на плечах висит старая кофта

English translation: old jacket dangles down

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Russian term or phrase:на плечах висит старая кофта
English translation:old jacket dangles down
Entered by: Сергей Лузан

08:44 Jan 14, 2005
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / children's literature
Russian term or phrase: на плечах висит старая кофта
Пущевик вскочил, отряхнулся и принял свой обычный облик – зеленые волосищи торчат во все стороны, на голове шляпа из дубовой коры с желтым дубовым листом вместо пера. Штаны болтаются на лямках с желудями вместо пуговиц. ***На плечах висит старая кофта*** из серого мха, которую ему Баба Яга сто лет тому назад подарила ко дню рождения.

"Висит" - по-видимому, имеется в виду, что кофта все-таки надета, но при этом висит на Пущевике как тряпка, некрасиво и обвисло (потому как старая).

Возможно, конечно, что она у него просто сверху на плечи накинута, но все же это, по-моему, маловероятно.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 22:57
old jacket dangles down
Explanation:
Fencing in 2004
... portion of the jacket. The jacket dangles down between my legs with a thin
strap that I connected to the back. Note that the metallic ...
www.lindajdunn.com/Fencing2004.html

club jacket - Voted The Best On The Web!
... saggy slice. Some club jacket dangles, as long as an orb plus a dungeon
radiantly pees on a large gulp save for some specific. A ...
www.plastictree.org/demin/club-jacket.asp


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4 for \"jacket dangles\".

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\"pld jacket droops off his shoulders\"
DailyCandy Boston - Plymouth Rocks
... 6 am: In the harsh light of day, the goods leave something to be desired. One jacket droops off your shoulders. A mini carves into your thighs. ...
www.dailycandy.com/article. jsp?ArticleId=22279&city=7
4 for \"jacket droops\"

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20 for \"jacket hangs off\".
1,990 for \"jacket hangs\".
Volcano corrections - moviemistakes.com
... she takes off her silver overall suit. Her jacket hangs off her shoulders, around her arms. In the following close-up the jacket ...
www.moviemistakes.com/film1375/corrections

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FanFiction.Net Story : Leave Me Alone
... Black leather shorts, fishnet hose, and knee high boots covers his legs. A long
jacket hangs off his shoulders and flows down near the ground. ...
www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1056647

GayinMaine Forums - Leather Modification?
... Now, thanks to that damn atkins I\'ve got to complete redo all my clothes.
This jacket hangs off me and is not very fitting at all. ...
www.gayinmaine.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB. pl?board=services;action=display;num=1077411777


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25 for \"jacket hangs down\".
GameShark Boards - Friends at Gameshark Version 3.0
... Anybody wanting to collect a Bounty on ME best realize that leather jacket hangs
down almost to the knee--concealing a stock folded Galil/ARM!!!! ...
boards.gameshark.com/GameShark_ Lounge/b10552/14270637/p21 - 70k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

MartialTalk.Com - Best Fitting Gi (uniform)
... Its actually \"cool\" that the jacket hangs down, covers my rear end well. And I like
the sleeves bigger. But your particular \"gi\" may not be fitting you well. ...
www.martialtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-14474 - 11k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Cosplay.com - Naruto from Naruto [in depth costume analysis]
... The butt-pouch somehow attaches to it - clips on, is my guess, into the pocket or
onto a belt (which I have never seen, since his jacket hangs down too far). ...
forums.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=42865 - 98k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

new tries ~ at runboard.com
... no, let me explain better. Where the jacket hangs down over the top, there
should possibly be a little shading. I love the second ...
com2.runboard.com/bthegathering2.fmakeitbetter.t431

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Note added at 2005-01-26 08:50:47 (GMT) Post-grading
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Был рад помочь и спасибо за грейдинг, Andrew Vdovin! С приветами из Сибири.
Selected response from:

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:57
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, Sergei!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5old jacket hung from his shoulders
Deborah Hoffman
4old jacket dangles down
Сергей Лузан
4an old jacket was draped from his shoulders
JoeYeckley (X)
3he is wearing a baggy old cardigan
Larissa Dinsley


  

Answers


32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
old jacket dangles down


Explanation:
Fencing in 2004
... portion of the jacket. The jacket dangles down between my legs with a thin
strap that I connected to the back. Note that the metallic ...
www.lindajdunn.com/Fencing2004.html

club jacket - Voted The Best On The Web!
... saggy slice. Some club jacket dangles, as long as an orb plus a dungeon
radiantly pees on a large gulp save for some specific. A ...
www.plastictree.org/demin/club-jacket.asp


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Note added at 2005-01-14 09:17:32 (GMT)
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4 for \"jacket dangles\".

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2005-01-14 09:22:23 (GMT)
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\"pld jacket droops off his shoulders\"
DailyCandy Boston - Plymouth Rocks
... 6 am: In the harsh light of day, the goods leave something to be desired. One jacket droops off your shoulders. A mini carves into your thighs. ...
www.dailycandy.com/article. jsp?ArticleId=22279&city=7
4 for \"jacket droops\"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2005-01-14 09:24:49 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

20 for \"jacket hangs off\".
1,990 for \"jacket hangs\".
Volcano corrections - moviemistakes.com
... she takes off her silver overall suit. Her jacket hangs off her shoulders, around her arms. In the following close-up the jacket ...
www.moviemistakes.com/film1375/corrections

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2005-01-14 09:25:39 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

FanFiction.Net Story : Leave Me Alone
... Black leather shorts, fishnet hose, and knee high boots covers his legs. A long
jacket hangs off his shoulders and flows down near the ground. ...
www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1056647

GayinMaine Forums - Leather Modification?
... Now, thanks to that damn atkins I\'ve got to complete redo all my clothes.
This jacket hangs off me and is not very fitting at all. ...
www.gayinmaine.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB. pl?board=services;action=display;num=1077411777


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2005-01-14 09:27:18 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

25 for \"jacket hangs down\".
GameShark Boards - Friends at Gameshark Version 3.0
... Anybody wanting to collect a Bounty on ME best realize that leather jacket hangs
down almost to the knee--concealing a stock folded Galil/ARM!!!! ...
boards.gameshark.com/GameShark_ Lounge/b10552/14270637/p21 - 70k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

MartialTalk.Com - Best Fitting Gi (uniform)
... Its actually \"cool\" that the jacket hangs down, covers my rear end well. And I like
the sleeves bigger. But your particular \"gi\" may not be fitting you well. ...
www.martialtalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-14474 - 11k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Cosplay.com - Naruto from Naruto [in depth costume analysis]
... The butt-pouch somehow attaches to it - clips on, is my guess, into the pocket or
onto a belt (which I have never seen, since his jacket hangs down too far). ...
forums.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=42865 - 98k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

new tries ~ at runboard.com
... no, let me explain better. Where the jacket hangs down over the top, there
should possibly be a little shading. I love the second ...
com2.runboard.com/bthegathering2.fmakeitbetter.t431

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Note added at 2005-01-26 08:50:47 (GMT) Post-grading
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Был рад помочь и спасибо за грейдинг, Andrew Vdovin! С приветами из Сибири.


    Reference: http://www.lindajdunn.com/Fencing2004.html
    Reference: http://www.plastictree.org/demin/club-jacket.asp
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 37
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, Sergei!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
he is wearing a baggy old cardigan


Explanation:
'baggy' suggests that it is too big and hanging.

Larissa Dinsley
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:57
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 74
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
на плечах висит старая кофта
an old jacket was draped from his shoulders


Explanation:
An old jacket of gray moss was draped from shoulders...

JoeYeckley (X)
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 83
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2 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
на плечах висит старая кофта
old jacket hung from his shoulders


Explanation:
Same expression in English. The implication can be that the jacket is too big, that the person is very thin, or that the jacket is shapeless or old.

" His long, dark brown jacket hung from his shoulders,
covering him to below the knees. "
http://www.babylonbycandlelight.com/darkmyst/dm117.htm

" A thick leather jacket hung from his shoulders as he lumbered
through the street with a group of boys surrounding him"
http://www.megspace.com/entertainment/ drakensis/carrot/gaijin11.txt

"An old, and worn leather
jacket hung from his shoulders and he had a rather charming smile"
http://assm.asstr.org/Year2002/36031


"The slight stoop and the way his wrinkled jacket hangs from his shoulders are as
integral to his performance in 'Harvey' as any of playwright Mary Chase's lines ... "
http://members.tripod.com/~movie_pal/stewart.html

"A collarless Italian leather biking jacket hangs from his
shoulders atop a well worn Shetland wool sweater. "
http://where.com/~mab/emma/logs/970424.txt

"An especially warm jacket hangs from his shoulders --
one that's clearly seen better days"
http://www.stanford.edu/~ajsabnis/silne/look.html -

"Frink walks in the room. Black leather jacket hangs from his shoulders. "
http://www.starbase118.net/forums/ index.php?showtopic=352&st=20

It also seems to me that the entire paragraph should be in the past tense, even though the Russian uses the narrative present in places. For example, "Pushchevik jumped up, shook himself, and and assumed his usual guise...he wore a cap made of oak bark...his trousers dangled...an old jacket made out of gray moss that Baba-Yaga had given him for his birthday hung from his shoulders..." etc.

Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 11:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
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