Jul 23, 2019 22:25
4 yrs ago
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Russian term
United States
Certified Lawyer-Linguist
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English
почетный
Russian to English
Social Sciences
Human Resources
почетные звания
Не очень понимаю, как это передать. "Honorary worker" не предлагать, плиз. :)
почетный химик
почетный строитель
почетный работник и т.п.
Спасибо!
почетный химик
почетный строитель
почетный работник и т.п.
Спасибо!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | Distinguished |
The Misha
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| 3 +1 | award-winning |
Rachel Douglas
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| 4 | Meritorious / merited |
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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| 3 | honorable (mention award) |
interprivate
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References
| Meritorious / Emeritus |
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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Proposed translations
+3
20 mins
Selected
Distinguished
That's how I usually put it.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ravindra Godbole
2 hrs
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| agree |
danya
: do you capitalise it? like Distinguished Construction Worker? ;)
14 hrs
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I guess. Either way, it sounds ridiculous:) Cheers, Danya.
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| agree |
cyhul
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
5 mins
Rachel Douglas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
award-winning
I'm not crazy about this as a translation, because one wants to ask, "Oh, what award did he win?", whereas being "почетный" is itself the award. But, I've used it!
28 mins
interprivate
Native in Russian
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Italian to Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
honorable (mention award)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Award_or_decoration
An honorable mention is an award, prize or recognition given to something that does not make it to a higher standing but is worth mentioning in an honorable way.
Honorable miner
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-SOVIET-PIN-BADGE-EXCELLENT...
ORIGINAL SOVIET PIN BADGE EXCELLENT HONORABLE MINER LABOUR AWARD
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
The Misha
: This doesn't work very well. "Honorable" is a standard honorific for a judge.
14 mins
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7 hrs
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Works in field
Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Tashkent, Ferghana valley, Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm) 
, Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Meritorious / merited
This is exactly what is needed here.
Meritorious / merited
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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-07-24 09:19:28 GMT)
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I sometimes use "honorary" for почетный when I translate from Russian. I use Meritorious for "заслуженный"
Meritorious / merited
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Note added at 10 hrs (2019-07-24 09:19:28 GMT)
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I sometimes use "honorary" for почетный when I translate from Russian. I use Meritorious for "заслуженный"
Reference comments
4 hrs
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Works in field
Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Tashkent, Ferghana valley, Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm) , Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Reference:
Meritorious / Emeritus
The context is about
Meritorious / Emeritus Builder, Worker etc.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-07-24 03:13:16 GMT)
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Meritorious chemist here:
https://books.google.kg/books?id=v2Bb30r1Z6QC&pg=PA248&lpg=P...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-07-24 03:41:05 GMT)
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If you describe something as meritorious, you approve of it for its good or worthwhile qualities. Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary. New Digital Edition 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
deserving reward or praise Oxford Dictionary of English, 3rd Edition © Oxford University Press 2010
Meritorious / Emeritus Builder, Worker etc.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-07-24 03:13:16 GMT)
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Meritorious chemist here:
https://books.google.kg/books?id=v2Bb30r1Z6QC&pg=PA248&lpg=P...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-07-24 03:41:05 GMT)
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If you describe something as meritorious, you approve of it for its good or worthwhile qualities. Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary. New Digital Edition 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
deserving reward or praise Oxford Dictionary of English, 3rd Edition © Oxford University Press 2010
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Anush Vardazaryan
: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emeritus
The explanation of Emeritus is here. We don't know the context.
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Why do you think so? Meritorious is my answer, besides, it is unknown in the context they are retired or not?
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