Sep 24, 2010 09:39
13 yrs ago
Russian term
Russian Federation
Legal, business & marketing translation
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Latin to Russian, and 1 more.
Оживляж
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Примерный контекст: Музей нуждается в оживлении. Чтобы это оживление не стало "оживляжем", надо сделать то-то и то-то...
Интересует слово оживляж.
Интересует слово оживляж.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
1 day 1 hr
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
174
Selected
hoo-hah / frump / froth
... to liven up instead of frumping up
enlivening turns into an empty hoo-hah
much froth, no broth
etc...
enlivening turns into an empty hoo-hah
much froth, no broth
etc...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
-1
2 mins
Alexander Ryshow
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Works in field
Belarus
Aus Liebe zur Sprache
Native in: Russian , Belarusian
Works in: German to Russian, German to Belarusian, Russian to Belarusian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
40
См. варианты
- номинальное оживление
- оживление на бумаге
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on paper
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- искусственное (неэффективное) оживление
- оживление на бумаге
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on paper
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- искусственное (неэффективное) оживление
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
gutbuster
: frills,ornamental objects of no great value, much fuss of little value, all bells and whistles
32 mins
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1 hr
Alexander Onishko
Native in Russian
Works in field
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
63
a lot of fuss about nothing
like that :)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Alexandra Taggart
: reminds "Much ado about nothing" and takes you away into Shakesperian world.
7 hrs
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2 hrs
staffage
human and animal figures depicted in a scene, especially a landscape, that are not the primary subject matter of the work.
— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffage
— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffage
3 hrs
Michael Kislov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Legal & Financial since 1999
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Frills
Oxford Dictionary:
frills
2 (in pl.) a unnecessary embellishments or accomplishments. b airs, affectation (put on frills).
frills
2 (in pl.) a unnecessary embellishments or accomplishments. b airs, affectation (put on frills).
4 hrs
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
:
82
different approach: In order to ensure...is genuine,...
Or if you want to stick closer to the source text: In order to ensure that this оживление is not artificial,...
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Or: if you want a noun, perhaps you can go with "artifice" somehow.
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Or: if you want a noun, perhaps you can go with "artifice" somehow.
+1
10 hrs
Eric Candle
Native in Russian
Works in field
Better than native
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, German to Russian
Related KudoZ points
:
32
boondoggle
- crude context:
A fresh look would be a boon for the museum. To avoid the risk of turning a boon into a boondoggle...
-оживление - оживляж; boon - boondoggle
- "Оживляж" - "Ложно-стилистический прием, «оживляющий» монотонность текста, пьесы и т. п. Вероятно, один из арготизмов (заимствование из арго - E.C.) литераторов, вошедший в употребление в 70-х гг." - орфографический словарь Лопатина,
http://www.aggregateria.com/O/ozhivljazh.html
A fresh look would be a boon for the museum. To avoid the risk of turning a boon into a boondoggle...
-оживление - оживляж; boon - boondoggle
- "Оживляж" - "Ложно-стилистический прием, «оживляющий» монотонность текста, пьесы и т. п. Вероятно, один из арготизмов (заимствование из арго - E.C.) литераторов, вошедший в употребление в 70-х гг." - орфографический словарь Лопатина,
http://www.aggregateria.com/O/ozhivljazh.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Angela Greenfield
3 hrs
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thank you
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| neutral |
Alexandra Taggart
: Do you mean "to decorate in a fashionable manner? Oh, no. It's when the exposition objects start to speak and move.
1 day 6 hrs
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Alexandra, thank you?
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7 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
32
reanimation
If the museum has come to life...
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"Чтобы это оживление не стало "оживляжем..." -in order to turn refurbishment into reanimation...
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термин "оживляж" принадлежит кукольноу театру. Наберите в Гугл:
оживляж персонажей + кукольный театр
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"Чтобы это оживление не стало "оживляжем..." -in order to turn refurbishment into reanimation...
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Note added at 2 days17 hrs (2010-09-27 03:19:50 GMT)
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термин "оживляж" принадлежит кукольноу театру. Наберите в Гугл:
оживляж персонажей + кукольный театр
Reference comments
5 mins
Callum Walker
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Committed to quality translation!
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English, Ukrainian to English, and 2 more.
Reference:
Dictionary definition for what it's worth
Жарг. Приемы, направленные на усиление выразительности, яркости чему-л. скучному, монотонному (фильму, спектаклю, монологу и т.п.)
(Sovremennyi Tolkovyi Slovar' Russkogo Yazyka, Norint, 2007)
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To paraphrase it, the way I understand the phrase (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that the museum needs 'livening up' (because it's boring and it needs something new to attract more people to visit it). But so that the changes (the changes made to re-animate/liven up the museum) are not a waste of time (i.e. so that the changes in themselves are not just a façade - something cheap and uninteresting that covers up the original things which are not interesting), we need to ... etc.
The idea that I get from this is that оживляж, in this context, means something that is not just a trick or ruse in itself, something which looks like it may help, but in fact doesn't.
(Sovremennyi Tolkovyi Slovar' Russkogo Yazyka, Norint, 2007)
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Note added at 42 mins (2010-09-24 10:22:32 GMT)
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To paraphrase it, the way I understand the phrase (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that the museum needs 'livening up' (because it's boring and it needs something new to attract more people to visit it). But so that the changes (the changes made to re-animate/liven up the museum) are not a waste of time (i.e. so that the changes in themselves are not just a façade - something cheap and uninteresting that covers up the original things which are not interesting), we need to ... etc.
The idea that I get from this is that оживляж, in this context, means something that is not just a trick or ruse in itself, something which looks like it may help, but in fact doesn't.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
DTSM
2 hrs
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| agree |
Rachel Douglas
: You mean, it needs to be livened up, but they'd better watch out it doesn't come off as "sexed up"? I don't dare propose that as an answer, since it's British usage that I don't fully get, but maybe it would work in this sense of overdoing things?
4 hrs
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| agree |
Alexandra Taggart
: Yes,it's one of meanings and it refers to the language styles. But it has another meaning, the term is used in a puppet-theatre - to make things behave as they were alive".
9 hrs
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Discussion
- оживление - оживляж; boon - boondoggle