Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 13, 2002 16:30
22 yrs ago
Russian term
Телефонная будка
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Is it "telephone booth"? Которые стоят по городу, уличные автоматы в будках.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +21 | * |
Yelena.
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| 4 +5 | public phone |
Michael Tovbin
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| 5 +3 | pay phone |
myrafla
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Proposed translations
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It can be a telephone booth or a telephone box
Other synonyms: phone booth, call box
Other synonyms: phone booth, call box
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Я решила, что идеальный для моего текста вариант будет phone box. Спасибо за помощь и советы и поддержку! :-) "
+5
14 mins
Michael Tovbin
United States
United States
Native in Russian
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English
United States
Commitment to Quality and Deadlines
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English, English to Russian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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1220
public phone
согласен с предыдущим оратором.
Предлагаю просто как вариант. Пожалуй, с точки зрения частотности, это в Штатах услышишь чаще всего.
Предлагаю просто как вариант. Пожалуй, с точки зрения частотности, это в Штатах услышишь чаще всего.
Peer comment(s):
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Zoya ayoz (X)
: emet (sic)
16 mins
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Jolanta Schimenti
1 hr
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| agree |
Irene Chernenko
: For those that are rarely "booths" any more these days, just a plexiglass dome around the top. Or nothing at all.
1 hr
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They'll be going out of existence soon enough, what with the cell phones.
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Mark Vaintroub
1 hr
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Alexandra Tussing
12 hrs
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+3
1 hr
pay phone
very common in the US
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Mark Vaintroub
22 mins
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Thanks
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MichelBah (X)
: this would be the safest and most generic term these days.
56 mins
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Спасибо
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Yuri Geifman
6 hrs
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thanks
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