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мол

English translation: don't translate

19:03 Aug 26, 2010
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: мол
Скажи, мол, Петрович энтот власть поносит, обрядов не блюдет, мертвецов с кладбищ ворует и вообще колдун и шпийон израильский.
Alarick (X)
Moldova
Local time: 13:59
English translation:don't translate
Explanation:
В этом конкретном случае нет никакой необходимости переводить это слово.
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 12:59
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6don't translate
Mikhail Kropotov
4 +4like
Alexander Ryshow
5Say so, that...
Alexandra Taggart
4if you woulc
Dorene Cornwell
4you'd tell, dat Petrovich, they say, ...
rns


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
don't translate


Explanation:
В этом конкретном случае нет никакой необходимости переводить это слово.

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 12:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 376
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith Hehir
10 mins
agree  Oleksiy Markunin
13 mins
agree  DTSM
1 hr
agree  Anneta Vysotskaya
2 hrs
agree  Susan Welsh
2 hrs
agree  Tatiana Lammers
5 hrs
agree  Jahongir Sidikov
8 hrs
agree  Samantha Payn
13 hrs
disagree  Michael Korovkin: Sorry! It's fiction – not a technical text. "Mol" here, is a colour-adding intecallary device: not translating it emasculates the colourful original.
18 hrs
  -> Color me colorless
disagree  Alexandra Taggart: "Mol" has its meaning, means "something like:". /I don't have a reason why should I?
2 days 1 hr
  -> When you disagree, you are expressing your opinion. That is fine. But please don't pretend you're the be all and end all Russian and English. You're not.
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
like


Explanation:


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Note added at 2 мин (2010-08-26 19:06:10 GMT)
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something like

Alexander Ryshow
Belarus
Local time: 13:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roman Bardachev: Say, like Petrovich blah blah blah
4 mins
  -> Спасибо за поддержку, Роман!
agree  DTSM
1 hr
  -> Спасибо за поддержку!
agree  Michael Korovkin: Definitely! It's a colour-adding intecallary device: not translating it emsculates the colourful original.
18 hrs
agree  Alexandra Taggart
2 days 1 hr
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
if you woulc


Explanation:
I think the rhetorical style suggests some kind of translation. I agree it could probably be omitted but...

Dorene Cornwell
Local time: 03:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Скажи, мол, Петрович энтот ...
you'd tell, dat Petrovich, they say, ...


Explanation:
 

rns
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 72
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2 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Say so, that...


Explanation:
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Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 32
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