Ah, the wonders of French dubbing...
I got this from some random weblog I stumbled into:
"Oh, while I think of it...the best stupidity in French dubbing that I've seen since I've been here? Aliens. There's a moment where Hicks is teaching Ripley to use a pulse rifle. She asks what the thing underneath is - it's the grenade launcher. So he teaches her to use it and, at one point, says 'And don't forget to duck.' The French translation? 'Et n'oublie pas les canards.'
'And don't forget the ducks.'
I can just imagine several million French viewers saying 'Huh?'"
"Oh, while I think of it...the best stupidity in French dubbing that I've seen since I've been here? Aliens. There's a moment where Hicks is teaching Ripley to use a pulse rifle. She asks what the thing underneath is - it's the grenade launcher. So he teaches her to use it and, at one point, says 'And don't forget to duck.' The French translation? 'Et n'oublie pas les canards.'
'And don't forget the ducks.'
I can just imagine several million French viewers saying 'Huh?'"