Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
если шарахнуть, по ней из гранатомета
English translation:
(I wonder what happens) if you blast it with a grenade launcher...
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Feb 20, 2010 13:38
14 yrs ago
Russian term
если шарахнуть, по ней из гранатомета
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
from book 'Paranoia'
Found in the paragraph below:
Вообще-то МГБ не положено бояться. Коль скоро
они зажигают свет в башенке, стало быть, горожане
должны гулять вокруг, и смотреть, и восхищаться его
усердием, его заботой, но вот интересно, если шарахнуть
по ней из гранатомета...
Вообще-то МГБ не положено бояться. Коль скоро
они зажигают свет в башенке, стало быть, горожане
должны гулять вокруг, и смотреть, и восхищаться его
усердием, его заботой, но вот интересно, если шарахнуть
по ней из гранатомета...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | (I wonder what happens) if you blast it with a grenade launcher... |
SirReaL
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| 4 | if you bang it with grenade gun |
tschingite
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| 3 | if you boom it utterly from a grenade launcher |
Alexandra Liashchenko
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Proposed translations
+5
3 mins
Selected
(I wonder what happens) if you blast it with a grenade launcher...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks "
1 hr
tschingite
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Treu dem Job & ergeben der Fremdsprache
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
, Tatar
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 5 more.
if you bang it with grenade gun
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15 hrs
Alexandra Liashchenko
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
I love my job like a love bread
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to Russian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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16
if you boom it utterly from a grenade launcher
rendering the шарахнуть colloquialism
Peer comment(s):
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Jim Tucker (X)
: Good start. Just a note: "utterly" is a different (much more formal) level of speech from "boom."// "Smash it to smithereens"/ "Bash it completely"/ "Hit it squarely with" i.t.d.
4 hrs
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Thank you Jim. What would you suggest instead?
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