Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
нет нет, а...
English translation:
Out of blues/ For no good reason
Added to glossary by
Oleg Pashuk (X)
Feb 25, 2003 15:06
21 yrs ago
Russian term
Roman
нет нет, а...
Non-PRO
Russian to English
Art/Literary
emphatic construction
Я знаю его противный характер. Он нет нет,а возмёт да как наорёт на тебя тогда,когда даже не ожидаешь.Как можно лучше всего передать эту русскую эмфазу с помощью аенглийского модального глагола,WOULD если не ошибаюсь.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | Out of blues/ For no good reason |
Oleg Pashuk (X)
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| 5 +6 | Every now and again |
JoeYeckley (X)
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| 4 +2 | sometimes |
Olga Judina
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| 4 +2 | he can up and shout at you ... |
danya
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| 5 | He would shout at you when you least expect it. |
Dmitry Arch
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| 3 +1 | now and then |
Elena Ivaniushina
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| 2 +2 | would just yell at you, out of the blue |
Ruselkie
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| 4 | All of a sudden (every) now and then |
Сергей Лузан
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Proposed translations
+7
12 mins
Selected
Out of blues/ For no good reason
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Suddenly
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Unexpectably
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I think it is better to use these in combination with something like - sometimes/once in a while, etc.
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Suddenly
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Unexpectably
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I think it is better to use these in combination with something like - sometimes/once in a while, etc.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+2
8 mins
Olga Judina
Latvia
Latvia
Native in Russian
Latvia
translating since 1990
Native in: Russian
Works in: Latvian to Russian, Latvian to English, English to Russian, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
352
sometimes
in this context
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also
from time to time,
once in a while
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also
from time to time,
once in a while
+2
17 mins
he can up and shout at you ...
a propos: Лингво предлагает once in a while для нет-нет.
можно добавить
можно добавить
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
JoeYeckley (X)
: Great intonation. "Now and then he can/will just up and shout..." Spoken like a West Texan :-)
2 hrs
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| agree |
Kirill Semenov
6 hrs
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+1
48 mins
Elena Ivaniushina
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
En-Ru: Biology, Medicine, Localization
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
Related KudoZ points
:
398
now and then
He would shout at you now and then, without any apparent reason, when you don't expect it in the least.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
JoeYeckley (X)
: I like the 'now and then' but with something a little more "down home" like Danya's "up and" construction.
2 hrs
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thank you :)
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1 hr
Dmitry Arch
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, French to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
73
He would shout at you when you least expect it.
Using 'would' for emphasis eliminates the need to use such expressions as 'from time to time', 'once in a while' or 'now and then'.
+2
1 hr
would just yell at you, out of the blue
now and then - that's OK, though sounds a bit less dramatic:)
+6
3 hrs
Every now and again
This is another common construction that varies the previously entered "now and then" to add more emphasis.
Something like: "Every now and again, he'd just go off and holler at you..."
Something like: "Every now and again, he'd just go off and holler at you..."
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Elaine Freeland (X)
: THat's the best one!
7 mins
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Why, thank 'e ma'am.
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| agree |
Elena Ivaniushina
: "go off" and "holler" -- very good. But doesn't it lean a bit too much towards US English?
3 hrs
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Toward US English with a specific regional flavor. However, I do not know that a translator can hope to find a middle-of-the-Atlantic solution to idiomatic issues.
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| agree |
Kirill Semenov
3 hrs
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Thanks, Kirill.
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| agree |
Сергей Лузан
: As well
1 day 3 hrs
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You're quite right. There is no single best answer to colloquial language.
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| agree |
Dmitry Arch
1 day 3 hrs
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Thanks, Dmitri.
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| agree |
zmejka
: i think this one's the best. or - 'every once and again'
5 days
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Thanks. "every once and again" is a bit "east of the Atlantic" in flavor, though.
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1 day 6 hrs
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
1276
All of a sudden (every) now and then
Something combined, that might help.
Good luck, Roman!
Good luck, Roman!
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