Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
частный дом (сектор)
English translation:
in post-soviet context: private stand-alone house (area where such housing prevails)
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Alexandra Tussing
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Russian term
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chastnyi sektor...chastnyi dom...
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Interview with a drug user.
This section contains several related points which I am not sure about. Unfortunately I do not have the question as the person who was transcribing the interview could not hear it due to background noise.
A: Nu, na mashine vot tam priezzhaesh', chastnyi sektor, potomu chto geroin u nas, nu...prodaiut s kvartiry. Tam i imenno potomu kak, vot v moem sluchae, eto pod''ezd, to est' v kvartiry v piati-, a v deviatietishke, ne v chatnom dome. Nu, a stadol, doma uzhe. Potomu chto...Nu, v apteky skhodil, da i zachem tebe v pod''ezde-to...
As I understand it - heroin is sold either in flats (in 'doms') or in the stairwells of these blocks of flats. Stadol however is being sold in houses.This is because people would rather buy it in a chemist than in a stairwell.
chastnyi sektor - what does this mean?
chastnyi dom - does this refer to a house as opposed to a flat? Or does it just refer to any private residence?
This section contains several related points which I am not sure about. Unfortunately I do not have the question as the person who was transcribing the interview could not hear it due to background noise.
A: Nu, na mashine vot tam priezzhaesh', chastnyi sektor, potomu chto geroin u nas, nu...prodaiut s kvartiry. Tam i imenno potomu kak, vot v moem sluchae, eto pod''ezd, to est' v kvartiry v piati-, a v deviatietishke, ne v chatnom dome. Nu, a stadol, doma uzhe. Potomu chto...Nu, v apteky skhodil, da i zachem tebe v pod''ezde-to...
As I understand it - heroin is sold either in flats (in 'doms') or in the stairwells of these blocks of flats. Stadol however is being sold in houses.This is because people would rather buy it in a chemist than in a stairwell.
chastnyi sektor - what does this mean?
chastnyi dom - does this refer to a house as opposed to a flat? Or does it just refer to any private residence?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | private houses as opposed to government apartments |
Alexandra Tussing
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| 5 +1 | Residential area... private house |
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private houses as opposed to government apartments
This dates back to the Soviet time, when most people lived in government-provided housing. (such as 5- or 9-etazhki, for example which were standard 5 or 9 story residential apartment buildings). In villages and some towns, most likely smaller ones, and more likely in the suburbs, there were also so-called "private sectors" - areas with a lot of private houses, that somehow survived the entire communist commotion :) chastnyi sektor is such an area. chastnyi dom is a private stand-alone house where people live throughout the year, as opposed to apartment (kvartira) in a building, and to dacha where people live in the summer only.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Comment: "Thanks to both. This is indeed a nice explanation!"
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Residential area... private house
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Peer comment(s):
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Kurt Porter
: I prefer "private home" here...but depending on the overall style of original text, digs, pad, lodgings, etc..
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