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Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | |||||||
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5 -1 | The heavens never saw such a disreputable Patsak as you, Fiddler. |
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5 -1 | The Heavens have never seen so shameful a Patsak as you, Fiddler! |
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The heavens never saw such a disreputable Patsak as you, Fiddler. Explanation: хо-хо Reference: http://kin-dza-dza.org.ru/topic421.html |
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The Heavens have never seen so shameful a Patsak as you, Fiddler! Explanation: дубляж - это лишь вариант, предложенный выполнившим его переводчиком. never в Past Indefinite имеет значение "так и не", то есть предложенные выше вариант звучал бы на русском "Небо так и не увидело" для пущей эмоциональной нагрузки используется конструкция "so ... a ...", вместо "such a ..." shameful - по аналогии с ярко эмоционально окрашенной фразой "shame on you" - "позор!" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2011-04-07 18:45:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?l1=1&l2=2&s=shameful -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2011-04-07 18:49:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oxford Dictionnary shameful - worthy of or causing shame or disgrace Collins Dictionary shameful [ʃe͟ɪmfʊl] ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful, you think that it is so bad that the person ought to be ashamed. Oxford Dictionary shame 1. [mass noun] 1) a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour she was hot with shame | he felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie ■ a loss of respect or esteem; dishonour the incident had brought shame on his family ■ [count noun] a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honour ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2011-04-07 18:51:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oxford Dictionary disreputable not considered to be respectable in character or appearance he was heavy, grubby, and vaguely disreputable Collins Dictionary disreputable [dɪ̱sre̱pjʊtəb(ə)l] ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone or something is disreputable, you are critical of them because they are not respectable or cannot be trusted. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.archive.org/stream/jesusandmaryorc00fabegoog/jesu... Reference: http://books.google.com.ua/books?id=8bdKJ7Mko-gC&pg=PA30&lpg... |
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