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English translation: They chiseled out a real piece of work

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Russian term or phrase:	ваять
English translation:	They chiseled out a real piece of work
Entered by:	Anna Fominykh & family

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23:21 Apr 28, 2009

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Russian term or phrase: ваять

наваяно от души. речь идет о создании видеороликов.

Agniya Rogaleva KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 13 France
Local time: 17:10

They chiseled out a real piece of work

Explanation:
has the same ironic overtone

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-04-29 02:16:43 GMT)
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They really outdid themselves this time

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Note added at 5 days (2009-05-04 22:11:06 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you!

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Anna Fominykh & family
United States
Local time: 11:10

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Summary of answers provided

created with passion

Nastasia

passionately concocted

Alexandra Taggart

They chiseled out a real piece of work

Anna Fominykh & family

straight from the heart

Paul Kachur

2 +1

directed from the heart

Mark Hemming

fashioned with a lavish hand

Dimak

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

directed from the heart

Explanation:
I would need more context to be sure on this but as multitran.ru states that ваять can mean to sculpt or form, I assume this refers to the "sculpting" of film, which could be rendered in English by "direct"

Mark Hemming
Russian Federation
Local time: 19:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

fashioned with a lavish hand

Explanation:
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Note added at 1 час (2009-04-29 01:06:32 GMT)
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"moulded with a lavish hand"?

Dimak
Local time: 18:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

8 hrs confidence:

straight from the heart

Explanation:
A variant of Mark's answer

Paul Kachur
Germany
Local time: 17:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

8 hrs confidence:

created with passion

Explanation:
Не дословный перевод заявленного вопроса, тем не менее, менее косноязычный, чем "наваяно". И душа - почти как страсть.

Nastasia
Local time: 19:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

9 hrs confidence:

passionately concocted

Explanation:
If you want to laugh at the creators."Наваять"="наляпать"=сотворить нечто невообразимое, the preposition "на" says it.

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Sorry prefix "на"

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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-04-29 09:03:56 GMT)
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In the case if you add a prefix "на" (пона..) to some Russian verbs especially those which express creative actions the verb acquires a sarcastic tone automatically:
стричь - настричь
творить-натворить
танцевать- натанцевать
делать - наделать
рисовать - понарисовать

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Probably "sarcastic" is too strong a word here, to say "ironic" would be more appropriate.

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 19:10
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

They chiseled out a real piece of work

Anna Fominykh & family
United States
Local time: 11:10
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 2

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