FW: [SEELANGS] How to translate "ochered'" (not the kind for toil et paper)?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Loren A. Billings wrote:

>> Положил автоматной очередью
> 
> How about _mowed them down with an automatic burst_? I don't like the
> last part, but _mowed ... down_ seems to capture the slang of
> _Положил_ here.

If memory serves, the original post had полоснул (polosnul).

I do like "mowed them down," but like you, I don't find "automatic 
burst" very felicitous -- it sounds like the burst was initiated 
automatically. Since a burst is inherently automatic, we might leave 
"automatic" out entirely. But if you want to include it, how about 
"mowed them down with a burst of automatic (weapon) fire"?

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Paul B. Gallagher
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