алаверды

English translation: you show me yours, I show you mine :)

02:50 Sep 15, 2010
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Russian term or phrase: алаверды
Один знакомый американец поделился со мной своими фотографиями с отпуска. Хочу ему выслать ответно фотографии с моего отпуска, сопроводив их неким минимальным комментарием, типа сабжа. Есть такое в американском?
Поймёт ли он вариант на английском "наш ответ чемберлену"?

Спасибо

P.s.: Уточнение для неруссофонов: ни о каком тосте или передаче слова за столом тут речи не идёт. Здесь скорее некое аналогичное ответное действие.
yanadeni (X)
Canada
Local time: 11:27
English translation:you show me yours, I show you mine :)
Explanation:
standard, and at least a bit naughty and funny... unless of course you wanna go meliflouos-yacky, like, "my turn to share mementos with you" + a reference to some tacky song ... puke!
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 17:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1you show me yours, I show you mine :)
Michael Korovkin
3 +1Your turn to remember
Igor Moshkin
4Your turn, remember?
Alexandra Taggart


Discussion entries: 9





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Your turn to remember


Explanation:
...by Uriah Heep
And it would be quite appropriate to send the photos together with the link to this song :)

Igor Moshkin
Russian Federation
Local time: 22:27
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  Jack Doughty
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
you show me yours, I show you mine :)


Explanation:
standard, and at least a bit naughty and funny... unless of course you wanna go meliflouos-yacky, like, "my turn to share mementos with you" + a reference to some tacky song ... puke!

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 17:27
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 128

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agree  Jinglebob
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Your turn, remember?


Explanation:
Very often politics appear as a game of strategic skill for two players, and compared with two who're playing chess. I used to play computer chess and I had this short reminder sometimes:" Your turn, remember?"( You're quiet, what is your next turn? ). Each line of the poem is written in different accents with typical mistakes in Russian language.I can recognize some uzbek or other Central Asia's natives.A subject of a foreighn accent is a material for humour writers in any country and USSR wasn' an exception.Such a bouquet of different accents most likely represents "ALL NATIONS' FRIENDSHIP" - a popular CPSU motto in times of millitary glory of heavily armed USSR .Fifteen Republics - fifteen languages; but communists wanted too much, you know, not everybody in the school has good marks when learning foreighn languages. What Gamzatov had meant with calling his poem this way - some chronices might bring you on the right track.

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 15
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