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Feb 5, 2020 13:59
4 yrs ago
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Russian term
Fast and Accurate
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
растудыть
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Slang
The speaker is an old peasant woman whose property has been expropriated by the nearby kolkhoz:
- Мало тебе, сволочная твоя душонка, что дом отдала, так тебе ещё и ворота нужны - ***растудыть*** твою мать!..
- Мало тебе, сволочная твоя душонка, что дом отдала, так тебе ещё и ворота нужны - ***растудыть*** твою мать!..
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | damn you |
Pavel Altukhov
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| 4 +1 | up your mother's...! |
Michael Korovkin
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| 3 | for fuck's sake |
Oleg Lozinskiy
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| 3 -1 | Ugh! Disgusting! |
erika rubinstein
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Proposed translations
-1
14 mins
erika rubinstein
Native in Russian
Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: Russian 
, German
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
15
Ugh! Disgusting!
...
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
beermatt
: erm?? what??
Trying to be "normal" when the matter is decidedly non-normal?
2 days 46 mins
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18 mins
Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
There's No Limit to Perfection
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
10
for fuck's sake
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
beermatt
: yeah, somehow, but not comepletely.
2 days 56 mins
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Absofuckinglutely! (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Absofuckingl...
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+1
3 hrs
Pavel Altukhov
Native in Russian
Top quality, reliability
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, French to Russian, and 6 more.
damn you
The old lady wouldn't use the f word directly, because she expressly uses a euphemism, besides it would unthinkable for women in those times; nor would meaningless expletives express the message
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Boris Shapiro
2 hrs
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| neutral |
Michael Korovkin
: это перевод для института благородных девиц :)))
15 hrs
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| neutral |
beermatt
: don't bore people because it's supposedly "normal" to not swear...
1 day 21 hrs
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+1
19 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
28
up your mother's...!
...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
beermatt
: as nasty as it is, for me as an English native this is most acceptable.
You might still want to add the "arse".....
1 day 5 hrs
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Thanks. But I thought an abbreviated version would be better here. Like in "up his"/"up hers", etc..
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