Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

Я курил здесь и буду курить

English translation:

I've always smoked here and will continue to do so!

Added to glossary by Donald Jacobson
Dec 2, 2015 11:01
8 yrs ago
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Russian term

Я курил здесь и буду курить

Russian to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Здравствуйте. Помогите, пожалуйста, правильно перевести это выражение. Наверное очень просто, но я сомневаюсь в правильности своего варианта.

Это из разговора курильщика и активистов, которые попросили его не курить в общественном месте.

- I've smoked here and I will smoke/continue (или keep) smoking here?
Change log

Dec 3, 2015 14:28: Donald Jacobson Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+4
24 mins
Selected

I've always smoked here and will continue to do so!

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Peer comment(s):

agree svetlana cosquéric
1 hr
Thank you, Svetlana!
agree Leniana Koroleva
4 hrs
Thank you, Leniana!
agree Valeria Kamphaus
4 hrs
Thank you, Valeria!
agree Tatiana Lammers
7 hrs
Thank you, Tatiana!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Спасибо!"
5 mins

That's where I [always] was and where I will be smoking

Though it's a violence over my non-English-speaker's mind
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18 mins

This is my favorite smoking spot

Lay off, it's my favorite smoking spot! :-)

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Note added at 20 mins (2015-12-02 11:21:48 GMT)
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Another option:
"this is my personal designated smoking area, okay?"
Peer comment(s):

neutral Vladimir Zakharov : You're definitely working on Russia's book-reading image ;-)
15 mins
You can't blame the man for trying! :-)
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1 hr

...and I gonna smoke...

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+2
1 hr

It's my business where I smoke

My interpretation. By his words it isn't clear whether he's always smoked at this spot or just for the past several minutes -- all that's clear is that he doesn't want to move.
Peer comment(s):

agree El oso : I will smoke wherever I damn well please! (if you will) :-)
19 mins
Yep. Thank you.
agree Oleksiy Markunin
13 hrs
Thank you.
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6 hrs

I always have and always will smoke here

"always have, always will" - распространенное выражение
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22 hrs

I have always smoked here, and I always will.

По аналогии с - Я всегда тебя любила и буду любить всегда! - I have always loved you, and I always will. Источник - http://www.lingvo-online.ru/ru/Examples/ru-en/

Другой вариант - I have always smoked here, and here I will smoke.
По аналогии с - Я на 16 аршинах здесь сижу и буду сидеть. - I've a right to my 13 square yards here, and here I'll stay. Источник - http://www.lingvo-online.ru/ru/Examples/ru-en/
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