Mar 29, 2004 19:04
20 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
bespachportnye
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
novel circa 1900.
A band of robbers are trying to persuade a respectable man to take 2 of them with him.
The head of the gang says: they are former employees of X, tol'ko bespachportnye.
As far as I can tell this is the same as 'bespaSportnye'.
Is this right?
What would the implications of this be? eg that the men were criminals.
A band of robbers are trying to persuade a respectable man to take 2 of them with him.
The head of the gang says: they are former employees of X, tol'ko bespachportnye.
As far as I can tell this is the same as 'bespaSportnye'.
Is this right?
What would the implications of this be? eg that the men were criminals.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | it's ok |
Kirill Semenov
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| 5 +2 | Your answer |
Andrey Belousov (X)
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Proposed translations
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Kirill Semenov
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it's ok
It's not an `illiterate' pronunciation of the author. "Documents, passport" were pronounced at those days as "пачпорт". It is not a mistake made by the author, that's how commonfolks pronounced the word in the past. So, the author is just following the realities of his times, giving the necessary colouring to his text.
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-03-29 19:19:48 GMT)
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\"Without doKuments\" or something. I do not know how to convey it in English. As usual, I just try to give some explanations to find the best possible wording.
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-03-29 19:19:48 GMT)
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\"Without doKuments\" or something. I do not know how to convey it in English. As usual, I just try to give some explanations to find the best possible wording.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much."
+2
4 mins
Your answer
Just an illiterate pronunciation
Peer comment(s):
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Сергей Лузан
16 mins
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Thanks, Sergey!
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| agree |
Sergei Tumanov
15 hrs
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Thanks, Sergei!
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