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Old Bill

Russian translation: фараон /дьявол, черт

07:22 Aug 23, 2001
English to Russian translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: Old Bill
Having Old Bill knocking on the door
Olga Judina
Latvia
Local time: 03:55
Russian translation:фараон /дьявол, черт
Explanation:
В зависимости от контекста есть два варианта:

1) Old Bill = cope = фараон (полицейский)
2) Old Bill = devil = дьявол, черт

The Slang Thesaurus by Jonathon Green,
Penguin books, 1986
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Natalie
Poland
Local time: 02:55
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Summary of answers provided
na +4фараон /дьявол, черт
Natalie
na +1страж порядка, фараон, легавый...
Angelina Asparuhova
naRuka zakona
Denis Chesnokov
naОфицер полиции
waltg
naПолиция ; полицейский (офицер полиции)
Ludwig Chekhovtsov
nablyustitel poryadka
sandjar (X)
na -1"мусор", ...
Yana
na -1Old Bill=Cop=Mент=Мусор
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31 mins
Ruka zakona


Explanation:
Old Bill is the common name for the police or a policeman in England.


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Denis Chesnokov
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 34
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31 mins peer agreement (net): +4
фараон /дьявол, черт


Explanation:
В зависимости от контекста есть два варианта:

1) Old Bill = cope = фараон (полицейский)
2) Old Bill = devil = дьявол, черт

The Slang Thesaurus by Jonathon Green,
Penguin books, 1986

Natalie
Poland
Local time: 02:55
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in pair: 38294
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agree  slavist
19 hrs
agree  ELynx
58 days
agree  Govor (X)
59 days
agree  Alexandra Tussing
103 days
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32 mins
Офицер полиции


Explanation:
OLD BILL
Noun
Slang

The police in general; a police officer.

Origin: Diminutive of male forename William. Sometimes as BILL, often as THE OLD BILL. It appears to be of mid-20th century. Perhaps it is with an allusion¹ to a cartoon character created during the war of 1914–18 by Bruce Bairnsfather (1888–1959), British cartoonist,of a grumbling veteran soldier, ususually having a large moustache.

Partridge quotes Mr. Arthur Moyse of W. Kensington, who in 1983 wrote, "I cannot imagine a working-class people using a term like "Old Bill" for the police as it sounds too sentimental; the Bairnsfather drawings were strictly for a middle-class readership as a view of the lovable Kipling type of private soldier." Mr. Moyse goes on to propose a derivation from the song, "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey?" As Partridge says there are stranger derivations in this Dictionary(referring to his DSUE²). This explanation does seem better than a drowned policeman.

Reference:

CEED[ROM] Origin uncertain, perhaps cartoon character.

¹NewSOED[ROM]

²DSUE p.822

ST p.64 Suggests the source is the cartoon character.



    Reference: http://home.echo-on.net/~buzzcorr/OLD%20BILL%20-%20LINGO.htm
waltg
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43 mins
Полиция ; полицейский (офицер полиции)


Explanation:
OLD BILL - слэнг (жаргон), дословно СТАРЫЙ БИЛЛ (уменьшительное от William), употребляется, как правило, в смысле полиция вообще или полицейский в частности.
OLD BILL. Noun. Slang. The police in general; a police officer. Origin: Diminutive
of male forename William. Sometimes as BILL, often as THE OLD BILL. It appears ...
www.eol.ca/~buzzcorr/OLD BILL - LINGO.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages



    Reference: http://www.eol.ca/~buzzcorr/OLD%20BILL%20-%20LINGO.htm
Ludwig Chekhovtsov
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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страж порядка, фараон, легавый...


Explanation:
полиция (полицейский), страж порядка, фараон, легавый, архаровец, мильтон

"the Old Bill British, informal, old-fashioned
the police
The Old Bill was round here yesterday, asking where you were."
(Cambrige Dictionaries Online)
Полицейский колотил в дверь

Желаю удачи!:)


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Angelina Asparuhova
Local time: 03:55
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 70

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agree  Alexandra Tussing
103 days
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"мусор", ...


Explanation:
Old Bill is slang for the police in general or a police officer.
Might be an allusion to the cartoon character created during the
war of 1914–18 by Bruce Bairnsfather (1888–1959), British cartoonist, of a grumbling veteran soldier.
So the translations to Russian could be different, for example: "мусор", "дядя Степа", и т.д.


    Reference: http://home.eol.ca/~buzzcorr/OLD%20BILL%20-%20LINGO.htm
Yana
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 24

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disagree  Oleg Rudavin: Не переносите русский слэнг на американский контекст!
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): -1
Old Bill=Cop=Mент=Мусор


Explanation:
Last 2 in Cyrillic.

Легавый не верно. Это сыщик.

Russian Express
Canada
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 131

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19 hrs
blyustitel poryadka


Explanation:
Old Bill n. slang 1 the police. 2 a policeman

Perfect matches for English slang are rarely found in Russian and although, slang expressions for the police are available in excess, most of them bear offencive connotation. For this reason we will resort to compensational technique and use colloquial "блюститель порядка" for the "Old Bill" slang.


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    Reference: http://www.abbyy.ru
sandjar (X)
Local time: 05:55
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