Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
делать гадости
English translation:
play mean tricks
Added to glossary by
tanyazst
Sep 5, 2006 14:07
17 yrs ago
Russian term
United States
Professionalism & responsibility
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, German to Russian, and 3 more.
делать гадости
Russian to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
as in - не делай гадостей
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | play mean tricks |
tanyazst
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| 4 +3 | do nasty/mean things [to people] |
Alexander Demyanov
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| 4 +1 | act in a mean way |
LukaszPL
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| 4 | do shit |
sergey (X)
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| 4 | Don't be a jerk |
Deborah Hoffman
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| 3 | play dirty tricks |
Jack Doughty
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| 3 | To be nasty to somebody |
PoveyTrans (X)
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| 3 | don't you screw people up |
Andrew Vdovin
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| 2 | to play smb foul |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
|
Proposed translations
+4
1 min
Selected
play mean tricks
play mean tricks
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mean, nasty, dirty tricks
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Note added at 5 Min. (2006-09-05 14:12:39 GMT)
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play mean / nasty / dirty tricks on smb
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Note added at 4 Min. (2006-09-05 14:11:48 GMT)
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mean, nasty, dirty tricks
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Note added at 5 Min. (2006-09-05 14:12:39 GMT)
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play mean / nasty / dirty tricks on smb
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
5 mins
act in a mean way
one of possibilities
6 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
503
play dirty tricks
Don't play dirty tricks (on people).
+3
24 mins
Alexander Demyanov
Native in Russian
Works in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
84
do nasty/mean things [to people]
гадость is not necessarily a "trick". One can do гадости blatantly.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
KatyaNicholas
: that's for sure (re: doing гадости blatantly)
6 mins
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Thanks, Ekaterina.
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| agree |
Smantha
1 hr
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Thanks, Smantha.
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| agree |
Ashok Garlapati
1 hr
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Thanks, Ashok.
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3 hrs
To be nasty to somebody
Don't be nasty to...
9 hrs
do shit
as in 'don't do shit, man'
11 hrs
Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
UNSURPASSABLE EXPERIENCE
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
43
to play smb foul
*
17 hrs
Andrew Vdovin
Native in Russian
Works in field
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
83
don't you screw people up
Frankly I think it means if we don't screw people up, and we don't make them totally miserable unecessarily, then if we don't get above the baseline level ...
www.swimclub.co.uk/forum/archive/index.php/t-1177.html
My feeling would be that as long as we don't screw people up and delay important testing etc. that the re-organization makes sense. ...
mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-devel/2002-February/msg00012.html
www.swimclub.co.uk/forum/archive/index.php/t-1177.html
My feeling would be that as long as we don't screw people up and delay important testing etc. that the re-organization makes sense. ...
mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-devel/2002-February/msg00012.html
2 days 21 hrs
Deborah Hoffman
Native in English
Works in field
also an attorney with AML background
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Don't be a jerk
As a variant...unless there are particular acts of гадости that the speaker has in mind. It just seems more likely to me that someone would say "Don't be x," rather than "Don't do y" when trying to dissuade someone from taking the "low road," so to speak.
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