вечная ручка

English translation: perpetual ink pen

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Russian term or phrase:	вечная ручка
English translation:	perpetual ink pen
Entered by:	GaryG

00:55 Dec 12, 2004

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Science (general) / Pseudoscience

Russian term or phrase: вечная ручка

Представьте, что к вам пришел человек и предложил за сто рублей философский камень, эликсир жизни, скатерть-самобранку и ряд мелочей - шапку-невидимку, меч-кладенец, вечную ручку и средство от клопов.

Is this a pen that doesn't run out of ink or something else?

GaryG KudoZ activity Questions: 130 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 2494
Local time: 20:20

perpetual pen or perpetual ink pen

Explanation:
The reference below is to a blog where a young man is discussing some questionable magazine advertisements, including a Perpetual Ink Pen. Perpetual pen also works and carries across the irony - the alliteration is also nice, though not present in the original.

Selected response from:

Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 20:20

Grading comment

Thanks, Deborah! I was looking for something more "wondrous" but it appears now that the author was being sarcastic with the last two items!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

perpetual pen or perpetual ink pen

Deborah Hoffman

4 +2

fountain pen

Alexander Demyanov

perpetuum pen

Сергей Лузан

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

7 mins confidence:

perpetuum pen

Explanation:
Good luck, GaryG!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

вечная ручка

perpetual pen or perpetual ink pen

Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, Deborah! I was looking for something more "wondrous" but it appears now that the author was being sarcastic with the last two items!

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

вечная ручка fountain pen

Explanation:
It was called вечная ручка in the USSR before - I don't know - either the 50s or the 40s?

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http://www.nalogi.net/1998/199803_9.htm

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 20:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 136

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