Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
весьма разнородный
English translation:
quite motley
Added to glossary by
Andrew Vdovin
Nov 28, 2017 09:56
6 yrs ago
Russian term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
весьма разнородным
Russian to English
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Poetry & Literature
У каждого переводчика свой стиль, да и уровень владения литературным языком тоже может быть очень разным. Поэтому текст книги получится весьма разнородным, и даже редакторская правка вряд ли сможет полностью это устранить.
Речь идет о художественном произведении, которое разделили по частям и раздали разным переводчикам. ))
Затрудняюсь с выбором наиболее подходящего эпитета - please advise!
Речь идет о художественном произведении, которое разделили по частям и раздали разным переводчикам. ))
Затрудняюсь с выбором наиболее подходящего эпитета - please advise!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | rather heterogeneous / quite motley |
Michael Korovkin
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| 4 | quite patchy |
danya
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| 4 | lack of uniformity |
El oso
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| 3 | quite eclectic |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Proposed translations
+1
23 mins
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
174
Selected
rather heterogeneous / quite motley
I'm giving you two opposite solutions: one "high" and one "low", one "classical" and direct (heterogeneous > разнородный) and one idiomatic.
... speaking about different ways of translating the same thing... :)
However, since the source text contains such relatively cultured terms as "весьма", I would go for a "high-end" translation, without a doubt.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-28 11:19:19 GMT)
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My own – certainly psychological – problem is that in the hoity-toity "lofty" texts I'm tempted to stick some grotty slang; and in slangy low-language texts I'm tempted to get subversive and wax Shakespearean... Obviously some problem with authority/father-figure and what not...
But this is wrong and has to be pinched in the bud.
Your text is quite cultured, as I noted above, and rather formal. So I wouldn't go too colloquial, no matter how strong a temptation.
On the other hand, "motley" is not exactly a bar-braul term, nor is it cockney or somptin' loik thah... So why not...
... speaking about different ways of translating the same thing... :)
However, since the source text contains such relatively cultured terms as "весьма", I would go for a "high-end" translation, without a doubt.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-28 11:19:19 GMT)
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My own – certainly psychological – problem is that in the hoity-toity "lofty" texts I'm tempted to stick some grotty slang; and in slangy low-language texts I'm tempted to get subversive and wax Shakespearean... Obviously some problem with authority/father-figure and what not...
But this is wrong and has to be pinched in the bud.
Your text is quite cultured, as I noted above, and rather formal. So I wouldn't go too colloquial, no matter how strong a temptation.
On the other hand, "motley" is not exactly a bar-braul term, nor is it cockney or somptin' loik thah... So why not...
Note from asker:
| Well, I like "quite motley". Which just goes to show how really motley such a multi-linguist translation could be. ))) |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Susan Welsh
: I'd go with "motley." In fact, it's Shakespearean! https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/02/a-fool-a-fool-a-m...
1 day 1 hr
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thanks Susan. Well, yeah, come to think about it...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your help Michael! Thanks everybody!!!"
8 mins
quite patchy
depending on the overall register, it might also be 'inconsistent', 'mixed', etc.
15 mins
lack of uniformity
For instance:
This results in a lack of uniformity in style;
This causes the text to suffer from a lack of uniformity in style
This results in a lack of uniformity in style;
This causes the text to suffer from a lack of uniformity in style
4 hrs
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
97
quite eclectic
eclectic: Made up of or combining elements from a variety of sources:
Reference comments
10 mins
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Tashkent, Ferghana valley, Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm) 
, Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
31
Reference:
highly (very, most) messed up / of miscellaneous content
highly (very, most) messed up / of miscellaneous content
Discussion
Они ("разные переводчики") хочут свою образованность показать и всегда говорят о непонятном (с) и именно "поэтому текст книги получается весьма разнородным" :)