Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
malchik
English translation:
Hey gay guy
Russian term
Argentina
Experience in technical translations
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
malchik
I was asked for the translation of a line in a song.
The song is called "Malchik gay". The song is in English but it's sung by a Russian band, that's why I thought that Malchik is a Russian word. What's the translation for it? (I need the translation in English or Spanish)
Thanks for your help!!!!!!!! :)
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Dorene Cornwell
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Andrey Belousov (X)
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
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Jul 11, 2005 05:04: Kirill Semenov changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (2): Vladimir Dubisskiy, gtreyger (X)
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Proposed translations
Thorough, sensitive, and idiomatic
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
My gay guy
This is music, there are several senses possible, and one wants things to scan, one could do a variety of things with this sentence. One that comes to mind is a simple declarative sentence: "Him? He's gay."
In this case, the phase is really a form of address. The song is a girl singing to some gay guy she is fixated on, and it's about all the ways she would like to make his life complete. So translations that come to mind include:
my gay guy
mister guy
gay honey
As an aside, I am not really up on slang in Spanish, but as long as gay would remotely be undertood, you could start with
chico gay
senor gay ....
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Note added at 17 hrs 23 mins (2005-07-11 19:11:46 GMT) Post-grading
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I glossed this as \"Hey gay guy\" because that best reflects what I think the phrase means here.
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Simon Gregory
: perfect! Comprehension of subject matter is highly professional
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a boy
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
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Thank you! :)
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Will Matter
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Thank you! :)
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gtreyger (X)
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Andrey Rykov
: spanish: muchacho, chico
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Ravindra Godbole
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Kirill Semenov
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NATALIIA MARCHAL
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tanyazst
: и кто скажет, что это девочка, пусть первый бросит в меня камень! ;)
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Sergei Tumanov
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Svetlana Chekunova
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Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
a gay boy
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gtreyger (X)
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Alexander Onishko
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Vladimir Spiridonov
: да, полное название песни, а не только мальчик
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Sergei Tumanov
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