Translation help

[Inna Tigountsova]

Hi there,
in this context "shlyapa" is used to emphasise the lightness of the
sentence: ...not a (the) sentence but rubbish/triffles

Just means - not a serious punishment, not the one the speaker expected.
Hope this helps,
Inna Tigountsova

On Thu, 31 May 2001, Jeff Holdeman wrote:

> Dear SEELangentsy,
>
> A translator friend is stumped by a seemingly slang usage of the word
> "shlyapa":
>
> Eto bespredel--ne prigovor, a shlyapa.
>
> I have heard "shlyapa" used with meanings from the innocuous to the vulgar.
> (My apologies in advance if it is the latter.)  Would anyone care to
> comment on the above usage?
>
> Jeff
>
>
> Jeff Holdeman
> The Ohio State University
> holdeman.2 at osu.edu
>
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