Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
concerned official face staring
Russian translation:
озабоченное должностное лицо уставилось на меня
Nov 28, 2004 12:05
19 yrs ago
English term
Roman
concerned official face staring
English to Russian
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
metonymy
Very soon afterwards there was a concerned official face staring at me through the jagged hole in the glass of the kitchen door.
Proposed translations
(Russian)
| 4 +2 | озабоченное должностное лицо уставилось на меня |
SirReaL
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| 3 +6 | озабоченное лицо чиновника, уставившегося на меня (сквозь ...) |
Vladimir Pochinov
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Change log
Apr 25, 2005 10:53: SirReaL changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Poetry & Literature"
Proposed translations
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озабоченное должностное лицо уставилось на меня
Слово "лицо" используется здесь в обоих смыслах, поэтому я бы сказал именно не "лицо кого-то", а "такое-то (чье-то) лицо".
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Note added at 7 hrs 25 mins (2004-11-28 19:31:01 GMT)
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face
n.
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6. face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; \"he looked out at a roomful of faces\"; \"when he returned to work he met many new faces\"
- human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; \"there was too much for one person to do\"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/face
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Note added at 7 hrs 25 mins (2004-11-28 19:31:01 GMT)
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Если не лень, проверьте:
face
n.
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6. face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; \"he looked out at a roomful of faces\"; \"when he returned to work he met many new faces\"
- human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; \"there was too much for one person to do\"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/face
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+6
2 mins
Vladimir Pochinov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Certified English-Russian Translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian
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озабоченное лицо чиновника, уставившегося на меня (сквозь ...)
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