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Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

кольцевик

English translation:

mail-carrier / post-carrier

Added to glossary by Сергей Лузан
Jan 22, 2006 01:44
18 yrs ago
Russian term

кольцевик

Russian to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Somehow "mailman" doesn't seem descriptive enough.

Context:

И самые слабенькие ребятишки одиннадцатилетний чахоточный Володя Турыгин и десятилетняя Валя Захарова были счастливы, что им досталась «легкая» работа кольцевиков. В любую погоду – и в пургу, и в пятидесятиградусный мороз – ходили они с сумками почты: отчеты, рапорты, доносы – из Усть-Тьярма в Суйгу, больше 50 километров в один конец.

Discussion

koundelev Jan 22, 2006:
In winter, ������ implies they skied
koundelev Jan 22, 2006:
No, on foot only.
Deborah Hoffman (asker) Jan 22, 2006:
Could ������ include them having gone on horseback?

Proposed translations

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Russian term (edited): �������
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mail(-)carrier or post(-)carrier

Postal Service workers
Applicants for mail carrier positions must have a driver’s license and a good driving record, and must receive a passing grade on a road test. ...
stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos141.htm
How can I become a Post carrier?
Q. How can I become a Post carrier? Call 202-334-6265. Your information will be passed along to the independent Post distributor in your area, who will call ...
www.washpost.com/faq.nsf/0/ 0B569E3F59B700F3852568B80060DE8B?OpenDocument&Employment

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Russian term (edited): �������

special messenger

по контексту
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Russian term (edited): �������

Postrider

"..Лада: Когда было открыто первое почтовое отделение в Казахстане?
Д.И.: Первое почтовое отделение связи было открыто в Верном (нынешнем Алматы) в 1860 году. Тогда Верный стал узловым пунктом для всех проходящих через него почтовых сообщений по трактам между Ташкентом и Семипалатинском, Алтын Эмелем и Кульджой (Китай), Пишпеком и Пржевальском.
Лада: К какому времени можно отнести появление первых почтальонов?
Д.И.: В 1924 году была введена ***кольцевая почта*** для обслуживания отдаленных сел. ***Почтовый агент-кольцевик*** три раза в неделю совершал поездку по маршруту и строгому расписанию на телеге, запряженной лошадью. В специальном ящике он привозил и увозил корреспонденцию. Такой кольцевик выполнял, в сущности, работу целого отделения связи. Продавал конверты, марки, бумагу, принимал простые и заказные письма, переводы и посылки, проводил подписку на газеты и журналы. А в 1925 году в почтовой связи было осуществлено крупное мероприятие: впервые в истории развития почты были учреждены должности сельских письмоносцев, которые доставляли крестьянам на дом письма и газеты..."
http://www.lada.kz/text.asp?num=337&st=3

Михаил Шолохов "Поднятая целина":
"..По ночам, придя из сельсовета или из правления колхоза, разместившегося в просторном Титковом доме, Давыдов долго ходил по комнате, курил, потом читал привезенные кольцевиком «Правду», «Молот» и опять в размышлениях возвращался к людям из Гремячего, к колхозу, к событиям прожитого дня..."
orel2.rsl.ru/rgb-sh/sholohov/01.html
http://feb-web.ru/feb/sholokh/texts/sh0/sh6/sh6-005-.htm

"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Postrider \Post"rid`er\, n. - One who rides over a post road to carry the mails.
--Bancroft.
[1913 Webster]"
http://www.hydroponicsearch.com/spelling/extendedsearch.php?...

"..A primitive postal system was established in 1695. A postrider traveled between the Potomac River and Philadelphia twice a year..."
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7049/books.htm

"..In 1673 a postrider carrying the first mail in North America was dispatched from New York and arrived in Boston two weeks later. The route was through New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Brookfield, Worcester and Cambridge has since been known as the Boston Post Road..."
http://textbook.abebooks.com/Title/1520493/Old Post Road.htm...
http://broadviewbooks.com/newengl.htm

"..1673 - The first postrider makes the trip between Boston and New York in three weeks..."
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/crossroads/EFTcrossr...


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Russian term (edited): �������

courier

messenger: a person who carries a message
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* A courier is a person or company that delivers packages and mail, often between offices and generally in a shorter timescale than surface mail. In cities, some couriers will ride bicycles or motorbikes but most today use truck and aircraft. The term courier can also be used for courier robots that transport object in a building (home, industry, and others).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couriermessenger: a person who carries a message
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* A courier is a person or company that delivers packages and mail, often between offices and generally in a shorter timescale than surface mail. In cities, some couriers will ride bicycles or motorbikes but most today use truck and aircraft. The term courier can also be used for courier robots that transport object in a building (home, industry, and others).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier

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Peer comment(s):

agree Dorene Cornwell
17 hrs
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1 day 6 hrs
Russian term (edited): �������

delivery kids

Можно было бы - delivery boys, кабы не Валя Захарова :-j

ИЛИ: mail delivery kids

and, at least One lakefront resident would have to brace up their dock a bit, or that might be the last we'd see of the mail delivery kid.
www.chronicleonline.com/articles/ 2005/07/06/columns/shades_of_gray/news971.txt

I finally had it with the Washington Post delivery kids throwing newspapers into my flower garden. In ...
restonweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2264& sid=a0af7baf6f281ce9dff49736c947393f

... make money on the web and soon you'll more emailed voice and fax message delivery kids make money ...
www.getrichfaster.com/get-rich-faster/easy-make.html

Shoe shine people are gone now along with newspaper delivery kids on bikes. ...
www.nothingseriousbyted.com/archive.htm

... My two delivery kids called in sick, so I would have to go over there myself, walking hand-in-hand with death ...
www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=103616&st=220

Peer comment(s):

agree SirReaL
1 day 3 hrs
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Russian term (edited): �������

(post)mail and document router

just an idea to match an impication of a certain route
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