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един в нескольких лицах

English translation: he was wearing more than one hat


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15:05 Jan 22, 2012
Russian to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Russian term or phrase: един в нескольких лицах
Он был един в нескольких лицах. Работал в одной компании, и являлся директором другой.
Strel
Local time: 15:58
English translation:he was wearing more than one hat
Explanation:
это конечно не дословный перевод, но это идиома выражающая смысл оригинала:

wear more than one hat and wear two hats
Fig. to have more than one set of responsibilities; to hold more than one office. The mayor is also the police chief. She wears more than one hat. I have too much to do to wear more than one hat. He wears two hats; he's both CEO and chairman of the board.

I was also thinking about "he was the one with many faces" но это искажает смысл контекста.

имхо.
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Translator174
United States
Local time: 05:58
Grading comment
Спасибо!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7he was wearing more than one hat
Translator174
5he was a several-faced person
Alexander Onishko
4he embodied several persona
Michael Korovkin
4he wore many/several masks
Mark Berelekhis
3a person with different faces
Andrew Vdovin
3a multiple personalitytrsk2000


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
he was a several-faced person


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus

Alexander Onishko
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 71

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Knowles: Hi Alexander - don't know if this is right, but if it is, it should be "multi-faceted person"!
12 mins
  -> Hi, David!!! Thank you very much for the correction.
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
he wore many/several masks


Explanation:
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 07:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 363
4 corroborated select projects
in this pair and field What is ProZ.com Project History(SM)?
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
he was wearing more than one hat


Explanation:
это конечно не дословный перевод, но это идиома выражающая смысл оригинала:

wear more than one hat and wear two hats
Fig. to have more than one set of responsibilities; to hold more than one office. The mayor is also the police chief. She wears more than one hat. I have too much to do to wear more than one hat. He wears two hats; he's both CEO and chairman of the board.

I was also thinking about "he was the one with many faces" но это искажает смысл контекста.

имхо.



    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wear+more+than+one+hat
Translator174
United States
Local time: 05:58
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Спасибо!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Knowles: This is the most natural idiom, and I'll hide my answer!
58 mins
  -> Thank you, David!
agree  Rachel Douglas: He wore several hats.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Rachel!
agree  Dimak
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Elena Kuznetsova: В данной ситуации это лучше, чем дословный перевод.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Elena!
agree  Alexandra Taggart
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alexandra!
agree  klp
10 hrs
  -> Спасибо Вам!
agree  cyhul
9 days
  -> Thank you!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a multiple personality


Explanation:
...

trsk2000
Local time: 12:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexandra Taggart: Multiple personality is a split personality (psychology and psychiatry)
2 hrs
  -> and your point is....?
neutral  Michael Korovkin: Alexandra's point is, I dare say, that your translation refers to a clinical nut rather than just a guy holding more than one job. Multiple personality is a psychiatric condition, that has nothing whatsoever to to with the case (and text) in point.
4 hrs
  -> clinical nut? How enlightened!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
he embodied several persona


Explanation:
without an "s", obviously.

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 13:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 76
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a person with different faces


Explanation:
I have always been a person with different faces and I'm driven in all the sports I do. At the moment I'm organizing an event called the SUP 11 ...
www.shawnacropas.com/.../24_Should_Windsurfing_Be_Sexy_1.ht...

Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 18:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 67
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