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бурлили страсти, клокотали эмоции

Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

варились в своем российском или, шире, постсоветском котле.

English translation:

The participants were stewing in their own Russian,...

Added to glossary by Viachaslau
Oct 22, 2009 10:35
15 yrs ago
Russian term

Участники варились в своем российском или, шире, постсоветском котле.

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Первые конференции были локальными. В том смысле, что на них практически не было ни представителей сервисных компаний, ни зарубежных специалистов. ***Участники варились в своем российском или, шире, постсоветском котле.***
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 The participants were stewing in their own Russian,...
4 The participants were stewing in their own Russian, or rather, post-Soviet cauldron.
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Proposed translations

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The participants were stewing in their own Russian,...

...or more broadly, post-Soviet juice".
"To stew in one's own juice" seems to me to be the equivalent English idiom.
Peer comment(s):
agree Rinnel
1 min
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agree Tokyo_Moscow
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agree Anna Mirakyan
21 mins
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agree tschingite
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agree Soliton
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agree Tatiana Lammers
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agree Shelley Fairweather-Vega : Or "juices."
1 day 16 hrs
Thank you. No, I think it has to be singular in this metaphor. Maybe plural in a cooking recipe.
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The participants were stewing in their own Russian, or rather, post-Soviet cauldron.

This is a more literal translation - deviating slightly from the English idiom "to stew in one's own juice" - it depends really if you want the more literal translation or not. I still think that using "cauldron" is understandable in English. Incidentally the idiom вариться в собственном соку was not used here, which leads me to believe that the original specifically wanted to use the word "cauldron" (котел) - perhaps a pejorative subtext within the original??
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