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нашипел

English translation: gave him a hiss

12:33 Apr 28, 2005
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / children's literature
Russian term or phrase: нашипел
Пока они обсуждали свой дальнейший путь, Забияка умудрился подраться c местным гусем, который зашел во двор гостиницы поклевать крошек. Гусь разодрал в клочья штаны Забияки, да еще и нашипел на него.

Просто hissed at him - как-то бледновато смотрится. Как бы посильнее выразиться?
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 19:52
English translation:gave him a hiss
Explanation:
a thorough hiss, tee-hee)
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danya
Local time: 15:52
Grading comment
Thank you for your help!!!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3gave him a hiss
danya
3 +2not only the goose... but also hissed him / hissed at him
Kirill Semenov
4 +1kept hissing at him
Jack Doughty
4not only tore his pants all over, but hissed him all over, too.
Yuri Smirnov


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
нашипел
not only the goose... but also hissed him / hissed at him


Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-04-28 12:38:48 GMT)
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hissed him over?

hissed him through?

Надо послушать, что \"нашипят\" нейтивы, конечно :)

Я пока не вижу проблем с hissed him/at him. Hissed him, вероятно, сильнее

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 15:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 381

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Donahue (X): hissed at. "The crowd hissed at the villains, cheered the heroes and hooted on kazoos as the Wicked Witch whizzed by on her broom."
10 mins
  -> in other words, the crowd behaved as the crowd is supposed to behave ;-)
agree  Angeliki Kotsidou (X)
2 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
нашипел
gave him a hiss


Explanation:
a thorough hiss, tee-hee)

danya
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Thank you for your help!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Donahue (X): thoroughly hissed. "In fact, we were thoroughly hissed at once by swans at Lake Windermere in the UK, and they are big birds that can become quite aggressive, I believe."
5 mins
agree  Marina Davidenko
1 hr
agree  Anneta Vysotskaya: I would emphasise it in such a way - gave him a big hiss
8 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
нашипел
not only tore his pants all over, but hissed him all over, too.


Explanation:
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Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 15:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BelarusianBelarusian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 124
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
нашипел
kept hissing at him


Explanation:
Suggests it went on for quite a while, whereas "hissed at him" would only be once or twice.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 658

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  danya: pls consider that the Russian verb is perfective (совершенного вида), which does not imply continuity of action
6 mins
agree  Irene N: I disagree with Danya. On the contrary, this way it is being emphasized that the goose не мог угомониться, ему все было мало.
1 hr
  -> Thank you. You explain what I thought for Danya's benefit better than I could have done myself.
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