Jul 16, 2009 14:40
14 yrs ago
Russian term
Finance, marketing and contemporary art
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English
выбирается
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Context:
– Ну, теперь наша очередь! – удовлетворённо произнес Тихонов, глядя как из оставшихся от вражеских кораблей облаков раскалённого газа, затянувших пространство впереди крейсера, растерянно выбирается четвёрка фрегатов.
Does that mean that the cruiser is "taking out" the frigates (i.e. destroying)?
– Ну, теперь наша очередь! – удовлетворённо произнес Тихонов, глядя как из оставшихся от вражеских кораблей облаков раскалённого газа, затянувших пространство впереди крейсера, растерянно выбирается четвёрка фрегатов.
Does that mean that the cruiser is "taking out" the frigates (i.e. destroying)?
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Nov 21, 2009 15:31: Mikhail Kropotov changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Poetry & Literature"
Proposed translations
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3 mins
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
Native in Russian
Works in field
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
Related KudoZ points
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376
Selected
sail out / pull out
The four frigates sail out of the clouds
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
8 mins
tschingite
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Treu dem Job & ergeben der Fremdsprache
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) , Tatar
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 5 more.
getting away/escaping
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
gutbuster
: растерянно, неуверенно, без точного понимания, что делать, getting away/escaping ИМХО подразумевает целенаправленное, уверенное действие
35 mins
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+1
23 mins
Judith Hehir
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Related KudoZ points
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82
+1
24 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
:
666
watching as the four frigates made their tumultuary emergence from...
For a less literal approach to a complex sentence. You can switch the adjectives, if you like, but I'd suggest using this form.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
gutbuster
: все-таки глагол "выбираться" имеет пометку разг.
16 mins
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Either you're a terrible translator who can't see beyond verbatim translation, unaware of Kudoz peer-commenting rules, or simply boorish. I can't decide which.
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Mikhail Kropotov
: I don't see выбирается as colloquial
28 mins
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Thanks, Mikhail.
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| agree |
Rachel Douglas
: "Tumultuary"-new word for me, used for "disorganized" with ref. to troops, forces! But, is "Tikhonov" looking for targets to fire on? The asker will know, but that context cd demand "four frigates" w/o "the", and "a tumultuary emergence" not "their".
2 hrs
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Thank you, Rachel. At first I read the frigates as friendlies, which would justify the definite article and "their." But in fact they are hostiles, so you are right. Also, I settled on 'tumultuary' specifically because the context is clearly a battle.
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5 hrs
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
32
to loom
they became visible,started to appear out of hot gas clouds (облаков раскалённого газа)
+1
10 hrs
make their way out
Yet another way to say it.
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