Russian term
ничем не приметный
| 4 +8 | a totally ordinary boy |
SirReaL
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| 3 +1 | inconspicuous |
Andrey Belousov (X)
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| 3 +1 | an unremarkable, undistinguished boy |
Kirill Semenov
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| 3 | a boy with no special status |
Andrew Vdovin
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May 19, 2005 13:56: Kirill Semenov changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
May 19, 2005 19:48: Robert Donahue (X) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): SirReaL, Kirill Semenov, Robert Donahue (X)
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Proposed translations
a totally ordinary boy
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-05-19 12:51:54 GMT)
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ordinary in every way
inconspicuous
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-05-19 12:33:46 GMT)
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... According to his schoolmates, he was \"an inconspicuous boy\", ... that very
few teachers have a real emotional bond with the boys in their classes. ...
www.tegenwicht.org/17_erfurt_en/17_statement.htm - 20k
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Note added at 28 mins (2005-05-19 12:56:54 GMT)
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onother option: an unremarkable boy
... treating him like the quiet, unremarkable boy he was. ... Our days were crammed
tight with activities--math classes, crafts seminars, athletics--as if ...
www.blithe.com/bhq3.2/3.2.9.html
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Robert Donahue (X)
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Thanks!
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Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
an unremarkable, undistinguished boy
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2005-05-19 13:49:19 GMT)
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a nondescript boy
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Robert Donahue (X)
6 hrs
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DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
a boy with no special status
…a boy with no special talents / features
"You said that he," he pointed to James, "is just another boy, with no special status
due to his being older than the rest of us." "You may think like a slave ...
www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/authoritarian/ motorhome-slaveboy/motorhome-slaveboy-10
... He knew he was only a half-educated boy, with no special talents and no training
for any trade or profession. Handicapped with this family that he had ...
www.marxists.org/subject/women/fiction/beals/ch14.htm
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