Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term
Ukraine
8 years of in-house translation
Native in: Ukrainian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Е-мое
| 5 +4 | holy cow! |
Vitaly Kisin
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| 4 +3 | (translate in context) |
GaryG
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| 4 +1 | Bloody hell! |
Natalya Boyce
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| 5 | Woo-ss-aa !!! |
Alexandra Taggart
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| 4 | gee whiz! |
Alexandra Goldburt
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| 4 | boyo! |
Alexandra Liashchenko
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| 4 | Wow! |
Andrey Belousov (X)
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| 3 | holy crap |
Tevah_Trans
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May 1, 2009 13:29: Vitaly Kisin Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): esperantisto
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Proposed translations
Physicist, huge translation experience
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English, and 1 more.
holy cow!
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Angela Greenfield
: My father-in-law says "Holy macaroni!" (it's a New York version of the same :-))
5 mins
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thanks
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Anna Fominykh
2 hrs
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thanks
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Igor Blinov
3 hrs
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thanks
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zmejka
4 days
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thanks
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MS Industrial Engineering; MBA
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
holy crap
(translate in context)
say "...твою мать" (but not in the context of a personal insult) so I think it
should be translated in the context in which it appears
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Alexey Levadniy
2 mins
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| neutral |
Yelena Pestereva
: I am not a great specialist here, but I am afraid the expression you mentioned is far more rude:)
45 mins
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| agree |
Vitaly Kisin
: it is a much sanitized euphimism of just that, Yelena
1 hr
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| agree |
Anna Fominykh
2 hrs
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| agree |
svetlana cosquéric
3 hrs
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Andrey Belousov (X)
: "...твою мать"'s got a negative connotation, however you look at it, while the Asker's looking for a positive one.
12 hrs
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| disagree |
Leniana Koroleva
: even if the connotation were negative I would not consider that expression at all, Gary; dictionaries are not perferct as life proves
1 day 16 hrs
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California Court Certified Interpreter
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
gee whiz!
Е-МОЕ - в знач. междом. прост., эвф. Выражает досаду, недоумение, восхищение и т.п. jiminy!; strike me!; hell's bells!; gee whiz!
I would go with "gee whiz", simply because it sounds more familiar to my Americanized ear. But of course, all depends on the context.
United States
I love my job like a love bread
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to Russian, and 3 more.
boyo!
United Kingdom
RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Bloody hell!
Stone the crows!
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Vitaly Kisin
: right on the money IMHO - in UK context
4 days
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Thank you, Vitaly!
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Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Woo-ss-aa !!!
Wow!
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Note added at 12 hrs (2009-04-17 03:50:48 GMT)
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My hat off to all the answers previously given, but you could have gotten smth. even better had you provided some context.
Reference comments
holy moly
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Angela Greenfield
8 mins
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спасибо
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sokolniki
: The best variant as usual - great equivalents, even in rhythm and number of syllables
17 mins
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спасибо большое
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boostrer
1 hr
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| agree |
Tatiana Lammers
1 hr
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