Aug 11, 2009 17:53
14 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
народные массы отеля
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hi
How do I translate this in this context? The hotel residents have been watching a the hotel burn and were asked to leave:
"Смущенные, мы стали расходиться. Нам действительно нечего было делать, а пожар - крупное развлечение. И бесплатное. Кэн, я, банда тинейджеров и эФ-мэн - ни у кого из нас не было денег. Мы были народные массы отеля. У народа нет денег. Деньги есть у серьезных людей."
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How do I translate this in this context? The hotel residents have been watching a the hotel burn and were asked to leave:
"Смущенные, мы стали расходиться. Нам действительно нечего было делать, а пожар - крупное развлечение. И бесплатное. Кэн, я, банда тинейджеров и эФ-мэн - ни у кого из нас не было денег. Мы были народные массы отеля. У народа нет денег. Деньги есть у серьезных людей."
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+4
4 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
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666
Selected
We were the hotel's rabble / common masses / lower classes
Although above all else I would suggest 'proletariat' - I think the Russian flavor would be a great fit here.
Peer comment(s):
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svetlana cosquéric
: I like "proletariat"
41 mins
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Thank you, Svetlana.
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Mikhail Korolev
1 hr
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Thank you, klp.
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Jack Doughty
1 hr
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Thank you, Jack.
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JangF
14 hrs
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Thank you, Jan.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
3 mins
Alexander Ryshow
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Works in field
Belarus
Aus Liebe zur Sprache
Native in: Russian 
, Belarusian
Works in: German to Russian, German to Belarusian, Russian to Belarusian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
40
the masses of hotel
Peer comment(s):
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Rachel Douglas
: I like just plain "the masses" for the mock leftist terminology. But not "of hotel". And repeat it in the next sentence for "народ", to drive home the sense. "We were the masses at this hotel. The masses don't have money."
18 hrs
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+1
38 mins
David Knowles
Native in English
Specializes in field
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
Related KudoZ points
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206
we were the dregs of the hotel
.. we didn't have any money. Serious people have money
+1
1 hr
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
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82
the hotel riff raff
a variant
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-08-11 19:50:44 GMT)
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or: riffraff/riff-raff
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-08-11 19:50:44 GMT)
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or: riffraff/riff-raff
Peer comment(s):
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Jim Tucker (X)
: Good one, much lighter than traditional (sociological) class designations, which are clunkier in EN than in RU.
1 hr
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Thank you, Jim.
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+1
12 mins
unwashed/plebeians/plebs
Just more options
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Note added at 18 mins (2009-08-11 18:11:33 GMT)
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Another one:
common folks
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-11 19:56:54 GMT)
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And one more:
We were the regular joes of the hotel
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Note added at 18 mins (2009-08-11 18:11:33 GMT)
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Another one:
common folks
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-11 19:56:54 GMT)
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And one more:
We were the regular joes of the hotel
53 mins
Victor Zagria
Native in Russian
Native in: Ukrainian , Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, Russian to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
the have-nots of the hotel
I mean that *of* should necesserily be used, not *at* (the latter might have sounded more appropriate in a less contextual-related setting)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&o...
Brian Fallow: Why the have-nots will have even less
Результаты 1 - 10 из примерно 10 900 000 для have nots. (0,28 секунд)
Результаты 1 - 10 из примерно 10 900 000 для have nots. (0,28 секунд)
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Note added at 56 mins (2009-08-11 18:49:49 GMT)
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The have-nots of all nations and situations have always been "plebs" (vs "nobles"), "proletariate" vs "bourgeoise", "dregs" vs "men of weight" etc actually because they have nothing in this life
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-11 20:47:17 GMT)
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FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CHARACTERS IS EMPHESIZED IN THE EXTRECT
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&o...
Brian Fallow: Why the have-nots will have even less
Результаты 1 - 10 из примерно 10 900 000 для have nots. (0,28 секунд)
Результаты 1 - 10 из примерно 10 900 000 для have nots. (0,28 секунд)
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Note added at 56 mins (2009-08-11 18:49:49 GMT)
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The have-nots of all nations and situations have always been "plebs" (vs "nobles"), "proletariate" vs "bourgeoise", "dregs" vs "men of weight" etc actually because they have nothing in this life
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-08-11 20:47:17 GMT)
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FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CHARACTERS IS EMPHESIZED IN THE EXTRECT
4 hrs
Eric Candle
Native in Russian
Works in field
Better than native
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, German to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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32
the ragtag
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