Apr 29, 2009 12:54
15 yrs ago
Russian term

в хаосе стихий

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Hello

This phrase occurs when two men are out in a blizzard. One says:
'Что вы делаете в хаосе стихий?'

I think a literal translation sounds a little odd.

Thanks for your help

Proposed translations

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6 mins
Selected

amidst the raging elements

Peer comment(s):

agree EStarkova : sounds good to me!
6 mins
Thanks, Evgenia
agree sukirat anand
34 mins
Thank you, sukirat anand.
agree Anna Fominykh
5 hrs
Thank you, Anna & Victor.
agree Alexandra Taggart : Nice!
7 hrs
Thank you, Alexandra.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This is perfect, thanks."
9 mins

What are you doing here, in this chaos of elements?

More context would be helpful.
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21 mins

what are you doing in this chaos/abyss of wind and weather?

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27 mins

You! bang in this furious turmoil

методом тыка...just a random shot

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-04-29 14:45:37 GMT)
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No qestion mark needed! This is not a question, rather an exclamation. The guy is estounded to see his mate in this heck of the weather

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Note added at 22 hrs (2009-04-30 11:50:45 GMT)
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Exactly; precisely: The arrow hit bang on the target.


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Note added at 22 hrs (2009-04-30 11:52:43 GMT)
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bang

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Note added at 23 hrs (2009-04-30 12:25:33 GMT)
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http://www.archive.org/stream/lieutenantdavidn00fost/lieuten...
The above quotation is given in explanation of the furious turmoil spoken of by Rev. Fithian and also for the description Home of Robert Nelson (Later of ...
Example sentence:

Beyond this turmoil , I must Flee! Of all that we are seeing, ... war / climate changes / natural disaster are bound to make living extremely difficult. ...

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