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English translation: white teeth with a yellow tinge

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20:03 Jan 6, 2012

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

Russian term or phrase: белые с желтоватым отливом зубы

показав белые с желтоватым отливом зубы, она улыбнулась.

A guy describes a girl who is lying in bed beside him as he wakes up after partying all night. I understand what he is saying but how to put it in decent English!

Thank you for any help.

Theodora OB KudoZ activity Questions: 31 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 232
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English translation:white teeth with a yellow tinge

Explanation:
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Yellowish tinge

Selected response from:

Alex Marshall
United States

Grading comment

Thanks to all. I think I'll say slightly yellow-tinged teeth but this suggestion was the most helpful.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

white teeth with a yellow tinge

Alex Marshall

4 +1

off-white teeth

vita z

4 +1

yellowed teeth

Judith Hehir

...white yellow-tinted teeth.....

Mikhail Abramkin

4 -1

pearly white smile

peninsular

Discussion entries: 1

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

white teeth with a yellow tinge

Explanation:
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-01-06 20:20:11 GMT)
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Yellowish tinge

Alex Marshall
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

Thanks to all. I think I'll say slightly yellow-tinged teeth but this suggestion was the most helpful.

29 mins confidence:

...white yellow-tinted teeth.....

Explanation:
...white yellow-tinted teeth.....
..мне кажется, здесь и синтаксис немаловажен..

Mikhail Abramkin
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:52
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

yellowed teeth

Explanation:
The use of tobacco products, coffee, and irregular oral hygiene routines will stain and produce yellowed teeth that diminish the original tooth whiteness.
http://www.smilessantamonica.com/teeth-whitening.html

I would avoid the tint/tinge.

Additional examples: http://tinyurl.com/6tl9hu8

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Or, if you think that's a bit overstated, you could go with "slightly yellowed teeth"

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 23:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 82
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11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

pearly white smile

Explanation:
In the described setting, the use of "yellow" would rob the narrative of its (it is supposed it is) romantic tone.

A possible variant is " she gave him a pearly white smile" or " she smiled revealing her pearly whites.

Pearly whites are supposed to be yellow in any case.

"In most cases, your pearly whites probably have a yellow tint for many years for your pure coloration. Its not all pearly whites start off as vibrant, and several individuals pure teeth coloration is often more yellow than white colored" http://enjoyroufuskickboxingfree.com/?p=323

peninsular
Local time: 09:22
Native speaker of:

English

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

off-white teeth

Explanation:
off-white = a grayish or yellowish white.

Example

The reason that lemon juice 'works' is that it causes the teeth to lose calcium (which gives teeth some of their off-white color).

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Note added at 11 hrs (2012-01-07 07:45:15 GMT)
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I think this is more suitable for the particular context.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2012-01-07 07:55:43 GMT)
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Or "opalescent smile" perhaps. Also implies yellowish.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2012-01-07 10:30:34 GMT)
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A possible translation could perhaps be:
She flashed me an off-white smile.

Reference: http://www.dictionarygeek.com/?url=http://www.wordnik.com/wo...

vita z
Latvia
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of:

Latvian
PRO pts in category: 4

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