Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Плавать (nothing to do with swimming)
English translation:
drifting
Added to glossary by
Samantha Payn
May 10, 2009 10:10
15 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
Плавать (nothing to do with swimming)
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hello
The context for this is that two men have bumped into each other in the middle of a snow-storm and one of them has been jumping about in the snow and has been blown about by the wind. Here it is:
'- Что вы делаете в хаосе стихий, уважаемый коммерсант?
- Плаваю, - отплевываясь и отфыркаясь он протер физиономию. – На свиданку иду с важным человеком.'
Thanks
The context for this is that two men have bumped into each other in the middle of a snow-storm and one of them has been jumping about in the snow and has been blown about by the wind. Here it is:
'- Что вы делаете в хаосе стихий, уважаемый коммерсант?
- Плаваю, - отплевываясь и отфыркаясь он протер физиономию. – На свиданку иду с важным человеком.'
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | drifting |
Samantha Payn
|
| 4 | floating around |
Alexandra Taggart
|
| 4 | surfing |
Maya Mitsova
|
| 3 | swim in the current |
svetlana cosquéric
|
Change log
May 24, 2009 07:48: Samantha Payn Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+3
8 mins
Samantha Payn
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
CIOL Chartered Linguist
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
24
Selected
drifting
pun intended!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
24 mins
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
32
floating around
like a feather in the air.
26 mins
svetlana cosquéric
France
France
Native in Russian
Works in field
France
Engineering, medicine, chemistry
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to Russian
Related KudoZ points
:
8
swim in the current
or
be in the swim
be in the swim
33 mins
Maya Mitsova
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Specializes in field
Bulgaria
Native in: Bulgarian
Works in: English to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, Russian to English
surfing
not enough context
but I think an internet term would be quite ok here - absurd and funny
but I think an internet term would be quite ok here - absurd and funny
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