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места не столь отдалённые

English translation: places not all that far away

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Russian term or phrase:места не столь отдалённые
English translation:places not all that far away
Entered by: Yelena.

14:07 Jul 3, 2002
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Russian term or phrase: места не столь отдалённые
Помимо постоянного "НАДО!","ВЫПОЛНИМ""ПЯТИЛЕТКУ-В ТРИ ГОДА!", "ДА ЗДРАВСТВУЕТ!", свершалась жизнь большинства людей, переживавших общие тяготы и лишения, общий страх перед "черным воронком" и страх за родных и близких, что попали в места не столь отдалённые.
B R
in places not all that far away
Explanation:
The places are of course prisons or labour camps, which you can explain in a translator's note if you think it necessary to do so.
Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:31
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6in places not all that far away
Jack Doughty
4 +4places less frequented
Yuri Geifman
4that found themselves in the camps (behind bars)
Michael Tovbin
4far from cosy
nattash
4taken to "the not faraway lands"
Dell (X)
4not too distant places
AYP


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that found themselves in the camps (behind bars)


Explanation:
something like that

Michael Tovbin
United States
Local time: 11:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 1220
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
in places not all that far away


Explanation:
The places are of course prisons or labour camps, which you can explain in a translator's note if you think it necessary to do so.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 14525

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalie
3 mins
agree  Olga Judina
18 mins
agree  Larissa Lagoutina
51 mins
agree  Zoya ayoz (X)
1 hr
agree  GaryG: or "...not that all remote"
2 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан
1 day 3 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
places less frequented


Explanation:
or "places not overly remote", although in English the slightly ironic air of the expression is lost.

Yuri Geifman
Canada
Local time: 12:31
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 389

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Tovbin: good translation. However, it does not immediately conjure an image of the camps.
2 mins
agree  protolmach: very good, also needs a footnote or a translator's note
3 mins
agree  Tatiana Neroni (X): with protolmach, too.
1 hr
agree  Ludwig Chekhovtsov
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
far from cosy


Explanation:
who have ended up in qarters far from homely

or

who have ended up in qarters far from cosy

Slightly rephrased, but conveys the point, I think.

nattash
Local time: 18:31
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 64
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
taken to "the not faraway lands"


Explanation:
попытка...

Dell (X)
PRO pts in pair: 82
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
not too distant places


Explanation:
(in) the not too distant places

AYP
Local time: 19:31
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 90
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