Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

сменить летнее одеяние на зимнее

English translation:

Animals Change Their Coats for Winte

Added to glossary by crockodile
Aug 25, 2016 17:16
8 yrs ago
Russian term

сменить летнее одеяние на зимнее

Russian to English Other Other
Многие животные меняют летнее одеяние на зимнее уже осенью.

Не могу сообразить, как лучше сформулировать.
Change log

Aug 25, 2016 17:33: Alexander Konosov changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"

Sep 8, 2016 05:32: crockodile Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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10 mins
Selected

Animals Change Their Coats for Winte

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160206-animals-ar...


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Note added at 11 мин (2016-08-25 17:27:40 GMT)
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можно "summer coat(s) for winter".

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Note added at 46 мин (2016-08-25 18:02:12 GMT)
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Полностью фраза не влезла в заголовке, я честно писал:

Animals Change Their Coats for Winter (на конце R))))
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
15 mins
thank you. National Geographic rules.
agree Ilan Rubin (X)
20 mins
спасибо
agree Erzsébet Czopyk : crockodile® - crockodeale® of the solution :)
1 hr
thank you very much. (linguists are so witty)))
agree rns
13 hrs
спасибо
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30 mins

animals change (or exchange) their summer pelage or plumage for winter coats

I would suggest, pelage or plumage according to the species

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occasionally you also come across their <summer and winter "CLOTHING">

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Note added at 38 Min. (2016-08-25 17:54:17 GMT)
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or CLOTHES. e.g. in;
Animals Change Their Clothes: Amazon.co.uk: Joanne Nelson ...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Animals-Change-Clothes.../08136428....
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2 hrs

acquire their winter coats / shed their summer coats and...

There are various ways to express this. You can say it by talking about the winter coat alone, because it's implicit that acquiring the winter coat means replacing the summer one with it. Other verbs used are "get" and "take on."

In talking about both aspects of the changeover, you can also say that they "shed their summer coats and grow their winter ones." Lots of nice examples and variants here:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q="shed their summer c...
Peer comment(s):

agree Natalie
35 mins
Thanks, Natalie.
agree rns
11 hrs
Thank you.
agree Ilan Rubin (X)
3 days 16 hrs
Thanks, Ilan.
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Reference comments

20 hrs
Reference:

animals dons their winter "clothing" (furs)/animals change from regular fur to thicker fur growth

animals change from regular fur to thicker fur growth

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Note added at 20 hrs (2016-08-26 14:12:47 GMT)
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Sorry: Animals don their winter "clothing" (furs)
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