Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

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Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby desitrader » Sat May 06, 2017 9:26 pm

Such a simple thing but I am really struggling to find translations for this.

This is the "Yesss!" that people would say when their team scores a goal, or they kill an opponent in a video game.

I need translations in German, Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish and Norwegian, please.

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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Serpent » Sat May 06, 2017 10:05 pm

As far as I can tell, people just say yes in their L1 or maybe English (jeees :D). The dictionary entries for "yay", "hooray" or "squee" might also be helpful.
(obviously I have no idea whether this applies to Japanese, and despite having witnessed French people celebrating both Sarkozy's and their football team's victories I don't remember if they screamed oui)
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Steve » Sat May 06, 2017 11:08 pm

This seems to be something often accompanied with physical movements as well. I'm not sure a simple translation of the word carries all of the meaning being communicated.

Whenever I use "YESSSS!" or "OH YEAH!", it is usually accompanied (with escalating levels of intensity) by a small head bob, or a larger head bob, or a hand clap, or a fist pump, or a slight jump in the air ending with a stiff legged landing simultaneously with a fist pump, or a double fist pump during a jump and landing. I often use the small head bob when achieving small successes writing computer code or reaching some milestone in foreign language study. My only recollection of using the double fist pump jump was when I found out I passed my PhD written prelims. (I'm not being completely facetious here. My verbal exclamations are similar across the whole range. It is my physical reaction that carries the main meaning and intensity.)

Are there different physical movements or gestures accompanying such exclamations in other cultures?
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Serpent » Sat May 06, 2017 11:23 pm

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yes#Interjection

The gestures may vary but the ones you described are pretty universal afaiu (at least in the western world, including Russia). I might do a dance-like movement too, maybe just with my hands/arms. Depending on the context, \m/ might be appropriate too.
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Speakeasy » Sat May 06, 2017 11:26 pm

I agree with the respondents.

I do not seem to have permission for appending images, so the following LINK will have to suffice: https://www.google.ca/search?q=Yesss&rls=com.microsoft:en-CA:IE-ContextMenu&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQiuqusdzTAhVm2IMKHfUCBToQsAQIJQ&biw=911&bih=395&dpr=1.5#spf=1

Over the years, I have noticed that many Anglophones in Canada and the United States, with a view to adding emphasis -- either positive or negative -- or extended meaning, have a tendency to place exaggerated stress on specific syllables or consonants of certain words; "yesss" being a prime example where the extended and emphatically-pronounced "s" is meant to express enthusiasm, exaltation, resolve, et cetera.

Interestingly, many Québécois Francophones, with a view to expressing an emphatically negative feeling, place additional stress on the final "s-sound" of some words such as in the example of "s'tie d'polissse!" for "damned police" wherein the final "sss" is pronounced as an emphatic hiss.

As to the OP's question, I wonder if other cultures have a similar phonetic manner of adding stress for the purposes of emphasis (either positive or negative) or for extended meaning.
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby smallwhite » Sat May 06, 2017 11:32 pm

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yes#Interjection

"Used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement.
Our second goal of the match! Yes!"

translated into 27 languages
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Serpent » Sat May 06, 2017 11:34 pm

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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Speakeasy » Sat May 06, 2017 11:36 pm

Serpent wrote:(You have the same permission to post images as everyone else...
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby Aozora » Sat May 06, 2017 11:59 pm

For Japanese you can say "Yatta!" (やった in kana)
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Re: Translation of English exclamation "Yesss!"

Postby desitrader » Sun May 07, 2017 6:06 am

Brilliant.
Thanks a lot everyone.
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