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Чтобы хорошо стоял

English translation: To stay hard


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Russian term or phrase:Чтобы хорошо стоял
English translation:To stay hard
Entered by: Mark Berelekhis
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21:36 Aug 27, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Реклама Viagra
Russian term or phrase: Чтобы хорошо стоял
«Чтобы хорошо стоял… чтоб был такой, как вылитый»
Sonechko
Ukraine
Local time: 18:08
To stay hard
Explanation:
You'd have to form it for the context, but this is the general term for this kind of thing.

http://osdir.com/ml/linux.ppp/2005-06/msg00018.html
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 11:08
Grading comment
Спасибо
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4To get it up, to keep it up [, like a [bronse] sculpture on a pedestal]Alexander Demyanov
5 +1to have a boner
Anton Agafonov
5 +1To stay hard
Mark Berelekhis
4To have a hard-on
Mark Vaintroub


Discussion entries: 1





  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
To stay hard


Explanation:
You'd have to form it for the context, but this is the general term for this kind of thing.

http://osdir.com/ml/linux.ppp/2005-06/msg00018.html

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 11:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
Grading comment
Спасибо

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  beermatt: yes, something along the lines of 'to make it stay hard' or 'to keep it hard'. Unless it's an explicitly 'adult' context, it shouldn't be too slangy, so something with 'hard' seems right.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, beermatt. Yes, various deviations are available depending on context, but this is the gist of it.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to have a boner


Explanation:
вариантов много
www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/have a boner

Anton Agafonov
United States
Local time: 11:08
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  The Misha: I like this one, it's very authentic too
1 min
neutral  Mark Berelekhis: This is slang... the vulgar kind. There's no way on God's green earth that any company would use it as advertisement.
53 mins
  -> the original doesn't show class either plus it's rather silly and childish than vulgur
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: Too vulgar//Agreed, it doesn't. However, the original at least gives a chance to read it differently, if one chooses to, whereas "to have a boner" has only one meaning.
1 hr
  -> the original doesn't show class either plus it's rather silly and childish than vulgur
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
To get it up, to keep it up [, like a [bronse] sculpture on a pedestal]


Explanation:
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Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 11:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roman Ivashkiv: So far, I believe this is the closest. Not uncouth and preserves the ambiguity of the original. In addition, the "up" part is semantically the closest to the Russian expression.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Roman!
agree  Andrew Anisimov
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Andrew!
agree  xxxSimonFJohnso
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Simon!
agree  Dorene Cornwell: to get / keep it up, though not sure what should come after the "like..."
2 days7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dorene! Neither am I. The square brackets mean "optional", so even nothing is an option, also probably not the best one.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
To have a hard-on


Explanation:
Just another option, which, I think, is a little softer, eh?...

VIAGRA is one of the most successful drugs in history. It’s used to treat men who have problems getting or keeping a hard-on until ... www.gmhp.demon.co.uk/health/viagra/index.html - 11k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this



Mark Vaintroub
Local time: 10:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mikhail Kropotov: I think the idea here is to have a *good* hard-on.
7 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Jan 21, 2008 - Changes made by Mark Berelekhis:
FieldBus/Financial => Marketing
Sep 2, 2007 - Changes made by Mark Berelekhis:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Aug 27, 2007:
Kudoz queueIn queue => Public


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