TOILET / UNITAZ

[Josh Wilson]

Americans (at least in the northwest, where I am from) most often call it
the "bathroom" - whether the room actually has a bathtub in it or not. 

As they often occur in Russian apartments (with toilet and shower in
separate "closets,") doesn't really happen in America and is something
you'll likely need to footnote if to give a true definition of what the word
in Russian refers to. That said, when I am in a Russian apartment and
speaking English, I find I refer to that place as simply "the toilet," as
the "room" is entirely defined by that fixture... (i.e. Q - "where is your
bathroom?" A - "The toilet is down the hall and to the left.")

I think calling it the "toilet room" will make you sound silly, IMHO. 

(PS - nice to see you Brits finally learned how to spell "finalize." ;) 


Josh Wilson
Asst. Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor-in-Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
www.sras.org 
jwilson at sras.org

 

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Langran
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:05 PM
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] TOILET / UNITAZ

Corrections 2nd sendingDear colleagues

Ruslan 1 US edition is nearing completion

I am struggling for an American English translation of the Russian
"tualyet".
I think that in US English this is the receptacle (unitaz), not the room.

Someone suggested "restroom", but knowing Russian toilets as I do I cannot
put that!

How about "toilet room"?

Thanks for any suggestions before the end of Wednesday when I have to
finalise (sorry, finalize) the text

john at ruslan.co.uk 

John


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