Feb 7, 2010 17:28
14 yrs ago
Russian term
United States
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Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English, and 1 more.
распетушиться как кочет
Russian to English
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"А он распетушился, как расхрабрившийся кочет. Осталось только взлететь на стол, захлопать крыльями, издать победоносное «кукареку» и ждать, что все наседки слетятся к нему."
кочет=петух
context: An arrogant man is being compared to a rooster. He kept talking in a condescending manner praising himself more and more.
As a side note, does this comparison make sense in English at all?
Thanks.
кочет=петух
context: An arrogant man is being compared to a rooster. He kept talking in a condescending manner praising himself more and more.
As a side note, does this comparison make sense in English at all?
Thanks.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
1 hr
Rachel Douglas
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
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212
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was (like) a fighting rooster in full display
He was like a fighting rooster in full display.
And now he was a fighting rooster in full display.
He was like a fighting cock in full display.
And now he was a fighting cock in full display.
I would go with "rooster," not because of the more off-color connotations of "cock" (which may be invoked deliberately, cf. Melville's story "Cock-a-doodle-do," which contains the exclamation, "Oh noble cock, oh noble man!"), but because you're about to need to write "cock-a-doodle-do" for "кукареку," and the "rooster/cock-a-doodle" sequence sounds better to me than "cock/cock-a-doodle," if you see what I mean.
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You could omit "fighting," too.
And now he was a fighting rooster in full display.
He was like a fighting cock in full display.
And now he was a fighting cock in full display.
I would go with "rooster," not because of the more off-color connotations of "cock" (which may be invoked deliberately, cf. Melville's story "Cock-a-doodle-do," which contains the exclamation, "Oh noble cock, oh noble man!"), but because you're about to need to write "cock-a-doodle-do" for "кукареку," and the "rooster/cock-a-doodle" sequence sounds better to me than "cock/cock-a-doodle," if you see what I mean.
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You could omit "fighting," too.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all."
+1
4 mins
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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108
spread his tail like a(n excited) peacock
standard in English for this sort of sts
Peer comment(s):
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Victor Zagria
: дескать бражничал, дескать куражил. И расхаживал барином тут.. :)
Понты все колотил, напулянный он наш :)
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thanks, V. С понтом, в натуре, гоношился, шестерил, давил по мазе, маховичками похлестывал, базлал по–черному.
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48 mins
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
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31
splayed out like a fighting cock/like a rooster
Wide spread cock. http://www.google.ru/search?hl=ru&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...
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or "strutting (forth) like a fighting cock"
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/strut
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or "strutting (forth) like a fighting cock"
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/strut
3 hrs
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
:
78
displayed his feathers like the proverbial proud peacock
Because this is about pride, I would go with the peacock over the other birds.
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Scratch the "proverbial" and go with "emboldened" peacock. I responded hastily (phone ringing)
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Scratch the "proverbial" and go with "emboldened" peacock. I responded hastily (phone ringing)
1 day 13 hrs
Radwan Rahman
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in English
Russian Federation
Radwan Rahman
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: English to Arabic, Russian to Arabic, Russian to English
braging like a cock
without comments.
1 day 23 hrs
Vladimir Alexandrov
Native in Russian
fight the matrix
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
cocky as an alpha male
maybe this will help
since I am not for the rooster
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or "alpha dog" in case animals are in question
since I am not for the rooster
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or "alpha dog" in case animals are in question
Example sentence:
cocky as an alpha male
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