Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Прогонять телеги
English translation:
To speak in cliches
Added to glossary by
Mark Berelekhis
Jul 8, 2007 18:11
17 yrs ago
Russian term
Not a translator
Прогонять телеги
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
в данном случае "телега" означает "заученная, стандартная фраза". Прогонять телеги - говорить некими стандартными штампованными формулировками (и не в первый раз).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | speak in cliches |
Mark Berelekhis
|
| 4 | speak tritely |
Alexander Onishko
|
| 3 | to borrow the cliche |
erika rubinstein
|
| 3 | to speak platitudes |
Vladimir Baranich
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Change log
Jul 8, 2007 22:50: Mark Berelekhis Created KOG entry
Jan 21, 2008 05:47: Mark Berelekhis changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Slang" to "Poetry & Literature"
Proposed translations
+3
17 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
666
Selected
speak in cliches
He teaches the rookie to speak in cliches - "We gave 110% out there" or "We came to play" or "There's nine guys on the field". Innocuous, self-evident stuff...
Rather than letting it worry you if the dialogue is coming out cliched first time round, go with it: write the scene, let the characters speak in cliches...
Citizens fall one after another, and the town is transformed from a gossipy, boring burg (where the townspeople all speak in cliches) into a maelstrom of...
Rather than letting it worry you if the dialogue is coming out cliched first time round, go with it: write the scene, let the characters speak in cliches...
Citizens fall one after another, and the town is transformed from a gossipy, boring burg (where the townspeople all speak in cliches) into a maelstrom of...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
8 mins
erika rubinstein
Native in Russian
Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: Russian 
, German
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
25
to borrow the cliche
...
28 mins
Alexander Onishko
Native in Russian
Works in field
Veni Vidi Vici
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
63
speak tritely
Letters to the Editor: Wednesday, April 7, 1999Still, so many people speak tritely about the bombing that is costing thousands of innocent lives in Serbia as if it is the only solution. ...
www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1999/04/04-07-99tdc/04-07-99d...
www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1999/04/04-07-99tdc/04-07-99d...
2 hrs
Vladimir Baranich
Native in Russian
Works in field
Working in the field since 1992
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian, English to Russian, Russian to English, and 4 more.
to speak platitudes
Too often, people speak platitudes like, "the Internet changes everything."
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