[показать]Two rednecks were looking at a Sears catalog and admiring the models. One says to the other, 'Have you seen the beautiful girls in this catalog? 'The second one replies, 'Yes, they are very beautiful. And look at the price!' The first one says, with wide eyes, 'Wow, they aren't very expensive. At this price, I'm buying one.' The second one smiles and pats him on the back. 'Good idea! Order one and if she's as beautiful as she is in the catalog, I will get one too.'
Three weeks later, the youngest redneck asks his friend, 'Did you ever receive the girl you ordered from the Sears catalog?'
The second redneck replies...... 'No, but it shouldn't be long now. I got her clothes yesterday'
[показать]If at first you don`t succeed,give up,no use looking like a fool.
You can only live once,but if you do it right,once is enough.
Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly,and for the same reason.
Quando omni flunkus moritati – when all else fails, play dead.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
A bit of hard work never killed anyone – but why risk it?
The journey of thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
How long the minute is depends on which side of the toilet door you are.
[показать]Three men married wives from different countries. The first man married a woman from China . He told her that she was to do their dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.
The second man married a woman from Italy. He gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes and the cooking. The first day he didn't see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done and there was a huge dinner on the table.
The third man married a girl from Canada . He ordered her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.
| The 100 Funniest Words in English | |
| Abibliophobia | The fear of running out of reading material. |
| Absquatulate | To leave or abscond with something. |
| Allegator | Some who alleges. |
| Anencephalous | Lacking a brain. |
| Argle-bargle | A loud row or quarrel. |
| Batrachomyomachy | Making a mountain out of a molehill. |
| Billingsgate | Loud, raucous profanity. |
| Bloviate | To speak pompously or brag. |
| Blunderbuss | A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity. |
| Borborygm |
A rumbling of the stomach. |
[показать]Твоя очередь.
It’s your turn.
ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ФОНД ДИКОЙ ПРИРОДЫ. Слоган в защиту природы, 2009
Игра в крестики и нолики. Что ты поставишь в клетку: сумку и крокодила? Деликатес или акулу? Кожаные сапоги или животное? Дерево или пачку бумаги? Земной шар или бутылку газировки?
Говорите с уверенностью.
Talk with confidence.
COLGATE Max Fresh, зубная паста. Рекламный лозунг в Чили, 2009
Комикс, в котором ничего не происходит, но все страшно много говорят
Ваши уши могут помочь вам припарковаться.
Your ears can help you park.
HONDA Jazz, автомобиль «с передними и задними парковочными сенсорами». Реклама в Португалии, 2009
Парковочные сенсоры материализованы оперными дивами, волынщиками, монахами с колоколами…
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[показать]Комиксы – искусство. Только забавнее.
Comics are art. But funnier.
НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ МУЗЕЙ КОМИКСОВ в Италии. Имиджевый слоган
Не стой зря.
Stop for nothing.
VESPA, скутеры. Имиджевый девиз
Мир, любовь и мороженое!
Peace, love and ice-cream!
Сингапурское МОРОЖЕНОЕ (разные сорта), 2009
Ты будешь или любить их, или ненавидеть.
You’ll either love them or you’ll hate them.
MARMITE, снеки. Международный рекламный лозунг, 2008
Вы могли забыть, что у вас есть домашние животные.
You could forget you have pets.
FEBREZE REFRESHENER, средство, устраняющее в жилых помещениях запахи животных, Аргентина, 2009
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[показать]Первая часть креативных слоганов.
Вот оно!
This is it!
MICHAEL JACKSON. Слоган-анонс его прощального тура, который должен был начаться 13 июля...
Рутина засасывает.
Routine sucks.
TERRA, туристическая компания. Рекламный девиз в Бразилии, 2009
Позвоните нам прежде, чем дела пойдут неважно.
Call us before things go wrong.
FINANSBANK Auto Insurance, автострахование. Турция, 2009
Женский рекорд на стометровке 10:49 сек. Мужской рекорд на стометровке 09:69 сек. Разница – всего лишь автобусная остановка.
Women’s 100 m record: 10:49 secs. Men’s 100 m record: 09:69 secs. It’s just a bus stop.
NIKE Women, спортивная одежда и обувь для женщин. Рекламная кампания в ЮАР, 2009
Женский рекорд в прыжках в длину 7,52 м. Мужской рекорд в прыжках в длину 8,95 м. Разница – всего лишь скамейка.
Women’s long jump record: 7,52 m. Men’s long jump record: 8,95 m. It’s just a bench.
NIKE Women, спортивная одежда и обувь для женщин. Реклама в ЮАР, 2009
Женский рекорд в прыжках в высоту 2,09 м. Мужской рекорд в прыжках в высоту 2,45 м. Разница – всего лишь шаг.
Women’s high jump record: 2,09. Men’s high jump record: 2,45 m. It’s just a step.
NIKE Women, спортивная одежда и обувь для женщин. Рекламный слоган в ЮАР, 2009
Если вы не наслаждаетесь своими деньгами, это сделает ваш бухгалтер. Ультралюксовый S-Класс. «Ограбьте» сами себя.
If you don’t enjoy your money, your accountant will. The ultra-luxurious S-Class. Spoil yourself.
MERCEDES-BENZ S-Класс, автомобиль. Рекламная кампания в ЮАР, 2009
Люди не перестают играть, потому что тогда станут старыми. Они становятся старыми, потому что перестают играть.
People don’t stop playing because they get old. They get old because they stop playing.
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Взрослого должен сопровождать ребёнок внутри.
Adults must be accompanied by inner child.
МУЗЕЙ ДЕТСТВА в Великобритании, 2009
Вы едите то, к чему прикасаетесь.
You eat what you touch.
LIFEBUOY HANDWASH, жидкое мыло. Слоган рекламы в Индонезии, 2009
На кухонной доске вместо буханки хлеба лежит домашняя собачка
Иногда человеческого глаза недостаточно.
Sometimes human eyes aren’t enough.
НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ФОНД ПОИСКОВЫХ СОБАК в США. Рекламный девиз в США, 2009
Даже среди поделенных на квадраты развалин только собака может найти нужный квадрат
Genetics explain why you look like your father and if you don`t why you should.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
Diplomacy is the art of saying “good doggie”while looking for a bigger stick.
If at first you don`t succeed, skydiving is not for you.
If you lend someone $100 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place.
It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language.
The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is." The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the money is.
The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you are talking about."
The attorney tells the Godfather: "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple and says, "Ask him again!"
The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill you if you don't tell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens !"
The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?"
The attorney replies: "He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."
I was shopping at the local supermarket where I selected:
A half-gallon of 2% milk
A carton of eggs
A quart of orange juice
A head of romaine lettuce
A 2 lb. can of coffee
A 1 lb. package of bacon
As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind me watched as I placed the items in front of the cashier.
While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the drunk calmly stated, "You must be single."
I was a bit startled by this proclamation, but I was intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since I was indeed single.
I looked at the six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about my selections that could have tipped off the drunk to my marital status.
Curiosity getting the better of me, I said: "Well, you know what, you're absolutely right. But how on earth did you know that?"
The drunk replied, "Cause you're ugly."
Three women die together in an accident
And go to heaven.
When they get there, St. Peter says,
'We only have one rule here in heaven:
Don't step on the ducks!'
So they enter heaven, and sure enough,
There are ducks all over the place.
It is almost impossible not to step on a duck,
And although they try their best to avoid them,
The first woman accidentally steps on one.
Along comes St. Peter with the ugliest man she ever saw.
St. Peter chains them together and says,
'Your punishment for stepping on a duck is to
Spend eternity chained to this ugly man!'
The next day,
The second woman steps accidentally on a duck
And along comes St. Peter,
Who doesn't miss a thing.
With him is another extremely ugly man.
He chains them together
With the same admonishment as for the first woman.
The third woman has observed all this and,
Not wanting to be chained
For all eternity to an ugly man, is very,
VERY careful where she steps.
She manages to go months
Without stepping on any ducks,
But
One day St.Peter comes up to her
With the most handsome man she has ever laid eyes on
..... Very tall, long eyelashes, muscular.
St. Peter chains them together without saying a word.
The happy woman says,
'I wonder what I did to deserve being
Chained to you for all of eternity?'
The guy says,
'I don't know about you,
But I stepped on a Duck.
There's a place in the world where children can swim among polar bears.
Since July 2004, in the little town of Cochrane , northern Ontario ,
you can visit the Polar Bear Habitat
It's a kind of local zoo where people can live the once-in-a-lifetime
experience of an outdoor swim with polar bears.
Of course, the humans are in a different pool, separated from the bears'
habitat by just a layer of glass.
Can you see the water drops now?
There's a bullet proof, shatterproof glass that's almost 9 centimeters
thick, because although they're cute, polar bears are among the world's most
ferocious carnivores.
It took 20 years for the Polar Bear Conservation and Education Habitat and
Heritage Village to get off the ground.
When it opened it attracted some 11,000 visitors in the first six months.More
How to get to Heaven from Ireland
I was testing children in my Dublin Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to Heaven.
I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car, had a big jumble sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?'
'NO!' the children answered.
' If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the garden, and kept everything tidy, would that get me into Heaven?'
Again, the answer was 'No!' By now I was starting to smile
"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave sweeties to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?'
Again, they all answered 'No!' I was just bursting with pride for them.
I continued, 'Then how can I get into Heaven?'
A six year-old boy shouted out "YUV GOTTA BE FooKN' DEAD
A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss
program.
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a
voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of
Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.
The sign reads, 'If you can catch me, you can have me.'
Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later
huffing and puffing, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for
the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he
weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs., as
promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The next
day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning,
beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing
nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads,
'If you catch me you can have me.' Well, he's out the door after her
like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but
no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with
him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight
on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost
another 20 lbs., as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day / 50
pound program. 'Are you sure?' asks the representative on the phone.
'This is our most rigorous program.' 'Absolutely,' he replies, 'I
haven't felt this good in years.'
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds
a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running
shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, 'If I catch you, your ass
is mine.'
He lost 63 pounds that week.
[показать]All the world's a stage, аnd all the men and women merely players...– Весь мир - театр, а люди в нём – актёры.
Forgone conclusion - Всё предрешено.
The manner born– Означает естественную склонность к чему-то, врожденную способность. He is the manner born - Это у него в крови.
To wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve – Не скрывать своих чувств. «Душа на распашку».
Brevity is the soul of wit – Краткость – душа ума.
At one fell swoop – В одночасье, одним махом.
Much ado about nothing – Много шума из ничего.
It’s neither here not there – Ни к селу, ни к городу. Не из той оперы.
You can’t cover what’s boundless - Нельзя объять необъятное (Козьма Прутков : ))
To be all things to all men -Быть всем для всех.
The apple of one’s eye - Зеница ока.
Man shouldn’t live by bread alone – Не хлебом единым жив человек.
The golden calf –
[показать]Опять советы, правила и прочие ЦУ… Неужели нельзя просто открыть любимую иностранную книгу и, вооружившись словарем, сотворить чудо – заставить героев и автора изъясняться по-русски? Конечно, можно! Многие известные и не очень известные переводчики начинали именно так. Но каждому пришлось пройти один и тот же путь и изобрести свой личный велосипед. То есть, научиться не делать в переводе элементарных ошибок, заметных любому мало-мальски опытному глазу.
Увы, так уж повелось, что требования к языку перевода (по крайней мере в нашей стране) всегда были выше, чем к языку, на котором пишут. Чехов без всякого смущения употреблял слово "был" пару раз за абзац, а переводчикам редактор такого в жизни не простит... Чего же он хочет, этот загадочный деспот с красным маркером?
Запомните: многие типичные ошибки в переводе возникают оттого, что в разных языках встречаются одинаковые конструкции, которые тем не менее "сигналят" совершенно разными стилями. Если перевести дословно обмен репликами вроде: "Is he a student?" "No, he isn’t", выйдет: "Он является студентом?" "Нет, он им не является". (А есть еще и любители писать "Нет, он не является таковым".) Бр-р-р… Зубодробительный канцелярит. Так вот, правило это действует и при переводе более сложных конструкций, уж поверьте. Кто сомневается, загляните в книгу Н.Галь "Слово живое и мертвое". Убедительных примеров там предостаточно.
Некоторые начинают спорить: ну, как же, ведь автор употребил здесь страдательный залог, значит, и мы должны! Но автор-то англоязычный, а писал бы по-русски, уж наверняка пользовался бы всем богатством русского языка. Кстати, великого и могучего. Мы переводим не букву, а смысл, не само выразительное средство, а его эмоциональное воздействие на читателя, которое в русском языке иногда создается другими способами.
Например, не всякий курсив в прямой речи стоит передавать так же. Специфика русского языка такова, что достаточно бывает поставить самое важное слово в конец фразы. Вот так: "It is my translation. – А перевод-то мой!"
Чтобы как следует "прочувствовать" книгу, которую вы переводите, полезно прочитать ее заранее – и отзывы критиков, если найдете.
Теперь поподробнее о том, как английский текст портит жизнь нашему брату переводчику и как с этим бороться…
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Мне нужна помощь. Как перевести на русский язык словосочитание to lay blame.
Зарание спасибо.
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[показать]Спросите любого школьника, как поздравить англичанина с днём рождения, он без труда ответит: «Сказать: Happy Birthday!» Спросите, как пожелать счастливого нового года, последует незамедлительный ответ: «Happy New Year!» Особо прилежные ученики знают и массу других поздравлений – например, по случаю Международного женского дня, Дня независимости (кстати, очень распространённого в Америке), Дня матери и многих других праздников. Всё потому, что данная информация впитывается детьми с раннего возраста – благодаря рекламе, поездкам заграницу и, главное, школе. Действительно, ещё в начальных классах нас учат выражать на английском свою радость, поздравлять родственников и друзей со всевозможными праздниками, подписывать открытки… Но как выразить сожаление? Представьте, что друг сообщает вам какое-то печальное или трагическое для него известие. Как разделить горе? Как поддержать? Что сказать? Рассмотрим несколько ситуаций.