Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
четыреста землекопов с лесорубами
English translation:
400 (total of) diggers and woodcutters
Added to glossary by
David Knowles
Feb 28, 2004 18:49
20 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
chetiresta zemlekopov s lesoroobami
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Context, circa 1900 Siberia.
literal translation of phrase - 400 diggers with woodcutters announced that they were leaving work.
Does this mean that there were 400 diggers and also some woodcutters, or are the 'lesoroobi' some kind of tool?!
literal translation of phrase - 400 diggers with woodcutters announced that they were leaving work.
Does this mean that there were 400 diggers and also some woodcutters, or are the 'lesoroobi' some kind of tool?!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | 400 "diggers and woodcutters" |
David Knowles
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| 5 | 400 diggers and woodcutters |
Nikita Kobrin
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| 4 +1 | 400 diggers/navvies and woodcutters/loggers |
Vladimir Pochinov
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Proposed translations
4 mins
David Knowles
Native in English
Specializes in field
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
Related KudoZ points
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206
Selected
400 "diggers and woodcutters"
I think it's 400 in total
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-02-28 18:55:56 GMT)
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It\'s like мы с женой. That\'s just two people, not a collection of people plus someone\'s wife.
Probably not a problem that would occur to Russian native speakers!
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-02-28 18:55:56 GMT)
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It\'s like мы с женой. That\'s just two people, not a collection of people plus someone\'s wife.
Probably not a problem that would occur to Russian native speakers!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sorry to close this so soon, but I have the answer I need. Thanks to everyone who has just reponded. I am picking David's answer because his example of 'my wife and I' has made it 100% clear what is going on here! "
2 mins
Nikita Kobrin
Lithuania
Lithuania
Native in Russian
Works in field
Lithuania
Translator/Journalist/Voiceover Pro
Native in: Russian (Variants: Standard-Russia, Standard-Latvia, Standard-Lithuania, Standard-Belarus, Standard-Ukraine)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
400 diggers and woodcutters
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+1
3 mins
Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Certified English-Russian Translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian
Related KudoZ points
:
36
400 diggers/navvies and woodcutters/loggers
IMHO
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