Свечной заводик, свечной завод

English translation: candle factory

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Russian term or phrase:	Свечной заводик, свечной завод
English translation:	candle factory
Entered by:	B R

10:36 Jun 21, 2006

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Russian term or phrase: Свечной заводик, свечной завод

...не корысти ради...

B R

candle factory

Explanation:
Is заводик just a familiar friendly way of saying завод? I'm not sure, since I'm not Russian.

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Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 23:28

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Спасибо всем
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Summary of answers provided

1 +5

candle factory

Henry Schroeder

3 +1

moonlighting

tanyazst

small candle-works

Zoya Askarova

unfulfilled ambition

Zamira B.

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

candle factory

Explanation:
Is заводик just a familiar friendly way of saying завод? I'm not sure, since I'm not Russian.

Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 23:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 174
1 corroborated select project
in this pair and field

Grading comment

Спасибо всем

22 mins confidence:

small candle-works

Explanation:
DREAMS OF A SMALL CANDLE-WORKS

Zoya Askarova
Singapore
Local time: 11:28
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

moonlighting

Explanation:
трудно тягаться с ильфом и петровым, банально по смыслу - оно! :)

но, увы, не так "красочно"..... :-\

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Note added at 42 Min. (2006-06-21 11:18:45 GMT)
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хотя нет, подождите, может, что-то вроде "голубая мечта"?? ведь отец федор об этом мечтал?

типа unavowed/secret dream

ну как же тускло.... :((

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Note added at 44 Min. (2006-06-21 11:20:41 GMT)
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нашла еще "woolgathering"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/woolgathering

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Note added at 45 Min. (2006-06-21 11:21:57 GMT)
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pipe-dream?

a fantastic but vain hope

или зря я к этим мечтам так приклеилась....

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Note added at 54 Min. (2006-06-21 11:30:22 GMT)
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the fancy 'candle factory' pipe dream....???

tanyazst
Belarus
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

unfulfilled ambition

Explanation:
He cherished the dream of possessing his own candle factory. Tormented
by the vision of thick ropes of wax winding on to the factory drums, Father
Theodore devised various schemes that would bring in enough basic capital to
buy a little factory in Samara which he had had his eye on for some time.
Ideas occurred to Father Theodore unexpectedly, and when they did he
used to get down to work on the spot. He once started making a marble-like
washing-soap; he made pounds and pounds of it, but despite an enormous fat
content, the soap would not lather, and it cost twice as much as the Hammer
and Plough brand, to boot. For a long time after it remained in the liquid
state gradually decomposing on the porch of the house, and whenever his
wife, Catherine, passed it, she would wipe away a tear. The soap was
eventually thrown into the cesspool.
Reading in a farming magazine that rabbit meat was as tender as
chicken, that rabbits were highly prolific, and that a keen farmer could
make a mint of money breeding them, Father Theodore immediately acquired
half a dozen stud rabbits, and two months later, Nerka the dog, terrified by
the incredible number of long-eared creatures filling the yard and house,
fled to an unknown destination. However, the wretchedly provincial citizens
of the town of N. proved extraordinarily conservative and, with unusual
unanimity, refused to buy Vostrikov's rabbits. Then Father Theodore had a
talk with his wife and decided to enhance his diet with the rabbit meat that
was supposed to be tastier than chicken. The rabbits were roasted whole,
turned into rissoles and cutlets, made into soup, served cold for supper and
baked in pies. But to no avail. Father Theodore worked it out that even if
they switched exclusively to a diet of rabbit, the family could not consume
more than forty of the creatures a month, while the monthly increment was
ninety, with the number increasing in a geometrical progression.

http://lib.ru/ILFPETROV/ilf_petrov_12_chairs_engl.txt

Zamira B.
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 36

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