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свалкa

English translation: landfill

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Russian term or phrase:свалкa
English translation:landfill
Entered by: erika rubinstein

13:42 Jan 16, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: свалкa
Κοнстантин Фетисов был избит после участия в пикете против свалки в Левобережном микрорайоне Химок.

I know several meanings of svalka, but not one that would appear to be appropriate here.
stephkg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:16
landfill
Explanation:
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erika rubinstein
Local time: 15:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6landfill
erika rubinstein
4trash dump
rns
4waste disposal site
kergap --
4refuse dump
AndriyRubashnyy
3 +1см
Oleksiy Markunin
3garbage dump site (also pls see below)
Yuri Larin


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
мусорная свалкa
trash dump


Explanation:
As a more general one — http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trash dump

rns
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 119
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for prompt reply!

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
waste disposal site


Explanation:
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kergap --
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Russian
Notes to answerer
Asker: I would probably use 'rubbish tip', but 'waste disposal site' is the term which I would be most likely to use out of those offered

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
refuse dump


Explanation:


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Note added at 6 Min. (2011-01-16 13:48:54 GMT)
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refuse dump - a place where a town's rubbish is put

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/refuse-du...

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Note added at 12 Min. (2011-01-16 13:54:40 GMT)
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Можно просто dump, rubbish dump или landfill, Rubbish Landfill Dump

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Khimki Forest | Moscow Russia | Political Violence
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16 Nov 2010 ... Have beatings of activists, known as the Khimki Forest affair, ... In the past five years, the dump has grown to be over 160 feet high, ...
www.globalpost.com/dispatch/russia/101115/khimki-forest - Im Cache
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The Battle for Khimki Forest | openDemocracy
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23 Aug 2010 ... Khimki Forest Park is unique eco-system in the area of Moscow with .... of nearby apartment buildings from this horrible rubbish dump. ...
www.opendemocracy.net/od.../battle-for-khimki-forest - Im Cache

AndriyRubashnyy
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for reference material. That was great!

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
landfill


Explanation:
variant

erika rubinstein
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 44
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  slavkaf
4 hrs
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agree  Aleksey Chervinskiy: That's what they call them in the States
4 hrs
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agree  LanaUK: and in UK
6 hrs
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agree  Kiwiland Bear
6 hrs
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agree  Sanych_Msk: Оно !
12 hrs
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agree  cyhul
19 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
garbage dump site (also pls see below)


Explanation:
... Also, "Junk yard" (more specialized) - A wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, junkyard, breakers yard, (sometimes also known as a scrapheap), is the location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts ...

Yuri Larin
Ukraine
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
см


Explanation:
it turns out that "свалка" here = Полигон твердых бытовых отходов (ТБО) «Левобережный» (Химки)
http://goo.gl/QnBVV

ТБО is municipal solid waste (MSW)
http://goo.gl/Hn6HN

So you can go with - municipal solid waste facility/landfill/dump
http://goo.gl/75wmN
http://goo.gl/tIbUj
http://goo.gl/y5VIG

Hope it helps a bit =)

Oleksiy Markunin
Canada
Local time: 09:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernsucht
1 hr
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neutral  Kiwiland Bear: I think you are being too thorough here. No one reading original Russian text will go checking what particular "свалка" it was. Not unless they have a very good reason for that. Just "landfill" will do fine.
5 hrs
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