Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
девушек сомнительного поведения
English translation:
of girls with questionable (or dubious) behavior
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Mar 4, 2015 05:32
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Russian term
девушек сомнительного поведения
Russian to English
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слуги девушек сомнительного поведения
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +3 | of girls with questionable (or dubious) behavior | Donald Jacobson |
3 +6 | women of easy virtue | Vanda Nissen |
4 +3 | demirep | El oso |
5 +1 | WOMEN OF QUESTIONABLE REPUTATION | LilianNekipelov |
Proposed translations
+3
6 mins
Selected
of girls with questionable (or dubious) behavior
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+6
6 mins
women of easy virtue
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Sarah McDowell
57 mins
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Thank you, Sarah!
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agree |
LanaUK
2 hrs
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Thank you, Lana!
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agree |
Sara Buzadzh (X)
12 hrs
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Thank you, Sara!
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agree |
Tatiana Lammers
13 hrs
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Thank you, Tatiana!
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agree |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
: i love "easy virtue"
23 hrs
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Thank you, Vladimir!
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agree |
cyhul
6 days
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Thank you!
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+3
15 mins
demirep
why not simply say "call girl"? :)
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Sergey Gorelik
: Fully agree. You can play forever with words, but in real life in the West they just call them hookers, or call girls, or working girls - no 'poetic aura' :-) Also, 'escort services'
45 mins
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That's exactly my point! :) Thank you.
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agree |
Sarah McDowell
: call girls
48 mins
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Thank you.
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agree |
translator_tm
2 hrs
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Thank you.
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neutral |
Elena Bocharova-Booth
: В оригинале - завуалированный намек, эвфемизм, который прямолинейное "call girls - девушки по вызову" - не передает. В другом контексте, бесспорно, хороший вариант.
5 hrs
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Then "demirep" is enough of an euphemism, if you will ;) Point taken though, thank you.
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neutral |
Sara Buzadzh (X)
: I think demirep is great if you want a slightly archaic style, but wouldn't use it for a modern text.
11 hrs
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neutral |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
: with Elena Booth. И тут может быть совсем о другом. (call girls - это работа, причем не только in the West :-))
23 hrs
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+1
13 hrs
WOMEN OF QUESTIONABLE REPUTATION
another option
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