Sep 9, 2007 18:28
17 yrs ago
Russian term
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воспарение
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Context: memoirs from Volodga
Нас было помещено в каждую церковь до 2000 чел., где были устроены нары до 3-х этажей, так что получалось сильное воспарение. Мы все остались больные от такого воздуха и сквозняка, а дети до 14 лет падали как мухи и медицинской помощи не было для такого количества больных.
Нас было помещено в каждую церковь до 2000 чел., где были устроены нары до 3-х этажей, так что получалось сильное воспарение. Мы все остались больные от такого воздуха и сквозняка, а дети до 14 лет падали как мухи и медицинской помощи не было для такого количества больных.
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19 mins
Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
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143
Selected
efflumium, effluxion
This is a case of a distorted word usage in the Russian source. As Yuri noted it should be "испарения", because "воспарение" is something very different, it's from "воспарить" meaning to soar high, it's a high-style word in Russian.
"Испарения" in this context is the stench of the human bodies when people are too crowded. It's a bad smell, and it's hard to breathe. I suppose the author wanted to say that the smell went higher and it was unbearable at the 3rd floor of that impromptu sleeping platforms.
"Испарения" in this context is the stench of the human bodies when people are too crowded. It's a bad smell, and it's hard to breathe. I suppose the author wanted to say that the smell went higher and it was unbearable at the 3rd floor of that impromptu sleeping platforms.
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Mark Berelekhis
: effluVium.
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oops, of course :)
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Stanislav Korobov
: "Испарения" is hardly the phenomenon/process the author has implied; “спёртый воздух” is a much more suitable term to describe the situation
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The Misha
: I agree with your interpretation 100%, but can you imagine a semi-literate person who wrote the original use the word from the vocabulary of a chemistry professor? Ya dumayu, nado proshche
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but this same semi-literate person used the word "воспарения" - so the person heard it somewhere. I ephasized the distorted word usage, which I think is important.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This answer gave me the idea to substitute another "high-falutin'" word for vosparenie. Spasibo!"
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4 mins
Yuri Smirnov
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Daily Translation since 1992
Native in: Belarusian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Belarusian, English to Russian, French to Russian, and 10 more.
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14
fumes, miasma
испарения
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Stanislav Korobov
: "Испарения" is hardly the phenomenon/process the author has implied; “спёртый воздух” is a much more suitable term to describe the situation\\ See clarification below...
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Да вы что? А что же автор implies? Спасибо за коммент.
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Ali Bayraktar
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Thank you. Tesekkur ederim.
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17 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.
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16
Russian term (edited):
получалось сильное воспарение
the air became/was very stuffy/steamy
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Stanislav Korobov
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Thanks, Stanislav!
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glazein
: steamy
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Thanks, glazein!
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Andrew Vdovin
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Thanks, Andrew!
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Stanislav Korobov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Ukraine
Assoc.Prof., MD, PhD
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Ukrainian to Russian, and 2 more.
close /stale /vitiated air
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Note added at 52 мин (2007-09-09 19:20:40 GMT)
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Most likely, the author of the translated text has meant “спёртый воздух”, not "испарения”, of course. "Испарения” is something related to humidity, vapour, and water, while the author describes the situation where low oxygen and high carbon dioxide in atmosphere were much more uncomfortable and even dangerous for those being there than an increased percentage of air humidity (although this latter parameter is also of clear influence on a person , of course…)
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Note added at 52 мин (2007-09-09 19:20:40 GMT)
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Most likely, the author of the translated text has meant “спёртый воздух”, not "испарения”, of course. "Испарения” is something related to humidity, vapour, and water, while the author describes the situation where low oxygen and high carbon dioxide in atmosphere were much more uncomfortable and even dangerous for those being there than an increased percentage of air humidity (although this latter parameter is also of clear influence on a person , of course…)
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The Misha
: stale air could work
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Really? Good news... Thank you very much.
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exhalation/exhaled air
... there was a lot of exhalations/exhaled air ... The original has obviously been written by a fairly uneducated person, they should have said "ispareniya".
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Stanislav Korobov
: Not ‘EXhalations’only! INhalations – as well (and even to a greater extent)... The biological role of oxygen INhaled is rather prevailing over the role of carbon dioxide EXhaled. Therefore, it was more important that those persons were INhaling air!
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Discussion
(Still, to my eye, not the best way to use "воспарение").