Russian translation

[Vanessa Prolow]

Баба? I would use малыш or детка; I've always understood баба to be crude
and not something you would say to a woman you loved to be certain. To the
OP, try using multitran.ru instead of a regular, paper dictionary.


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Andrea Gregovich <agregovich at gmail.com>wrote:

> I did this assignment as an undergrad -- pick a rock song and translate it
> into Russian.  I think I did REM's "Everybody Hurts".  Frankly, I think
> it's one where you just do your best and learn from it the impossibilities
> of translating slang and colloquial stuff into a foreign language.
>
> My one suggestion is to consider the word "баба" for baby.  If I recall,
> that problem came up when my class did the assignment!  Obviously you
> wouldn't say "ребенок" in this sort of instance.
>
> -- Andrea Gregovich
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Sarah Hurst <sarahhurst at alaska.net> wrote:
>
>>  I wouldn't even say that this is slang. It's mainly Americanisms. Plus
>> I don't think just finding a couple of random slang words in a dictionary -
>> eg for "blue" - is going to convey the feel of this song if you don't have
>> a good idea of how to convey these thoughts and feelings in Russian. ****
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