wham-bam

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Inna Caron wrote:

> Paul Gallagher wrote:
> 
>> Although in my generation, "wham-bam" has another, inappropriate 
>> association...
> 
> As in "wham-bam, thank you, ma'am"? My thoughts precisely. With that
> in mind, I would translate it into Russian as "trakh-bakh," which
> would transfer both the sound effect and the aforementioned implied
> association.

You nailed it, so to speak. ;-)

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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