<p>How about:</p>

<p>"What's the hurry? Wanna get to your next life so soon?"</p>

<p>I think no matter what one does, some thing will be lost in translation because of the huge difference between Chinese and English in beliefs and world views. My aim is to retain some of the light-heartedness and, as much as possible, gloss over the unpleasantness of dying.</p>

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2015-08-01T19:32:25.767Z
Agree that something will be lost in translation. Since both your answer and previous one mentioned about dying, it makes me think. Indeed without other context, dying can be in implication. Interestingly, it is often used between friends as a joke indicating no need to rush. But it could certainly come up when two people are fighting too. So good answers.
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monalisa
<p>You might say 你急什么，赶着去投胎? if you are annoyed with someone who is shoving you getting on the metro, or to a car driver who is hooting impatiently, more as a threat. In that context you might say in English:</p>

<p>'What's the deal, you looking for trouble, need your face rearranged?'</p>

<p>I doubt you would actually send them to their next life, bad karma!</p>

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2015-08-02T01:47:57.370Z
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Pedroski
<p>In <code>你急什么，赶着去投胎?``投胎</code>is a metaphor to mean "die". It's usually used when people are pushing you to a limit that you felt so annoyed and you started to curse-"(What's the hurry)Stop it. Go hell(to get the reincarnation)! ".</p>

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2015-08-03T17:47:49.433Z
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Meruemu
<p>If you look online, translation for 投胎 is 'reincarnation'. It suits phrases like 投胎转世 but often does not feel quite right in other context.</p>

<p>For example:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你急什么，赶着去投胎?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Not sure if anyone would laugh if you translate it into</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>'What's the hurry, on the way to reincarnate?'</p>
</blockquote>

<p>投胎 is one of the steps, an action, of the entire reincarnation process. But I'm short of proper English word or simple phrase here. Also hope it's a fun question.</p>

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2015-08-01T18:09:04.537Z
Not really. 投胎 is an event that one should not miss, not by even a second. So it's about what can be such a rush as if one is to  be on time for reborn.
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2015-08-01T21:59:53.173Z
What's the rush, where's the fire?
Mou某
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What is the best translation for 投胎?
# What is the best translation for 投胎?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-01)

If you look online, translation for 投胎 is 'reincarnation'. It suits phrases like 投胎转世 but often does not feel quite right in other context.

For example:

> 你急什么，赶着去投胎?

Not sure if anyone would laugh if you translate it into

> 'What's the hurry, on the way to reincarnate?'

投胎 is one of the steps, an action, of the entire reincarnation process. But I'm short of proper English word or simple phrase here. Also hope it's a fun question.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Not really. 投胎 is an event that one should not miss, not by even a second. So it's about what can be such a rush as if one is to  be on time for reborn.  
> **username_1**: What's the rush, where's the fire?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-01. Score: 3

How about:

"What's the hurry? Wanna get to your next life so soon?"

I think no matter what one does, some thing will be lost in translation because of the huge difference between Chinese and English in beliefs and world views. My aim is to retain some of the light-heartedness and, as much as possible, gloss over the unpleasantness of dying.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Agree that something will be lost in translation. Since both your answer and previous one mentioned about dying, it makes me think. Indeed without other context, dying can be in implication. Interestingly, it is often used between friends as a joke indicating no need to rush. But it could certainly come up when two people are fighting too. So good answers.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-08-02. Score: 2

You might say 你急什么，赶着去投胎? if you are annoyed with someone who is shoving you getting on the metro, or to a car driver who is hooting impatiently, more as a threat. In that context you might say in English:

'What's the deal, you looking for trouble, need your face rearranged?'

I doubt you would actually send them to their next life, bad karma!


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-08-03. Score: 1

In `你急什么，赶着去投胎?``投胎`is a metaphor to mean "die". It's usually used when people are pushing you to a limit that you felt so annoyed and you started to curse-"(What's the hurry)Stop it. Go hell(to get the reincarnation)! ".


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