Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
faire péter les watts
English translation:
pump up the volume
Added to glossary by
Roberta Beyer
Dec 7, 2011 15:09
12 yrs ago
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French term
United States
Legal / Contracts / Business / Technical
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English
faire péter les watts
French to English
Other
Slang
video game dialog
Hi all,
This is from a video game dialog. From google, I know it's the name of a song, but I have no idea what it means. Some context is below, though it's only from character so it's very one-sided.
Bon, je vais plutôt aller boire une mousse.
Bon, ok, autant faire continuer le film, ou pas. Chais pas. Pfff.
Brrr, ça fout les chocottes…
Woah! Matez-moi ça, Mr Agressif,c’est qu'il me zigouillerait le doigt, héhé!
Hmm, d'ailleurs, si j'en crois la pub sur le site web, c'est pas que le doigt, en fait, ce petit mec est, genre, mortel, héhé.
M'en vais faire un peu péter les watts moi!
Ouaaais.. Ce truc, c'est du nec.. Necto… Niktu.. enfin, nectruc pour les oreilles quoi.
Attention: Mortel, à manier avec précaution…
Centru….roides….noxius…: Scorpion Mexicain.
Ok, je sais pas si j'ai bien fait d'acheter un scorpion sur le net…
This is from a video game dialog. From google, I know it's the name of a song, but I have no idea what it means. Some context is below, though it's only from character so it's very one-sided.
Bon, je vais plutôt aller boire une mousse.
Bon, ok, autant faire continuer le film, ou pas. Chais pas. Pfff.
Brrr, ça fout les chocottes…
Woah! Matez-moi ça, Mr Agressif,c’est qu'il me zigouillerait le doigt, héhé!
Hmm, d'ailleurs, si j'en crois la pub sur le site web, c'est pas que le doigt, en fait, ce petit mec est, genre, mortel, héhé.
M'en vais faire un peu péter les watts moi!
Ouaaais.. Ce truc, c'est du nec.. Necto… Niktu.. enfin, nectruc pour les oreilles quoi.
Attention: Mortel, à manier avec précaution…
Centru….roides….noxius…: Scorpion Mexicain.
Ok, je sais pas si j'ai bien fait d'acheter un scorpion sur le net…
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | pump up the volume |
Tony M
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| 4 +3 | at full blast |
Emiliano Pantoja
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| 3 +1 | make it real loud |
FBringoud
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Proposed translations
+5
1 hr
Selected
pump up the volume
...is certainly what it means; however, I fear that this expression in EN may by now already be a bit passé?
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:15:38 GMT)
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I think the speaker probably means "I'm gonna play me some sounds REAL LOUD!" — I'm assuming it's referring to going off to listen to some 'music' rather than the video game itself?
'mettre les watts' means 'turn the sound up', and 'faire péter...' means 'play something REALLY loud!'
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:16:08 GMT)
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Sorry, I've only just spotted Emiliano's discussion post and addition to his answer...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:18:01 GMT)
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In this particular context, I think it means "I'm going off to listen to some really loud music"
'mettre les watts' means 'turn the sound up', and 'faire péter...' means to play something REALLY LOUD!
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:18:40 GMT)
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Oh, sorry, I've only just spotted Emiliano's discussion post and the addition to his answer: great minds think alike!
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 17:00:59 GMT)
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Oops, have been having some problems with the server this evening, didn't seem to have registered my posts when I refreshed, but now I see it had after all!
Apologies for the duplication!
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:15:38 GMT)
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I think the speaker probably means "I'm gonna play me some sounds REAL LOUD!" — I'm assuming it's referring to going off to listen to some 'music' rather than the video game itself?
'mettre les watts' means 'turn the sound up', and 'faire péter...' means 'play something REALLY loud!'
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:16:08 GMT)
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Sorry, I've only just spotted Emiliano's discussion post and addition to his answer...
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:18:01 GMT)
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In this particular context, I think it means "I'm going off to listen to some really loud music"
'mettre les watts' means 'turn the sound up', and 'faire péter...' means to play something REALLY LOUD!
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 16:18:40 GMT)
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Oh, sorry, I've only just spotted Emiliano's discussion post and the addition to his answer: great minds think alike!
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-12-07 17:00:59 GMT)
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Oops, have been having some problems with the server this evening, didn't seem to have registered my posts when I refreshed, but now I see it had after all!
Apologies for the duplication!
Peer comment(s):
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EirTranslations
20 mins
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¡Gracias, Beatriz!
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| agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
29 mins
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Thanks, Nikki!
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Agnes T-H
: Definitely that!
2 hrs
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Merci, Agnes !
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Yolanda Broad
7 hrs
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Thanks, Yolanda!
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Yvonne Gallagher
1 day 5 hrs
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Thanks, Gallagy!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
38 mins
Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Spain
Spain
Lawyer and Translator
Native in: Spanish
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 4 more.
at full blast
play music at full blast
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Note added at 43 minutos (2011-12-07 15:52:57 GMT)
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or pump up the volume as I suggested. I prefer "at full blast"
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Note added at 45 minutos (2011-12-07 15:54:40 GMT)
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play the game at full blast
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Note added at 43 minutos (2011-12-07 15:52:57 GMT)
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or pump up the volume as I suggested. I prefer "at full blast"
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Note added at 45 minutos (2011-12-07 15:54:40 GMT)
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play the game at full blast
Peer comment(s):
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Philippa Smith
: I prefer "pump up the volume": it probably is a sound thing, 'cos of the reference to "oreilles"
26 mins
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Thanks
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Tony M
: Something along the lines of 'pump up the volume'; 'at full blast' would be tricky to fit in with the syntax here...
32 mins
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Thanks
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
53 mins
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Thanks
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Discussion
If you consider the whole sentence, then something like :
"I'm off to do some sound blastin'"
"See ya. I'm gonna blast out some sound"
Not the best expression, but providing the answer for the term in the header and sticking it into the context of the sentence where it appears, there is a bit of a gap!