Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Мучить будет зло
English translation:
it will be sheer torture
Added to glossary by
Andriy Yasharov
Feb 8, 2011 12:23
13 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Мучить будет зло
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Script of a play
I'm editing a poor translation of a peculiar play called "Surreal Comedy", which I don't understand very well in either language.
The two characters, Lena and Sasha, are engaged in a bantering dialogue with each other.
Лена. Оставь свои утомительные телодвижения: говори нормально, не части.
Саша. «Прогрессирующий целлюлит ушей», в Британии так усредняют основной диагноз.
Лена. Ясно. Мучить будет зло.
The two characters, Lena and Sasha, are engaged in a bantering dialogue with each other.
Лена. Оставь свои утомительные телодвижения: говори нормально, не части.
Саша. «Прогрессирующий целлюлит ушей», в Британии так усредняют основной диагноз.
Лена. Ясно. Мучить будет зло.
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Feb 10, 2011 07:19: Andriy Yasharov Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
11 mins
Andriy Yasharov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Ukraine
Life Sciences Translator and Editor
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
, Ukrainian (Variant: Standard-Ukraine)
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 4 more.
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it will be a sheer torture
Вроде как, "будет очень больно".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you. I used it without the article: "It will be sheer torture"."
+1
13 mins
Dima Ilchuk
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Ukraine
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Ukrainian, Russian to English, and 3 more.
+3
14 mins
Anton Shcheglov
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Native in Russian
Works in field
Zimbabwe
English—Russian
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
Related KudoZ points
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4
You will suffer terribly
...or "You will suffer badly" / "You will suffer a lot" and so on.
"зло" seems to be an adverb in this case.
"зло" seems to be an adverb in this case.
Peer comment(s):
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Denis Shepelev
: Согласен.
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Спасибо, Денис!
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Alviko
17 mins
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Thank you Alviko!
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cyhul
15 hrs
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Thank you Cyhul!
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Ingunite
Works in field
it will (come back to) haunt you
Meaning, the evil arising from someone's previous actions will catch up with the person. Just offering my variation...
Peer comment(s):
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Judith Hehir
: I like this—idiomatic and conveys the meaning, po- moemu.
1 day 3 hrs
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Thank you.
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Jurate Kazlauskaite
Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania
Experienced translator: Medicine/Pharma
Native in: Lithuanian
Works in: English to Lithuanian, Lithuanian to English, Russian to Lithuanian
An evil (spirit) for tornment
This may be a reference to the Bible
Example sentence:
Please see the web reference
1 day 10 hrs
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