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English translation: smartass

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04:40 Apr 19, 2004

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / movie

Russian term or phrase: наблатыканый

Here's the context:

Guy A is rude to Guy B, Guy B says "Don't you know who I am?" and Guy A indicates that he doesn't care who Guy B is, etc. Then Guy B says, "So you're наблатыканый, huh? I see you're наблатыканый..."

Help please, I ran out of cell phone minutes before my friend could stop laughing and tell me what this means. He started laughing when I asked what it means when someone says "Ты мою бабушку не знаешь" and never recovered...

Elizabeth Adams KudoZ activity Questions: 65 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 214 United States
Local time: 23:24

English translation:smartass

Explanation:
Наблатыканный на жаргоне уголовников, который, увы, превратился в языковую норму, означает человека, который нахватался знаний или навыков в какой-то области, причем знания здесь могут быть как научные, так и того, как ловчее вытащить кошелек из кармана.

Ваша фраза будет звучать примерно так: So you want to play a smartass, huh? I see that you are a smartass, you smartass.
Ссылки не привожу, их легко найти, введя слово.

Selected response from:

Sergei Rioumin

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

smartass

Sergei Rioumin

4 +1

in the know / speak the lingo

Alexander Demyanov

5 -1

So you are maid (up)? I see, you are maid (up)

Inna Collier

cant; having thieves' talk /thieves slang /thieves' argot

Maya Gorgoshidze

4 -1

a wiseguy

shlepakoff

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

наблатыканый

smartass

Sergei Rioumin
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you, wise guys, smart-a**es, and just plain helpful people! I appreciate it...

24 mins confidence:

наблатыканый cant; having thieves' talk /thieves slang /thieves' argot

Explanation:
cant; having thieves' talk /thieves slang /thieves' argot - manner of speaking and behavoiour

Maya Gorgoshidze
Georgia
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of:

Georgian
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

наблатыканый a wiseguy

Explanation:
"So you're a wiseguy, huh? I see you're a wiseguy..."

shlepakoff
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

наблатыканый So you are maid (up)? I see, you are maid (up)

Explanation:
The above is a word used in Americn movies in given context (look below). Also my dictionnary gives the following translations:
"blat" - string-pulling;
"blatnoj" - "criminal, soft, cushy" (but i am not sure if they are not outdated)

"Nablatykannyj" means that one knows powerful people, usually in criminal world, and hence this person is untouchable, OR this person just pretends to know someone, he bluffs in order to look cool. The origin of this word is "blat" (noun) which means "aquaintance with, protection by powerful people OR just predending to have it, to be cooler than you are".
The form of the word "nablatykannyj" (prefix "na-" and suffixes imply the highest and most ridiculous level of trying to be cool and overdemonstrating belonging to some circle of power.

Inna Collier
Native speaker of:

Russian

16 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

наблатыканый in the know / speak the lingo

Explanation:
I see you've caught the lingo, huh? You're in the know, arent' you now?

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 02:24
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

shlepakoff: Three "disagree's" later, you have come through, Alexander; "in the know" is good as well as "so, you know where it's at?" Still, I am sticking with ny reading of "wiseguy". Cheers. IIII In response to the "richer, poorer" tirade: nice try, wiseguy

1 hr

-> Thank you, Ilya. Also, your loyalty to "wiseguys" is really admirable. One must be faithful to one's own in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, for when you're an egghead and for when you have egg on your face.

neutral

Sergei Rioumin: The first guy actually doesn't use the "lingo", only the second does. What he actually does is reversing the meaning of words in criminals' lingo back to normal showing off his superiority and intelligence. Smartass it is.

4 hrs

-> В каком смысле только один говорит на жаргоне? Они обмениваются одними и теми же словами. "B" бравирует своими знаниями, но такие слова, как intelligence как-то не вяжутся с контекством. He may be a smartass but that's not what "A" tells him.

neutral

Inna Collier: Alexander, i apologize but also want to note that i was disagreeing with you, otherwise i wouldn't put "disagree" just out of a whim. I tend to agree with sergej Rioumin that guy A is trying to outsmart guy B by keeping his cool. Anyways, I am sorry!

5 hrs

-> 1. So, looks like you have nothing against my suggestion, just against me? 2. Pls find time to read the rules. This format is to discuss translation options, not ppl, therefore you are way out of line.|||Sure, Inna. Chill out.

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