Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 19, 2012 19:28
11 yrs ago
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Russian term
Russian Orthodox Christian Translations
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
жакан
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Military / Defense
Тип снаряда: "достану я этот шарик жаканом с ружьишка-то моего, иль нет?" (Речь идет о шаровой мольнии.)
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 -1 | Jakan bullet |
Vaddy Peters
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| 4 +1 | slug |
Michael Korovkin
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Proposed translations
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Jakan bullet
a type of bullet invented by and named after a Lithvainan hunter by the name of Jakanis (in Russian - Jakan)
Note from asker:
| Thanks, The Misha! (Nice to be in contact again; it's been a few years.) Guns.ru actually seems to bear this out: "Пуля Якана была сконструирована Яканисом в Литве в начале XX в. В прошлом кто-то неумело прочел фамилию автора, получилось слово "Жакан" - неправильное произношение фамилии и названия пули." (http://faq.guns.ru/rounds/klassif.html) |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
The Misha
: Any proof of that? Otherwise this smacks of false etymology and is not very credible. The term doesn't google either. In the US they are called slugs.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Vaddy! Though I went with 'slug', it was your input that enabled me to find actual diagrams of this particular slug and even an article in the BSE, from where I got the 'Jacan' spelling."
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11 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
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English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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slug
... frangible bullet fired from a shotgun. Refers either to one solid bullet or to several large balls aka "double zero/00 shot"
Discussion
Не смотрите, что это игра, обычно в военных играх довольно точно подбираются все термины.