Russ. equivalent of Ital. "ruspante"

[John Dunn]

The site www.abbyyonline.com gives, as one might expect, different translations for the two meanings, i.e. естественный, натуральный, настоящий [estestvennnyj, natural'nyj, nastojashchij] for meaning (1), but грубоватый [grubovatyj] for meaning (2).  It's a difficult gap to bridge: for us urban dwellers any link between free-range chickens and a lack of sophistication has been lost; I can't think of a way of doing it in Russian, and I'm afraid that a quick search in a couple of synonym dictionaries didn't help.  

John Dunn.


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From: Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at ILLINOIS.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 03:51:23 -0500
Subject: [SEELANGS] Russ. equivalent of Ital. "ruspante"

Dear colleagues and Prof Gandolfo:  

In English, the closest equivalent I can think of, roughly conveying 
both meanings sought by Gandolfo,  is "bull in a china shop."

But how does one say that same thing in Russian?

Best wishes to all,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:54:38 +0200
From: Giampaolo Gandolfo <gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT>
Subject: Is there a Russian word?

There is an adjective in Italian ("ruspante") that applies both to an animal 
which is allowed to wander about freely (i.e., free-range chicken) and to 
a person who displays a lack of sophistication bordering on the ingenious 
and the rough. Is there a Russian word that could convey the two meanings? 
Thank you. 
Sincerely, 
Giampaolo Gandolfo. 
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