Feb 16, 2005 17:15
19 yrs ago
Russian term
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Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
вызывать колотушкой
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
children's literature
Они являлись на болота и вызывали ее криками или специальной колотушкой.
Это они ведьму так вызывали - те, которые к ней являлись.
Видимо эта "колотушка" где-то болтается на веревке, привязанная, ее берут и стучат ею (по дереву?).
Это они ведьму так вызывали - те, которые к ней являлись.
Видимо эта "колотушка" где-то болтается на веревке, привязанная, ее берут и стучат ею (по дереву?).
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Russian term (edited):
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to summon with a noisemaker
The issue of what, exactly, a колотушка is (watchman's rattle as opposed to some other kind of noisemaker) is secondary, I think.
Does this item play a central role in the story? If so, then perhaps some additional research is required. If, however, this колотушка is used only once to summon the witch, it can be anything: a bell, a chime, a whistle, a rattle, or any other kind of noisemaker that fits the style and feel of the story.
Cheers...
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-02-16 17:50:26 GMT)
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And for the record, I\'d render \"Они являлись на болота и вызывали ее криками или специальной колотушкой,\" as: \"They came to the swamp and summoned her with incantations and rattles.\"
FWIW
Does this item play a central role in the story? If so, then perhaps some additional research is required. If, however, this колотушка is used only once to summon the witch, it can be anything: a bell, a chime, a whistle, a rattle, or any other kind of noisemaker that fits the style and feel of the story.
Cheers...
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-02-16 17:50:26 GMT)
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And for the record, I\'d render \"Они являлись на болота и вызывали ее криками или специальной колотушкой,\" as: \"They came to the swamp and summoned her with incantations and rattles.\"
FWIW
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Comment: "Thanks for your help, Alex! Thabaks to everyone!"
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Russian term (edited):
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колотушка ночного сторожа == watchman's rattle
колотушка ночного сторожа == watchman's rattle.
Did it help? == Anatoliy
Did it help? == Anatoliy
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David Knowles
Native in English
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Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
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Russian term (edited):
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and called her by cries and a special rattling signal
I think you need "signal" in there, because the English reader won't know about a watchman's rattle (well I don't)!
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koundelev
: What's your opinion about "zigger-zagger"? Does it fit here?
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What's a zigger-zagger? I haven't looked it up, but my response probably answers your question!
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Kirill Semenov
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Thanks Kirill!
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Alex Lane
: If an English reader won't understand what a "rattle" is, same reader won't understand what a "rattling signal" is :^).
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Well, that's a bit harsh! "signal" clarifies what "rattling" means in this context!
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Russian term (edited):
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call by a tampon
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Note added at 27 mins (2005-02-16 17:42:45 GMT)
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they would walk-in to the moors and call her by cries or a handy tampon
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Jack Doughty
: A tampon can be a small drum, but this meaning is not widely known. By far the most common meaning of tampon (other than in engineering) is sanitary towel - женский гигиенический пакет - so I think it would be better to avoid this word.
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Sorry, it's your language, and you know better...
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Alexander Demyanov
: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tampon//Which is not a dictionary of the English lang.
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Есть такой словарь Мультилекс
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TranslatonatoR
: a handy tampon...=))) George you are hilarious!
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Russian term (edited):
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to call her out with a bettle
zigger-zagger - (тоже) колотушка
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