Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 15, 2009 02:58
14 yrs ago
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Russian term
ётить
May offend
Russian to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
A semi-acceptable shortened variant of "еб твою мать", "god fuck your mom". Can someone propose something different from fuck?
Thank you in advance
Thank you in advance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Eff off! |
Jack Doughty
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| 4 | Damn it! |
Sergey Gurinovich
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| 3 | holy s**t |
Michael Zapuskalov
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Change log
Aug 15, 2009 05:12: Yasutomo Kanazawa changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"
Aug 15, 2009 09:42: Olga B changed "May Offend" from "Not Checked" to "Checked"
Aug 29, 2009 07:14: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
3 hrs
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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80
Selected
Eff off!
The eff stands for the same word but the word itself is avoided.
Holy s**t is fine for US English but is still rather less accepted for UK.
Holy s**t is fine for US English but is still rather less accepted for UK.
Note from asker:
| An excellent variant, but it does not fit the context. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Zamira B.
: What a clever way to avoid the 'f***' word!
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Thank you.
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| agree |
Alexander Onishko
: "eff" is just excellent! however this "off" is not to the place somehow - "ётить" is normally used simply as an expression of surprise
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Thank you. OK, you know what the Russian means better than I do, but I can't think of anything offhand.
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danya
: "ef off" and its ruder prototype mean "leave me alone", "get out from here" etc. - ётить is an expletive, and is not addressed to any one
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Thank you. Trying to think of anything similar in English. People sometimes say "Get out of here!" just as an expression of surprise rather than in the direct meaning, but I don't think that really fits either.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
33 mins
Michael Zapuskalov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
IT & Telecom translations.
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
holy s**t
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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2009-08-17 05:43:18 GMT)
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Well, the context appeared just a couple of minutes ago.
Note from asker:
| YOur variant is better contectuatlly than "eff off", but it looks like even less accceptable thant simple "fuck". |
| sorry for my spelling: i am typing under a triple dose of ambien. |
4 days
Sergey Gurinovich
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Belarus
I'll get your meaning over!
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Damn it!
if you need something more acceptable and it fits into the sentence I think
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