contemporary naval jargon

Valery Belyanin vbelyanin at GMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 13 20:34:47 UTC 2009


try this source
http://www.jargon.ru/slova.php?cat=303
it is small but rather specific
http://www.jargon.ru/
Valery Belyanin

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Jane Costlow <jcostlow at bates.edu> wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
>   A student of mine is working on a translation of stories by a
> contemporary author whose work is primarily about life in the Russian navy
> (submarine corps).  He's handling the naval terminology and ranks fairly
> well, but the obscenities are a REAL challenge.  Do you have any suggestions
> on pertinent reference works or other sources that might help?  (Googling
> some of these terms is not something I want to do with a student by my
> side!)
> Thanks,
> Jane Costlow
>

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