Feb 17, 2006 20:14
18 yrs ago
Russian term
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белье
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Is белье here more like трусики or like тёплые кальсоны? I was hoping it was простыня, but the narrator mentions those were washed every 2 months.
This is 1934 in a с/х. колония.
Spasibo zaranee!
This is 1934 in a с/х. колония.
Spasibo zaranee!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +14 | underwear |
Michael Moskowitz
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| 3 +7 | it can be both and can be neither |
Natalia Loginova
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| 5 +4 | underwear |
Elena McDonnell (X)
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| 4 | long pants and long-sleeve shirt |
Voloshka
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Proposed translations
+14
11 mins
Michael Moskowitz
Native in Russian
&
English
Translating since 1984.
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
Russian term (edited):
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Selected
underwear
and it could be any, light or heavy.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! I was hoping to spare my readers the gruesome image of only changing one's underwear once a month, but hopefully they will presume it was at least being washed out in between!"
+7
5 mins
Russian term (edited):
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it can be both and can be neither
I think, it depends on the time of year. Or, it's not like трусики, а страшные изделия советской промышленности тех годов, которые представляли собой нечто среднее между трусиками и кальсонами по размеру, но при этом были ничуть не привлекательнее кальсонов.
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-02-17 20:20:55 GMT)
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I think you can just say underwear without exact defining what it was
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-02-17 20:20:55 GMT)
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I think you can just say underwear without exact defining what it was
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Alexander Demyanov
: underwear/undergarments. In camps those included undershirts, underpants (often the same style for women and men)
6 mins
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| agree |
Kirill Semenov
1 hr
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| agree |
Teymur Mammadov
: I like "undergarments" suggested by Alexander
8 hrs
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| agree |
Natalie
: underwear is ok
13 hrs
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| agree |
Sergei Tumanov
1 day 2 hrs
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| agree |
Marina Aleyeva
1 day 2 hrs
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| agree |
Roman Bardachev
1 day 21 hrs
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+4
13 mins
Russian term (edited):
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underwear
Белье here stands for нижнее белье, i.e. 'underwear.'
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Oksana Sandler
5 mins
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Thanks, Oksana
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| agree |
lena_m (X)
1 hr
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Thanks, Lena
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| agree |
Mrs Shell
19 hrs
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Thanks, Larysa
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| agree |
trum-purum (X)
1 day 4 hrs
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1 day 16 hrs
Russian term (edited):
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long pants and long-sleeve shirt
pijama-like underwear of very coarse textile
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