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허걱, 흑흑, 아앙, 엉엉, 까아악, 캬오

English translation: Sob, sob, waaah, boo-hoo, caw/rarrr, kaboom/bazoom

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Korean term or phrase:허걱, 흑흑, 아앙, 엉엉, 까아악, 캬오
English translation:Sob, sob, waaah, boo-hoo, caw/rarrr, kaboom/bazoom
Entered by: Tae Kim

04:32 Jan 14, 2008
Korean to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Korean term or phrase: 허걱, 흑흑, 아앙, 엉엉, 까아악, 캬오
I was translating a children's movie script, and I cam across these very authentic Korean words that I found very hard to translate into English. The movie is for children, and it is filled with these sounds of crying, something blowing up, or monsters making screaming sounds. How would these words be translated as?
Tae Kim
United States
Local time: 02:06
Sob, sob, waaah, boo-hoo, caw/rarrr, kaboom/bazoom
Explanation:
or, um, something like that... :-) Actually I'm afraid (a lot) more context is needed to give a plausible answer. BTW, is 까아악 really used for the sound of something blowing up? In my experience it's mostly used for the calls of crows and magpies.
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Samuel Henderson
United States
Local time: 04:06
Grading comment
Thank you very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Shhh, Sop-sop(Snip-snip), Uh (Huh), Boo-Aah, Caw-caw, Wow (Ulala)
Joon Oh
3 +1Sob, sob, waaah, boo-hoo, caw/rarrr, kaboom/bazoom
Samuel Henderson


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Sob, sob, waaah, boo-hoo, caw/rarrr, kaboom/bazoom


Explanation:
or, um, something like that... :-) Actually I'm afraid (a lot) more context is needed to give a plausible answer. BTW, is 까아악 really used for the sound of something blowing up? In my experience it's mostly used for the calls of crows and magpies.

Samuel Henderson
United States
Local time: 04:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  festinalente: Is it possible '까아악' is a typo of '꺄아악'? If so, that is the sound of a human screaming. In that case, just go with 'Ahhhhhhh!!!!.' Anyways, very interesting topic. You might want to google 'onomatopoeia' or 'sound words.'
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Shhh, Sop-sop(Snip-snip), Uh (Huh), Boo-Aah, Caw-caw, Wow (Ulala)


Explanation:
허걱 (Shhh!)
어떠한 일을 당함에 놀라거나 난처한 심정을 나타내는 감탄사.
헉에 이은 파생어.

흑흑(Sob, sob! Snip, snip)
설움이 북받쳤을 때 울면서 느끼어내는 소리

아앙(Uh! Huh!)
반 인정요구소리

엉엉(Boo-Aah! )
목을 놓아 크게 우는 소리, 엄살을 부리며 괴로운 처지를 하소연하는 소리

까아악(caw, caw)
까치 우는 소리/ 까치는 '까아악 까아악'하고 운다

캬오(Wow, Ulala, )
기쁘고, 칭찬할 때 감탄사

Joon Oh
Brazil
Local time: 06:06
Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much.

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