Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Семь футов под килем!
English translation:
Fair seas and a following wind!
Added to glossary by
Andrey Belonogov
Apr 20, 2008 01:50
16 yrs ago
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Russian term
Russian Federation
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
Семь футов под килем!
Russian to English
Tech/Engineering
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
как перевести это "пожелание успешного плавания" морякам? ещё есть такая версия "Семь футов под килем и попутного ветра!"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | fair seas and a folllowing wind |
GaryG
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| 2 +2 | Bon voyage, fair winds and fine weather |
Enote
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| 3 +1 | God's speed! |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
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Proposed translations
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fair seas and a folllowing wind
See the reference
Peer comment(s):
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Rachel Douglas
: It's interesting that most of the matches for "seven feet under the keel" are from Russian sites. Still, "feet" - it must be of English origin. "Fair seas and following winds" sounds right to me.
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I guess the first part expresses a fear of running aground
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koundelev
: ну о-о-очень попутный
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Serhiy Tkachuk
7 hrs
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natasha stoyanova
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Elena Hazell
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Nicholas Krivenko
: A good one. @Rachel: in this case it's about maritime lengths and other measurements. Think about the word "mile" which is the same in both languages: sea mile v. морская миля. Some are translated: knot v. узел.
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Aleksey Chervinskiy
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Comment: "thanks!"
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Bon voyage, fair winds and fine weather
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Sailing yacht „BAVARIA 44vision“
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
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God's speed!
God's speed to all the sailors on the Ronald Reagan & thank you!!!!!!!!! From: larry ratliff, (Wed Jan 11 04:52:09 2006). when i saw pictures of the Reagan ...
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photos.signonsandiego.com/gallery1.5/ussronaldreagan/0D9C8E4E_5CCE_4B49_853F_1080227EC8F6_1
Peer comment(s):
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Ed Friesen
: "Godspeed" is the way it's usually spelled. (I wouldn't use the possessive. God is commonly considered to be ubiquitous and invariant, so it would be contrary to His/Her/Its nature to have speed.)
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