JPablo
October 31, 2011, 02:00 PM
I looked for a definition of "A tisket, a tasket" and found the data on Ella Fitzgerald song, and the complete article in Wikipedia...
I also found this sentence,
“'A tisket, a tasket, a head in a basket-it cannot reply to questions you ask it. '”
What I am actually trying to translate is,
"A tisket a tasket her mind is in a basket."
(Referring to a girl being drugged with psychotropics...)
If someone has a good "rhyming" Spanish sounding "tisket-tasket" that goes with any of these expressions =
"Cabeza hueca, llena de pájaros, vacía, hecha un bolo"
That will be helpful.
Another option would be invent something to go with the literal translation, I don't know "Una tacha, un tacho, la cabeza en un cesto"...
But like Les Luthiers say, "¡que lo digas rimando!".
At any rate, any pointers or ideas on this will be welcome...
I'll come up with something myself, but your input is always helpful.
"Un cuco, una cuca, su cabeza está ya hueca" (even if not rhyming has a little alliteration...)
"Un bolo-bolo, una bola-bola... su cabeza se ha hecho bolas"
Well, you tell me...
I also found this sentence,
“'A tisket, a tasket, a head in a basket-it cannot reply to questions you ask it. '”
What I am actually trying to translate is,
"A tisket a tasket her mind is in a basket."
(Referring to a girl being drugged with psychotropics...)
If someone has a good "rhyming" Spanish sounding "tisket-tasket" that goes with any of these expressions =
"Cabeza hueca, llena de pájaros, vacía, hecha un bolo"
That will be helpful.
Another option would be invent something to go with the literal translation, I don't know "Una tacha, un tacho, la cabeza en un cesto"...
But like Les Luthiers say, "¡que lo digas rimando!".
At any rate, any pointers or ideas on this will be welcome...
I'll come up with something myself, but your input is always helpful.
"Un cuco, una cuca, su cabeza está ya hueca" (even if not rhyming has a little alliteration...)
"Un bolo-bolo, una bola-bola... su cabeza se ha hecho bolas"
Well, you tell me...