Thread: Just a couple of sentences.

How do you say in Russian:

1) This sentence/phrase/song sounds awkward

2) I will stop joking around if it makes you feel better.

Thanks in advance.

1) This sentence/phrase/song sounds awkward

I see two possibilities here:

Это предложение/фраза/песня звучит неуклюже, неестественно, странно (awkward=unnatural, heavy)
or
Это предложение/фраза/песня звучит немного неприлично (awkward=embarrassing, suggestive)

2) I will stop joking around if it makes you feel better.

Я перестану шутить (to say strongly: валять дурака) если тебе это не нравится.
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May be somebody can do better, I am not very confident in this case

Originally Posted by kwatts59

How do you say in Russian:

1) This sentence/phrase/song sounds awkward

2) I will stop joking around if it makes you feel better.

Thanks in advance.

awkward could be translated also as "нелепо"
2) Я перестану валять дурака, если тебе от этого легче

Стоять с протянутой рукой было неловко, и я все же тронул ее за плечо.

I looked awkward standing with the stretched arm, so I finally toucher her shoulder.

Sorry to revive such an old thread but I came across another word for "awkward".

Can you say:
Это предложение/фраза/песня звучит неловко

Everything except "песня" can be нелепыми.

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Everything except "песня" can be нелепыми.

Why the exception?
Some of the songs that people try to translate on this forum are absolutelly нелепыe and even worse.

часто о таких фразах говорят «коряво»

Originally Posted by Milanya

Originally Posted by Rtyom

Everything except "песня" can be нелепыми.

Why the exception?
Some of the songs that people try to translate on this forum are absolutelly нелепыe and even worse.

Oh... I meant "неловкими"!!! :P My erratum.