Ya takoi chelovek, chto znaesh', odin i vse, mne bol'she ne nado.

English translation: he does not like a big company when injecting, just one "companion"

18:12 Mar 15, 2004

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Russian term or phrase: Ya takoi chelovek, chto znaesh', odin i vse, mne bol'she ne nado.

A drug user is talking about who they inject with. They have only mentioned one person so far.

Does this sentence mean that they only need one friend?

Emily Justice KudoZ activity Questions: 1375 (10 open) (4 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 62 United Kingdom
Local time: 23:33

English translation:he does not like a big company when injecting, just one "companion"

Explanation:
Not exactly the same person always, but he just does not like to inject when there are three or more drug users gathered.

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-03-15 18:29:45 GMT)
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An atte,pt of draft translation:

\"A man like me, you know, I prefer when there is only one [companion], no more, I just do not need more [companions].\"

Selected response from:

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 01:33

Grading comment

Thanks. From the context I know that he is not referring to drugs, but to people.
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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

he does not like a big company when injecting, just one "companion"

Kirill Semenov

4 +2

I am the person, you know, who is alone.. I don't need anybody

Vladimir Dubisskiy

I only have one friend

David Knowles

I'm the sort of person who, you know, is a loner and that's it - I don't need anyone else

Iain Neilson (X)

that's a kind of a man i am, you know, i just need one. three's a crowd.

sergey (X)

[For] the kind of person I am, you know, one [dose] and that's it, I don't need more [drugs].

Valters Feists

Answers

4 mins confidence:

I only have one friend

Explanation:
всё = всё же all the same

David Knowles
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 17

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

he does not like a big company when injecting, just one "companion"

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 01:33
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 66

Grading comment

Thanks. From the context I know that he is not referring to drugs, but to people.

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

I am the person, you know, who is alone.. I don't need anybody

Explanation:
I believe, (especially if it's a drug user) this person is talking about being alone, 'odin i vsio'
or
it can be 'odin (ukol ie 'one shot') i vsio' ie "What i need is the one shot - that's it, nothing else"

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Note added at 33 mins (2004-03-15 18:46:51 GMT)
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<as Russian \'ukol\' (shot/injection)is of masc. gender which corresponds to the ending of the adj. odiN>

Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 12

15 hrs confidence:

I'm the sort of person who, you know, is a loner and that's it - I don't need anyone else

Explanation:
Would be my take on this...

Iain Neilson (X)
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

English

20 hrs confidence:

that's a kind of a man i am, you know, i just need one. three's a crowd.

Explanation:
could also cost considerations be involved, drugs dont' come cheap

sergey (X)
Local time: 23:33
PRO pts in category: 6

1 day 22 hrs confidence:

[For] the kind of person I am, you know, one [dose] and that's it, I don't need more [drugs].

Explanation:

Are you sure they are "talking about who they inject with"?

I think "one" ("odin") refers to "one injection/dose". That's what they care about most.

"Bol'she" is likely to be said about inanimate objects, not about people.

Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 01:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Latvian
PRO pts in category: 4

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