Jun 23, 2004 19:58
20 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
Chto-to tam
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Interview with a drug user.
The drug user is talking about a time when she caught syphilis.
Interviewer- A skol'ko vy posle etogo khodili prosto? Vy znali, chto vy bol'ny.
Respondent- Oi, navernoe znaete, nu, mesiatsa chetyre, navernoe.
Interviewer - Ugu. Poniatno.
Respondent - Chto-to tam
Interviewer - A potomu, chto vot tak po krovi on i peredaetsia, srazu vtorichnyi sifilis.
Respondent - Nu, snachalo to nichego ne bylo.
Does "Chto-to tam" mean "approximately"?
I thought maybe the respondent was saying "there was something there", i.e. she had syphilis when she was going about as normal for these 4 months. But then she goes on to say "at first nothing was there".
The drug user is talking about a time when she caught syphilis.
Interviewer- A skol'ko vy posle etogo khodili prosto? Vy znali, chto vy bol'ny.
Respondent- Oi, navernoe znaete, nu, mesiatsa chetyre, navernoe.
Interviewer - Ugu. Poniatno.
Respondent - Chto-to tam
Interviewer - A potomu, chto vot tak po krovi on i peredaetsia, srazu vtorichnyi sifilis.
Respondent - Nu, snachalo to nichego ne bylo.
Does "Chto-to tam" mean "approximately"?
I thought maybe the respondent was saying "there was something there", i.e. she had syphilis when she was going about as normal for these 4 months. But then she goes on to say "at first nothing was there".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +6 | it could be "something like that" |
Marina Aleyeva
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| 3 | approximately |
Aleksandr Okunev (X)
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Proposed translations
+6
11 mins
Marina Aleyeva
Israel
Israel
Native in Russian
Israel
Medicine & Clinical Studies - MSc, MA
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 3 more.
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it could be "something like that"
However, like in so many of your questions, the sentence is unfinished so that the meaning is still vague.
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Comment: "Thanks"
50 mins
approximately
but the style should be (low) colloquial
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Note added at 52 mins (2004-06-23 20:50:48 GMT)
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I mean, yes, you got it right :)
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Note added at 52 mins (2004-06-23 20:50:48 GMT)
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I mean, yes, you got it right :)
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