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March 28th, 2004, 05:38 PM
Lucas

worse than that

Hy everybody :)
I am trying to traslate a text from English to Russian. My question is;....
how I have to say....

WORSE THAN THAT HE WAS TERRIFIED.
ХУЖЕ ЧЕМ ЭТО, ОН БИЛЬ В УЖАСЕ

Thanks in advance
March 28th, 2004, 07:30 PM
Pravit

I'm thinking "Более того, он ужасался." Maybe you can say "Хуже того", but that doesn't sound right to me. Disclaimer applies.
March 28th, 2004, 07:31 PM
translationsnmru

Re: worse than that

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucas

Hy everybody :)
I am trying to traslate a text from English to Russian. My question is;....
how I have to say....

WORSE THAN THAT HE WAS TERRIFIED.
ХУЖЕ ЧЕМ ЭТО, ОН БИЛЬ В УЖАСЕ

Thanks in advance

Depending on the context, the following translations are possible:

Более того, он был в ужасе
or
И что ещё хуже, он был в ужасе.
March 28th, 2004, 08:04 PM
Pravit

When can you use the verb ужасаться/ужаснуться?
March 28th, 2004, 08:33 PM
translationsnmru

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pravit

When can you use the verb ужасаться/ужаснуться?

Ужаснуться means get/become terrified, and ужасаться means that it happens repitatively. But if being terrified is a constant or continuous state, you say "находиться/пребывать в ужасе" или "испытывать ужас".

E.g.:

Когда я увидел это, я ужаснулся (got terrified right at that moment).
Хотя я видел это много раз, всякий раз я ужасался. (Meaning that he felt terrfied each time he saw it, but not in between).

На протяжении двух лет я постоянно испытывал ужас/пребывал в ужасе. (Continuous state).
March 30th, 2004, 07:03 PM
Lucas

Thanks you all,
Pravit , translations.nm.ru

Yesterday, I was not able to be in the forum.

the paragraph begins

he woke up scared.
worse than that he was terrified.

Он встал испуганный

I have also problem because of I must use a bad dictionary.
would you recommend a good dictionary[/b]
March 30th, 2004, 07:53 PM
Friendy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucas

the paragraph begins

he woke up scared.
worse than that he was terrified.

Then I'd translated it as the following:
Он проснулся испуганный. Более того, он был в ужасе.
March 30th, 2004, 08:12 PM
Lucas

Thanks friendy
Your comments help me a lots.
Pravit, I was wondering Which dictionary do you use it??
March 31st, 2004, 12:24 AM
Pravit

I use the dictionary "Oxford Russian Dictionary" but it's not one of the best. From what I've heard, the dictionaries by Katzner are really great.

By the way, how would I say that first part in Spanish? You uso el diccionario "Oxford Russian Dictionary"...:D
March 31st, 2004, 01:23 AM
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March 31st, 2004, 04:51 AM
Lucas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pravit

By the way, how would I say that first part in Spanish? You uso el diccionario "Oxford Russian Dictionary"...:D

Yo uso el diccionario "Oxford Russian Dictionary" perfectoyou can also say.
yo estoy utilizando el diccionario "Oxford Russian Dictionary" .
( it is an action which you used to do it but it is doesn't matter if you are doing now).
Of course it is often use as Continuous tense
I am reading
Estoy leyendo
I am driving
Estoy conduciendo .