Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
он и колется за счет этого
English translation:
that's how he affords his drug habit
Added to glossary by
Mikhail Kropotov
Jul 12, 2004 13:02
19 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
Tam narkoman, on i koletsia za schet etogo.
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Interview with a drug user.
The drug user has just said the following:
- In another town drug users pick up used syringes that have been left lying around in stairwells. They wash them and then inject with them. Sometimes there are still some drugs left in these syringes.
Interviewer: Da, patsany (spivaiutsia)
Respondent: Mozhet byt' i tak, potomu chto tam patsany koliutsia imenno vot khankoi, rastvorom, potomu chto tam netu takogo chto, vot lepeshki tam, geroin, polovinki tam, nu, ne praktikuetsia. Tam narkoman, on i koletsia za schet etogo. On poshel, kupil, razlil, vody dolil i vse, rasdal, poshel eshche raz kupil...Vot za chet etogo i koletsia. Tam takikh ochen's mnogo.
I don't understand the point he is trying to make. "za chet" chego?
Also does anyone know what "polovinki" are?
The drug user has just said the following:
- In another town drug users pick up used syringes that have been left lying around in stairwells. They wash them and then inject with them. Sometimes there are still some drugs left in these syringes.
Interviewer: Da, patsany (spivaiutsia)
Respondent: Mozhet byt' i tak, potomu chto tam patsany koliutsia imenno vot khankoi, rastvorom, potomu chto tam netu takogo chto, vot lepeshki tam, geroin, polovinki tam, nu, ne praktikuetsia. Tam narkoman, on i koletsia za schet etogo. On poshel, kupil, razlil, vody dolil i vse, rasdal, poshel eshche raz kupil...Vot za chet etogo i koletsia. Tam takikh ochen's mnogo.
I don't understand the point he is trying to make. "za chet" chego?
Also does anyone know what "polovinki" are?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | за счет --> with the help of, by means of |
Mikhail Kropotov
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| 4 +1 | half-dose (polovinka) |
Dmitry Kozlov
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| 2 | polovinki - halfs |
fsdfsdfsd sdfsdf (X)
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Proposed translations
+3
2 mins
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
Native in Russian
Works in field
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
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за счет --> with the help of, by means of
In this case, "that's how he affords his drug habit".
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-07-12 13:06:57 GMT)
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He\'s saying the guy dilutes the drugs with water and sells the same amount of the drug for more money. The money he makes he uses for his own drugs (or he just uses some of the stuff he mixes).
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Note added at 19 hrs 13 mins (2004-07-13 08:16:32 GMT)
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Apparently, polovinka is half a gram (thanks to Dmitry - his explanation makes sense).
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-07-12 13:06:57 GMT)
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He\'s saying the guy dilutes the drugs with water and sells the same amount of the drug for more money. The money he makes he uses for his own drugs (or he just uses some of the stuff he mixes).
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Note added at 19 hrs 13 mins (2004-07-13 08:16:32 GMT)
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Apparently, polovinka is half a gram (thanks to Dmitry - his explanation makes sense).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! And also to Dmitry for his half gram explanation."
5 mins
polovinki - halfs
polovinki - halfs
+1
37 mins
Dmitry Kozlov
Native in Russian
Crescat scientia, vita excolatur
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Turkish to Russian
half-dose (polovinka)
heroin: half-dose
"Обычно торгуют единицей – 0,1 г («фитюля», по наркомански). И половинка – 0,5. Они же фасовали по 0,8; по 0,9, а в половинках у них вообще было по 0,3. То есть наживались даже на этом. Мерзавцы, чего говорить."
http://overseaex.narod.ru/WithoutDrug/Chronickle10.html
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Note added at 43 mins (2004-07-12 13:45:44 GMT)
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Sorry, it\'s half-gramme rather than half-dose.
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Note added at 56 mins (2004-07-12 13:59:23 GMT)
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They mean in the quote that the usual minimum dose is 0.1g, and the good one is the \"half\" -- 0.5g. But someone sold 0.08 or 0.09 (not 0.8 & 0.9) for the same price as 0.1. And the \"half\" there was 0.3, which is even less than 0.8*5.
"Обычно торгуют единицей – 0,1 г («фитюля», по наркомански). И половинка – 0,5. Они же фасовали по 0,8; по 0,9, а в половинках у них вообще было по 0,3. То есть наживались даже на этом. Мерзавцы, чего говорить."
http://overseaex.narod.ru/WithoutDrug/Chronickle10.html
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Note added at 43 mins (2004-07-12 13:45:44 GMT)
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Sorry, it\'s half-gramme rather than half-dose.
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Note added at 56 mins (2004-07-12 13:59:23 GMT)
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They mean in the quote that the usual minimum dose is 0.1g, and the good one is the \"half\" -- 0.5g. But someone sold 0.08 or 0.09 (not 0.8 & 0.9) for the same price as 0.1. And the \"half\" there was 0.3, which is even less than 0.8*5.
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