danalto
Senior Member
Italy - Italian
Hi, all! Still working on that Duck Dodger's cartoon. 
In this episode -while they are going to do something "very important"- Space Cadet tells Duck D. the following sentence:
SPACE CADET Um, C-c-captain Dodgers, I-I I hate to change the subject, uh, b-b-but since you're in charge, don't you think that you should be leading the way?
And this is Duck D.'s answer:
DUCK DODGERS No. That's the first thing you learn in officer's training, protect the important people; expendable drones to the front. (off camera) They're a dime a dozen;and the ones most likely to get picked off. (on camera) It's sort of like the pawns in checkers.
I understood the meaning, expecially knowing how Duck. D. is (his character, I mean
) but I just would like to make sure: would you pls help me translate the second sentence? thank you!
In this episode -while they are going to do something "very important"- Space Cadet tells Duck D. the following sentence:
SPACE CADET Um, C-c-captain Dodgers, I-I I hate to change the subject, uh, b-b-but since you're in charge, don't you think that you should be leading the way?
And this is Duck D.'s answer:
DUCK DODGERS No. That's the first thing you learn in officer's training, protect the important people; expendable drones to the front. (off camera) They're a dime a dozen;and the ones most likely to get picked off. (on camera) It's sort of like the pawns in checkers.
I understood the meaning, expecially knowing how Duck. D. is (his character, I mean