Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
На ней было такое жемчужное ожерелье, ...
English translation:
She had such a beautiful pearl necklace,...
Added to glossary by
ssh
Jan 26, 2003 05:12
21 yrs ago
Russian term
Rem
На ней было такое жемчужное ожерелье, ...
Non-PRO
Russian to English
Other
На ней было такое жемчужное ожерелье, что дамы в театре смотрели не на сцену, а на нее
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | She had such a beautiful pearl necklace,... |
ssh
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| 4 +1 | You wouldn't believe the pearl necklace he had on! |
William Stein
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| 5 | It's Sunday, after all :) |
Uldis Liepkalns
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| 4 | hmmmmmm |
Libero_Lang_Lab
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Proposed translations
+9
49 mins
Selected
She had such a beautiful pearl necklace,...
... that women stared at her and not at the stage.
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Note added at 2003-01-26 06:03:46 (GMT)
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that in the theatre, women stared...
sorry.
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Note added at 2003-01-26 06:03:46 (GMT)
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that in the theatre, women stared...
sorry.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much."
+1
5 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
320
You wouldn't believe the pearl necklace he had on!
Or:
That was some pearl necklace she was wearing!
That was some pearl necklace she was wearing!
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
ssh
: she had on.... very nice sentence anyway, but it is only a part.
41 mins
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Sorry, I don't why I thought she was a transvestite!
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
: it's fine - there was no request voiced to translate the whole phrase
17 hrs
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7 hrs
Uldis Liepkalns
Latvia
Latvia
Latvia
Mark it as done
Works in: English to Latvian, English to Lithuanian, English to Estonian, and 11 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
13
It's Sunday, after all :)
A businessman boarded a plane to find, sitting next to him, an elegant woman wearing the largest, most stunning diamond ring he had ever seen. He asked her about it. "This is the Klopman diamond," she said. "It is beautiful, but there is a terrible curse that goes with it."
-"What's the curse?" the man asked.
-"Mr. Klopman."
-"What's the curse?" the man asked.
-"Mr. Klopman."
1 day 20 hrs
Libero_Lang_Lab
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
The sports specialists
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
1214
hmmmmmm
There is more than one way of interpreting this sentence.
But there might be children reading so I will refrain from offering the alternative rendition.
But there might be children reading so I will refrain from offering the alternative rendition.
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