I'm into tongues

Russian translation: Я увлекаюсь/интересуюсь языками /я помешан на языках

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English term or phrase:	I'm into tongues
Russian translation:	Я увлекаюсь/интересуюсь языками /я помешан на языках
Entered by:	Irina Semjonov

18:00 May 12, 2006

English to Russian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: I'm into tongues

I'm trying to translate this phrase into a series of non-roman character languages; ideally preserving the language/anatomy double meaning, and the colloquial sense of "into."

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Я увлекаюсь/интересуюсь языками /я помешан на языках

Explanation:
Я увлекаюсь языками, я интересуюсь языками; even so: ' я помешан на языках!' (freak в отношении языков)
(this variant in case you mean you indulge in languages, take great pleasure in learning/speaking languages, or you are simply interested in language matters, it is your hobby to learn/speak tongues... (to be into = to like smth., right? see: I am really into robots and androids, almost into believing I am one. When I was a kid I remember reading magazines and articles about the future...)

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The other variants say that you are either an expert (colloq.) in language matters (Michail Kropotov) or a (speech?) therapist/ practitioner (Oleksandr Melnyk)... I am looking forward to your choice of the variant that would capture the right meaning!

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Irina Semjonov
Germany
Local time: 19:43

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

я - спец по языкам

Mikhail Kropotov

4 +2

Я увлекаюсь/интересуюсь языками /я помешан на языках

Irina Semjonov

Я могу говорить на разные языка.

Dr. Salil Gupta, Ph.D.

Я - врач-языковед

Oleksandr Melnyk

Discussion entries: 1

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

i'm into tongues я - спец по языкам

Explanation:
One of the possible ways to say it and preserve both things you are looking to keep :)

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 19:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 40

53 mins confidence:

i'm into tongues Я - врач-языковед

Explanation:
My invention. New medical speciality ;)

Oleksandr Melnyk
Ukraine
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of:

Russian

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

i'm into tongues

Я увлекаюсь/интересуюсь языками /я помешан на языках

Irina Semjonov
Germany
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks

Notes to answerer

Asker: I like Я увлекаюсь because it's the shortest.

12 hrs confidence:

i'm into tongues Я могу говорить на разные языка.

Explanation:
It is a phrase that shows that I can talk in several languages.

Dr. Salil Gupta, Ph.D.
Local time: 23:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Hindi,

Punjabi

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