My Firefly swearing icon translation.

[luckylove]

From here

This took a bit of work. Thank goodness this computer can read Chinese characters and allows Firefox to search for them within a site.

Thanks to these characters, 的, 口, 天, 下, 人, 子, I found the actual phrases and their translations. It took my brain far too long to kick into gear and remember to read the columns right to left. I need more chocolate.

* Ye1su1, ta1ma1 de5 . . .
* 耶穌，他媽的……・耶稣，他妈的……
* "Yeh-soo, ta ma duh..."
* "Hay-soose-mother-of-jumped-up--"
* Jayne ("Jaynestown"), as Hero of Canton song starts

* Tian1sha1 de5 e4mo2. [CUT]
* 天殺的惡魔。・天杀的恶魔。
* "Tyen-sah duh UH-muo."
* "Goddamn monsters."
* Simon ("Ariel"), referring to River's experimenters

* He1 chu4sheng5 za2jiao1 de5 zang1huo4!
* 喝畜生雜交的髒貨！・喝畜生杂交的脏货！
* Huh choo-shung tza-jiao duh tzang-huo! [Book sounds like Huh choo-sang hmm zah-jah dah tahng-hwa.]
* "Filthy fornicators of livestock!"
* Book ("War Stories"), referring to Niska and henchmen, on seeing Mal's ear

* Ta1 shi4 suo3you3 di4yu4 de5 biao3zi5 de5 ma1!
* 她是所有地獄的婊子的媽！・她是所有地狱的婊子的妈！
* "Tah-shr SUO-yo DEE-yure duh biao-tze duh MAH!"
* "whores in hell!"
* Kaylee ("Trash"), on seeing Saffron's engine sabotage

* Ni3 ta1ma1 de5. Tian1xia4 suo3you3 de5 ren2. Dou1 gai1si3.
* 你他媽的。天下所有的人。都該死。・你他妈的。天下所有的人。都该死。
* "Ni ta ma de. Tianxia suoyoude ren. Dou gaisi." [Mal sounds like Nee ta ma duh. Tyen-shia soy ya duh ren. Doh goy swa.]
* "Everyone under the heavens ought to die."
* Mal ("Serenity, Part 1"), on learning there's a mole on board

* Liu2 kou3shui3 de5 biao3zi5 he2 hou2zi5 de5 ben4 er2zi5.
* 流口水的婊子和猴子的笨兒子。・流口水的婊子和猴子的笨儿子。
* "Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze." [sic; River sounds like Liou coe shway duh bia-tze huh hoe-tze doo bun ur-tze]
* "Stupid son of a drooling whore and a monkey."
* River ("Safe"), ranted at Mal

* Wo3 de5 ma1 he2 ta1 de5 feng1kuang2 de5 wai4sheng5 dou1
* 我的媽和她的瘋狂的外甥都・我的妈和她的疯狂的外甥都
* "Wuh duh ma huh tah duh fong kwong duh wai shung" [sic; Wash sounds like Woo duh ma huh ta duh fong-kwong duh wai-shuh doo.]
* "Holy mother of god and all her wacky nephews"
* Wash ("Our Mrs. Reynolds"), response to Saffron's advances

Comments

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

I've heard the "wacky nephews" one before, but thanks VERY much for the rest!

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. It was frustrating and fun trying to find them.

[nirikina.livejournal.com]

Hahah! Yup, and I remember all those scenes :-)

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

I must learn River's line. I can think of many situations where it would be appropriate. Just have to hope that no one around can understand Mandarin!