person against their will, possibly as a hostage or to obtain a ransom, for example.

So they think the robot has been abducted.

Tony M
France
Local time: 14:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 79
Grading comment
Thanks, everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes. Looks like some people think it's acceptable these days to use the same term in the "answer"
37 mins
  -> Thanks, Yvonne!
agree  Guilherme Zeitune
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Guilherme!
agree  Badri Seyed Jalali
1 day 11 mins
  -> Thanks, Badri!
agree  Anastasia Kalantzi
1 day 1 hr
  -> Efharisto Anastasia!
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