How to translate "ochered'" (not the kind for toilet paper)?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Loren A. Billings wrote:

> "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> By the way, _automatic_ has a specific meaning too. It's when the
>>> weapon continuously fires without having to keep pulling the
>>> trigger; ...
>> 
>> I understood it somewhat differently -- that the weapon fires 
>> continuously _as long as_ you hold down the trigger; in other
>> words, that you don't have to release the trigger to fire the next
>> round.
> 
> We are saying the same thing. I should clarify my own wording: the
> weapon continuously fires without having to repeatedly release and
> pull the trigger. By "keep pulling" I was referring to iterative
> pulls rather than sustained pressure on the trigger.

Good, we do agree.

>> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> 
> Might makes right, as it were? --Loren Billings

To the contrary, as I think you know -- the party that enforces its will 
by brute force is usually the one with wrong on its side, and its power 
is short-lived as the world collaborates to knock the tyrant off its 
perch. The aphorism is about the pointlessness and counterproductiveness 
of war. And I wish it didn't have such obvious application to our 
current situation -- I don't like being carried along on a target rack 
as our irresponsible leaders pursue their vainglorious dream of conquest 
and exploitation.

But that's all off-topic here, so if you want to pursue it, contact me 
privately.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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