Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
«зеленые» субботники
English translation:
"green" community involvement events
Added to glossary by
Amy Lesiewicz
Oct 14, 2011 20:16
12 yrs ago
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Russian term
«зеленые» субботники
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Journalism
In the following sentence
Я благодарю все города России, которые в поддержку Игр провели на своих площадках спортивные праздники, «зеленые» субботники, социальные акции и концерты.
Я благодарю все города России, которые в поддержку Игр провели на своих площадках спортивные праздники, «зеленые» субботники, социальные акции и концерты.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | "green" community involvement events |
Amy Lesiewicz
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| 5 | "green" cleaning days |
splotnik
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| 4 | "green" subbotniks |
Alexander Onishko
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Change log
Oct 28, 2011 11:08: Amy Lesiewicz Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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15 mins
Amy Lesiewicz
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
the bond between science and language
Native in: English (Variants: US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, British, UK, US South) 
Works in: Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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28
Selected
"green" community involvement events
a more modern, neutral option for "subbotnik" (to an American ear, it is very Soviet/cold war era, and sounds dated - not the image Russia is trying to promote in connection with the Olympics)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
4 mins
Alexander Onishko
Native in Russian
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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15
6 days
"green" cleaning days
Cleaning day is the name for субботник.
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