Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
ширма для его больного самолюбия
English translation:
a shield for his injured pride
Added to glossary by
David Knowles
Mar 30, 2007 07:35
17 yrs ago
Russian term
Singapore
My experience at your service
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
ширма для его больного самолюбия
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Его оживленность, его анекдоты и острые шутки служили ширмой для его больного самолюбия
Спасибо!
Спасибо!
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7 mins
David Knowles
Native in English
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
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served as a shield for his injured pride
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-03-30 07:48:00 GMT)
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"served as a shield" and "injured pride" are very common phrases, but don't seem to occur together. "to protect his injured pride" would also work.
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-03-30 07:48:00 GMT)
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"served as a shield" and "injured pride" are very common phrases, but don't seem to occur together. "to protect his injured pride" would also work.
Peer comment(s):
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Henry Schroeder
: At first I read it slightly differently, but now I agree "injured pride". Maybe "He used jokes, etc. to protect his injured pride?
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Henry - thanks for your agreement. "protect" would be fine, but it's moving slightly away from the original.
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Andrew Sabak
: Since "shirma" generally means screen, I would emphasize the defense aspect
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Faina Furman
1 hr
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Jack Doughty
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Kirill Semenov
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Vlad Pogosyan
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Olga Cartlidge
: or served as a smokescren to conceal his feelings of injured pride.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Всем большое спасибо!"
+1
15 mins
served as a disguise for his over-sensitive nature
his animosity, his jokes and tongue-in-cheek comments disguised his morbid sensitivity
i thought of wounded pride first, too, but then I thought it was not a pride once wounded, it was a permanent trait of the person
i thought of wounded pride first, too, but then I thought it was not a pride once wounded, it was a permanent trait of the person
+2
4 mins
screened his injured ego
вариант. Удачи:)
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Note added at 18 mins (2007-03-30 07:54:47 GMT)
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or - masked his injured ego
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Note added at 18 mins (2007-03-30 07:54:47 GMT)
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or - masked his injured ego
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Andrew Sabak
: Has the right sense
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Thank you Andrew
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Vlad Pogosyan
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Thank you Vlad
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42 mins
Henry Schroeder
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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56
bulwark against his unhealthy pride/ambition/vanity
His ... acted as a bulwark against his unhealthy pride/ambition
http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&q="acted as a bulwark aga...
Nevertheless, I may have interpreted this incorrectly. I'm reading your passage as something like "his attempt to conceal his abnormal/excessive pride with jokes, liveliness, etc.
You could also then flip it around and say something like:
He concealed his unhealthy pride in liveliness, jokes...
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No, I guess, come to think of it, "unhealthy" isn't right, the others are correct something along the lines of "injured", though bulwark is quite good in my opinion.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&q="acted as a bulwark aga...
Nevertheless, I may have interpreted this incorrectly. I'm reading your passage as something like "his attempt to conceal his abnormal/excessive pride with jokes, liveliness, etc.
You could also then flip it around and say something like:
He concealed his unhealthy pride in liveliness, jokes...
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Note added at 45 mins (2007-03-30 08:21:42 GMT)
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No, I guess, come to think of it, "unhealthy" isn't right, the others are correct something along the lines of "injured", though bulwark is quite good in my opinion.
4 hrs
Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Works in field
Belarus
Commitment and experience, here and now
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Belarusian to English, Russian to English, and 2 more.
a painted veil for his wounded vanity
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