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Иван Царевич

English translation: Hercules

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Russian term or phrase:	Иван Царевич
English translation:	Hercules
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13:22 Aug 23, 2011

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Poetry & Literature / Fairy tale characters

Russian term or phrase: Иван Царевич

"молодой парень получил задание, под силу разве что Ивану Царевичу"

Полное предложение: "когда до дембеля оставалось несколько месяцев, молодой парень получил задание, под силу разве что Ивану Царевичу – до конца службы расчистить несколько гектаров леса, площадь которого была запланирована под какую-то застройку"

Есть ли в английском фольклоре эквивалент нашему Ивану-молодцу. Или так и переводить Ivan Tsarevitch?

translato KudoZ activity Questions: 176 (7 open) (6 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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Hercules

Explanation:
Здесь нужно не переводить дословно, а вызвать у читателя ассоциацию с известным литературным героем. Поэтому англоязычному читателю скорее будет понятная ссылка на Геракла, чем на нашего Ваню

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Inna Borymova
Local time: 07:51

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Hercules

Inna Borymova

4 +1

Ivan Tsarevich

GaryG

a fairy tale hero

Anneta Vysotskaya

Discussion entries: 3

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Ivan Tsarevich

Explanation:
Although I've heard Natalia Makarova narrate the music in English and she just refers to him as "Ivan" throughout

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Tsarevich_and_the_Grey_Wol...

GaryG
Local time: 23:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 116

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

Hercules

Inna Borymova
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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Thank you, Inna!

1 day5 hrs confidence:

a fairy tale hero

Explanation:
вариант

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2011-08-24 18:44:50 GMT)
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под эту категорию и Иван Царевич и Геракл и множество других сказочных персонажей подпадают

Anneta Vysotskaya
Local time: 15:51
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Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

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