Sep 15, 2010 02:50
13 yrs ago
Russian term
алаверды
Russian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Один знакомый американец поделился со мной своими фотографиями с отпуска. Хочу ему выслать ответно фотографии с моего отпуска, сопроводив их неким минимальным комментарием, типа сабжа. Есть такое в американском?
Поймёт ли он вариант на английском "наш ответ чемберлену"?
Спасибо
P.s.: Уточнение для неруссофонов: ни о каком тосте или передаче слова за столом тут речи не идёт. Здесь скорее некое аналогичное ответное действие.
Поймёт ли он вариант на английском "наш ответ чемберлену"?
Спасибо
P.s.: Уточнение для неруссофонов: ни о каком тосте или передаче слова за столом тут речи не идёт. Здесь скорее некое аналогичное ответное действие.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | you show me yours, I show you mine :) |
Michael Korovkin
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| 3 +1 | Your turn to remember |
Igor Moshkin
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| 4 | Your turn, remember? |
Alexandra Taggart
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Sep 15, 2010 02:50: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
+1
4 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
128
Selected
you show me yours, I show you mine :)
standard, and at least a bit naughty and funny... unless of course you wanna go meliflouos-yacky, like, "my turn to share mementos with you" + a reference to some tacky song ... puke!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
2 hrs
Igor Moshkin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
Feedback and support of any kind
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Your turn to remember
...by Uriah Heep
And it would be quite appropriate to send the photos together with the link to this song :)
And it would be quite appropriate to send the photos together with the link to this song :)
21 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
15
Your turn, remember?
Very often politics appear as a game of strategic skill for two players, and compared with two who're playing chess. I used to play computer chess and I had this short reminder sometimes:" Your turn, remember?"( You're quiet, what is your next turn? ). Each line of the poem is written in different accents with typical mistakes in Russian language.I can recognize some uzbek or other Central Asia's natives.A subject of a foreighn accent is a material for humour writers in any country and USSR wasn' an exception.Such a bouquet of different accents most likely represents "ALL NATIONS' FRIENDSHIP" - a popular CPSU motto in times of millitary glory of heavily armed USSR .Fifteen Republics - fifteen languages; but communists wanted too much, you know, not everybody in the school has good marks when learning foreighn languages. What Gamzatov had meant with calling his poem this way - some chronices might bring you on the right track.
Discussion
(Ничего окромя юмора!)
А нескладное “придумал“, потому что нескладушка и есть - эта пародия на Расула Гамзатова - сбить патос.
Приветик Чамберлену! :)
я тепер не ждю никто:
это девочка пришел,
он ...ся нам принес!
Расул Гамзатов, “Ёр тёрн ту ремембер“
"Our Response to Chamberlain" is a metaphor. It means is a response to a mean freak, which cannot be tolerated. Neville Chamberlain was a British politician, Conservative, a member of Parliament since 1915, a member of Government in the 20 ths, later Britain's Prime Minister. Chamberlain as you can guess was a radical anti-Communist and an enemy of the Soviet Union. So, at some point of his career, he called for Crusade against USSR or something. In USSR, his call was heard and broadcast to the public. The Soviet public was supposed to respond appropriately. The meaning of the phrase "a Response to Chamberlain" is known to probably every Russian because of a famous humorous book describing Russia in those years. This book provided one example of such a response to Chamberlain.
http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Almprog/almprog.htm
So it seems to mean a rude and insulting response such as "And f*** you too!" or "B....cks, and the same to you!"
But this does not fit in with the asker's intention to send photos in response to photos sent to her.