Thread: a couple translation questions.....

What would be the Russian equivalent of 'look out!' or 'watch out!'
And to settle a stupid argument me and my dad were having: how exactly is Gorbachev spelt in Russian?
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dante

I guess something like that: "берегись!", "осторожно!"

heres is somthing you are likley to hear on a heated russian battlefield.
"осторожно, я врага вижу! он американец смерти ним!

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

heres is somthing you are likley to hear on a heated russian battlefield.
"осторожно, я врага вижу! он американец смерти ним!

не "ним" а "ему" - "to him", а "c ним" это "with him, together with him"

i was trying to say "death to them" к ним... right !? .....

тогда "им" - "to them", but u said "он американец" - he is american...
"к ним" значит "to go/come to them"

...they were just targeting officers.

Originally Posted by dante

And to settle a stupid argument me and my dad were having: how exactly is Gorbachev spelt in Russian?

Горбачёв

BTW, some fun stuff:
"Проанализировав статистику боев с японцами в 1941-1945 годах, американцы
обнаружили, что несмотря на равенство сил американцы побеждали чаще.
Причину нашли - в английском языке средняя длина слова - 5 букв, в
японском 13. То есть пока японец объяснит что к чему, американцы уже
стреляют... После этого как раз появилась у американцев привычка давать
короткие названия-клички как своим так и чужим самолетам, кораблям и т.п.
Когда эта информация дошла до русских, то они вычислили среднюю длину
слова в русском языке - 7 букв...
Но! В процессе управления боем
КОМАНДИР АВТОМАТИЧЕСКИ ПЕРЕХОДИТ НА МАТ, И ИНФОРМАТИВНОСТЬ РЕЧИ
ВОЗРАСТАЕТ В 2-3 РАЗА".

Americans analysed statistics of fights on Japanese in 1941-1945 years, they have found out that despite of equality of forces Americans won more often. The reason have found - in the English language average length of a word is 5 letters, in Japanese is 13. While the Japanese will explain what to do, Americans already shoot... After that Americans start to give short names - nicknames both to the another's planes, the ships etc and to Americans. When this information has reached to Russian they have calculated average length of a word in Russian, it is 7 letters... But! When commander manages the fight he automaticly starts to speak in "mat" and his speech information grows up to 2-3 times.