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Casimiro Pedro – Imprensa e Eleições

1. “There are people that want to forbid the press to talk about elections.”
2. “It even looks like they miss the colonial period.”

Casimiro Pedro – Eleições

1. “The tribunal is preparing the final list of parties running for elections”.
2. “Finally we will be able to know who is who and where each one is.”

Casimiro Pedro – Férias

1. ” Where are we going for vacations?
2. “Don’t you worry. Leave it for Tolas and Pacheco.”

Casimiro Pedro – Combate à Corrupção

1. “The president of the Republic said that the fight against the corruption is a
dead-end street.”
2. “So the corruptors should back down and stop committing economic crimes.”

Casimiro Pedro – Semana do Dinheiro

1. “The Money’s Week is taking place in the country.”
2. “I hope there is not only a week but many years of money.”

Casimiro Pedro – Reservas e Padrões da SADC

1. “How are our Reservations?”
2. “They are within the SADC’s frames”

Casimiro Pedro – Reabilitação de Rodovias

1. “Many roads are being maintained again.
2. Hopefully they will last longer”.

Sergio Picarra – Cartoon Nine

Sergio Picarra - Mankiko 2

Translation

Man: Oooh! So embarrassing!

Man: What a shame! How embarrassing! I won’t even be able to look Fatita in the face anymore! She’s going to kill me.

Man: Let’s go over it again! I have to get m– my! In the end, am I Man’kiko or am I somebody else? Or, should I be…! Hm…!

Man: Hee hee!

Last panel’s upper caption: A long time afterwards. . .

Plaque on wall: Employment Office

Man behind counter: Comrade, speak louder! I can’t hear what you’re saying! What is it you know how to do?

Man: Me? Um. . . I know how to do everything. . . any small job will work for me. . . as long as I can work as little as possible. . hm. . .hee. . .

Sergio Picarra – Cartoon Eight

Sergio Picarra - Mankiko 3

Translation

Horizontal Panel I

Random Member of Crowd: What’s up with that? Those taxi drivers aren’t coming today?
Another Random Member of Crowd: I’m going to to hear it from my boss.
Another Random Member of Crowd: Could they be on strike?
Another Random Member of Crowd: They’re rich! They don’t need money anymore!
Another Random Member of Crowd: Those rascals don’t know that people gotta go to work?
Random Member of Crowd: And I’ve got a test today!
Another Random Member of Crowd: I’ve got an appointment at city hall!

Man: Hey! Guys! Here comes one!
Random Member of Crowd: Where? Where?
Another Random Member of Crowd: That one’s mine!
Another Random Member of Crowd: Hey, get outta the way!
Another Random Member of Crowd: I saw it first!
Another Random Member of Crowd: That ride’s for me!
Another Random Member of Crowd: the driver’s a cousin of mine!

Man’Kiko/The Driver: Hee hee. A whole lot of raw material. Production is going to take off!

[Commuters call out more than 15 desired destinations.”

Random Member of Crowd: Comrade, São Paulo!
Random Member of Crowd: Viana!
Random Member of Crowd: Prenda!
Random Member of Crowd: Samba!
Random Member of Crowd: Prenda Airport!
Random Member of Crowd: Samba!
Random Member of Crowd: Shut your your yap!
Random Member of Crowd: You shut up!
Random Member of Crowd: Asa Branca!

Random Member of Crowd: Asa Preta!
Random Member of Crowd: Cuca!
Random Member of Crowd: Nocal!
Random Member of Crowd: Eca!
Random Member of Crowd: Tuga Ngo!
Random Member of Crowd: Etc.

Man’Kiko: No problem, my friends. You don’t need to fight. Each person will cost 2.000 and the fat ones, 3.000.

Officer: Let me through. Does that driver have a license?
Random Member of Crowd: Uh oh! The police!

Man’Kiko: The police?!! Let me outta here! This damn van won’t start! I’m screwed!

Random Member of Crowd: Oh, now you want to run away?
Another Random Member of Crowd: He doesn’t have a license!
Another Random Member of Crowd: And he wanted to charge 2.000 for each one of us!
Another Random Member of Crowd: Let’s beat him up!
Another Random Member of Crowd: Stop! You can’t do that!

Man’Kiko: If you laugh, you’re gonna get it!

Sergio Picarra – Cartoon Seven

sergio picarra - mankiko 4

Translation

Panel 1

Man: Work, work. The stuff they come up with!

Panel 2
Man: How much more can we do?