Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
салатик «Шоб мине так жилося»
English translation:
"I should have such life"
Added to glossary by
YelenaM
Jun 27, 2006 14:46
17 yrs ago
Russian term
салатик «Шоб мине так жилося»
Homework / test
Russian to English
Other
Nutrition
restaurant menu
относится к традиционной еврейской кухне
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Jun 27, 2006 14:49: Kirill Semenov changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"
Proposed translations
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salad "I should have such life"
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-27 16:00:00 GMT)
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My answer was influenced by a book I'm currently reading - The Joy of Yiddish by Leo Rosten. In it he discusses, among other things, how modern English is influenced by Yiddish and uses a phrase "I should have such luck" as an example.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-06-27 16:00:00 GMT)
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My answer was influenced by a book I'm currently reading - The Joy of Yiddish by Leo Rosten. In it he discusses, among other things, how modern English is influenced by Yiddish and uses a phrase "I should have such luck" as an example.
Note from asker:
| thank you - even connotative meaning is preserved |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you!!!"
28 mins
Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
`I wish I were living the life!'
Подразумевая, что не сложилось ;)
Note from asker:
| вообщето на оборот - все сложилось - погулял по Киеву, зашел в ресторан "Цимес", где цены "умеренные" и вкусил салатик с куриными котлетками, фаршированной шейкой, телячьми мозками и пожелал себе вечного кайфа |
1 hr
David Knowles
Native in English
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
"High Life" Salad
Sounds a bit more natural to me!
Note from asker:
| спасибо - это уже ближе |
2 hrs
Sabina Metcalf
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Russian
United Kingdom
Certified interpreter and translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Wishing for a good life
Некоторая идиоматичность оригинала сохраняется, по-моему, так как среди евреев принято говорить за столом молитву (перед тем, как вкусить пищу), а общее значение молитвы - именно просьба о лучшей жизни, здоровье и т.д. ИМХО, конечно.
9 hrs
Salad "Living Large" or livin' large
My two cents.
Note from asker:
| thank you - I finished this project already but I like your variant - you know that the Russians/Ukrainians like to give the names to their dishes using proverbs, sayings, that have cultural connotative shade and quite often the foreigners do not understand this |
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