живет футболам

English translation: he lives for soccer (football)

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Russian term or phrase:	живет футболам
English translation:	he lives for soccer (football)
Entered by:	Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva

06:32 May 4, 2007

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Sports / Fitness / Recreation

Russian term or phrase: живет футболам

..болельщик в Британии гармотнам, живет футболам, но товар получает гнилой...

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva KudoZ activity Questions: 635 (2 open) (4 without valid answers) (44 closed without grading) Answers: 750 Canada
Local time: 22:53

he lives for soccer (football)

Explanation:
Another one.

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I have a 13 year old daughter who lives for soccer. We live in Westchester County, NY and are looking for indoor camp/team for winter months. Can you help? ...
www.soccercampguide.com/soccer_camp_questions.htm

Carlos is a young man who lives for soccer. He has no time for God or the Bible, and he cannot understand what his family and friends are finding so ...
www.harvestproductions.org/guide/User's guide--Somethi...

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OR:

can't imagine life without soccer

I can’t imagine life without soccer. Everyone out here speaks Spanish. Actually you can say it is Mexico, only the fields in Mexico are not this good. ...
www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?cat=54

And they can't imagine life without soccer. None are in it for the money — because there isn't any. They are truly playing for the love of the game. ...
www.danwashburn.com/yarem.html

Selected response from:

Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 09:53

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

(fans) eat, sleep and breathe soccer

Roman Bardachev

3 +2

he lives for soccer (football)

Andrew Vdovin

4 +1

not for grading - Use of the word "football" in English-speaking countries

Alexander Onishko

football is life for him

Yuri Smirnov

day-dreams for soccer

Сергей Лузан

football is the love of his life

Kirill Semenov

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

1 min confidence:

football is life for him

Explanation:
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Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 05:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Belarusian,

Russian

3 mins confidence:

football is the love of his life

Explanation:
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 05:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 43

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

(fans) eat, sleep and breathe soccer

Explanation:
Anil Dash: You have to eat, sleep, and breathe it. To thank them for having the passion to eat, sleep, and breathe this sometimes thankless and difficult work. But in addition to helping so many others, ...
www.dashes.com/anil/2007/02/02/you_have_to_eat - 32k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

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идиоматическое выражение

Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 10

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

he lives for soccer (football)

Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 09:53
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

day-dreams for soccer

Explanation:
.

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=ru&as_qdr=all&q=+%22day-drea...

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 6

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

not for grading - Use of the word "football" in English-speaking countries

Explanation:
Use of the word "football" in English-speaking countries

Further information: Football (word)

The word "football", when used in reference to a specific game can mean any one of those described above. Because of this, much friendly controversy has occurred over the term football, primarily because it is used in different ways in different parts of the English-speaking world. Most often, the word "football" is used to refer to the code of football that is considered dominant within a particular region.

Globally, and not necessarily in native English speaking countries, the word "football" usually refers to association football as this is the most widely played code of football. The name "soccer" (or "soccer football") was originally a slang abbreviation of association football and is now the prevailing term in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand where other codes of football are dominant.

Of the 45 national FIFA affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, only three (Canada, Samoa and the United States) actually use "soccer" in their organizations' official names, while the rest use football (although the Samoan Federation actually uses both). However, in some countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, use of the word "football" by soccer bodies is a recent change and has been controversial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#Football_today

Alexander Onishko
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 4

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