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Ау Фрейд!

English translation: Hello Freud!

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19:05 Jul 27, 2011

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Literary biography

Russian term or phrase: Ау Фрейд!

Hello, this phrase comes up in the middle of a text I'm translating, and I really don't understand what it's trying to say... It's an essay on Gorky, and it comes immediately after a quotation from The Lower Depths:

"И приготовил сачок... вот, думаю, сейчас..." На это Сатин замечает: " - Это не лещ, а Василиса была..." Ау, Фрейд!

Thanks for your help :)

Ian Mansbridge KudoZ activity Questions: 14 (none open) Answers: 14 United Kingdom
Local time: 04:51

English translation:Hello Freud!

Explanation:
Something in the quotation reminds the author/speaker of Freud

Selected response from:

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:51

Grading comment

thank you :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

Hello Freud!

Mikhail Kropotov

4 +3

Paging Dr. Freud!

tatyana000

3 +3

Yoo-hoo, Freud!

Susan Welsh

5 +1

What a Freudian mistake!

Ivan Borshchevsky

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Hello Freud!

Explanation:
Something in the quotation reminds the author/speaker of Freud

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 305

Grading comment

thank you :)

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Yoo-hoo, Freud!

Explanation:
http://slovari.yandex.ru/Ау/правописание/
From Ushakov:
1. Крик, к-рым взаимно обмениваются в лесу, чтобы не потерять друг друга. 2. Восклицание в знач.: кончено, пропало (разг.).

So, what do you say when you're looking for someone in the forest? "Yoo-hoo!" is as good as anything. The idea seems to be to call Freud's attention to what is going on, because it's right up his alley.

Multitran has this as an option, FWIW.
Wiktionary:
1. употребляется как окрик при поиске человека.
2. употребляется в значении "конец", "пропало".

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks :)

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

What a Freudian mistake!

Explanation:
see Discussion

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Freudian mis...

Ivan Borshchevsky
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of:

Russian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you :)

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Paging Dr. Freud!

Explanation:
This is what you say when someone makes a Freudian slip.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=paging Dr Fre...

tatyana000
Local time: 05:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Notes to answerer

Asker: That's excellent! Trying to pluck up the courage to use it in the translation...

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PRO (3): Mikhail Kropotov, Susan Welsh, Andrei Yefimov

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Jul 27, 2011 - Changes made by Andrei Yefimov:
Level	Non-PRO => PRO

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