Russian mis(translated)? word

[Prokhorova, Elena V]

Teresa,

This is definitely a mistranslation.  Sounds like it should be "nerabotaiushchie" or "bezrabotnye."
Unless someone made a (really bad) pun implying that these women are (now?) "easy"--which is the only meaning of "netrudnyi"...

Lena Prokhorova
College of William and Mary
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] on behalf of tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU [tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:46 PM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian mis(translated)? word

Hello All,
In a 2005 publication on human trafficking, the following sentence is
found with
a Russian term 'netrudnyi'  given with the English equivalent as
'nonlaborers'.


"The plight of divorced, nonworking women was especially acute. Such women
were labeled *netrudnyi* (nonlaborers), who out of desperation turned to
the street" (16).

My question:
is 'netrudnyi' correct or, when citing this sentence, should it be followed by
[sic]?

Thank you,
Teresa Polowy
University of Arizona

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