Как перевести...

Здравствуйте..! У меня вопросы:
1) Как перевести "sky blue" или "light blue" или "bright blue (color)"..? I'm confused, I found so many answers in my dictionary... Я нашёл: небесно-голубой (цвет), небесный (if not used with цвет, the meaning would be different), лазурный и голубой...
Which one is mostly used..???
2) Как сказать "stand for" по-русски в смысле "США stands for Соединенные Штаты Америки."..?
3) Как сказать "my Russian" по-русски, например: "Please correct my Russian"..? Исправляйте мои русские..? Исправляйте мой русский..?
Спасибо заранее......

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Originally Posted by sps

Здравствуйте..! У меня вопросы:
1) Как перевести "sky blue" или "light blue" или "bright blue (color)"..? I'm confused, I found so many answers in my dictionary... Я нашёл: небесно-голубой (цвет), небесный (if not used with цвет, the meaning would be different), лазурный и голубой...
Which one is mostly used..???
2) Как сказать "stand for" по-русски в смысле "США stands for Соединенные Штаты Америки."..?
3) Как сказать "my Russian" по-русски, например: "Please correct my Russian"..? Исправляйте мои русские..? Исправляйте мой русский..?
Спасибо заранее......

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1) Well surely the fact that the English "word" you want translated has three variations in English suggests that you're going to get more than one option in Russian...

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Originally Posted by sps

Здравствуйте..! У меня вопросы:
1) Как перевести "sky blue" или "light blue" или "bright blue (color)"..? I'm confused, I found so many answers in my dictionary... Я нашёл: небесно-голубой (цвет), небесный (if not used with цвет, the meaning would be different), лазурный и голубой...
Which one is mostly used..???
2) Как сказать "stand for" по-русски в смысле "США stands for Соединенные Штаты Америки."..?

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1) In brief, "light blue" is "голубой", "dark blue" is "синий". You may add "светло-" (light) or "темно-" (dark) to any color to define a shade.

bright blue = ярко-голубой
sky blue ~ небесно-голубой, лазурный

"Голубой" without any adjectives is most neutral and most common. The more words you add, the more defined the color is and the more poetic it sounds.

2) stands for - значить, означать, обозначать
Sometimes you can say "...расшифровывается, как...":

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3) Как сказать "my Russian" по-русски, например: "Please correct my Russian"..? Исправляйте мои русские..? Исправьте мой русский..?

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Yes, it's "мой русский", I think.

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

1) In brief, "light blue" is "голубой", "dark blue" is "синий". You may add "светло-" (light) or "темно-" (dark) to any color to define a shade.

bright blue = ярко-голубой
sky blue ~ небесно-голубой, лазурный

"Голубой" without any adjectives is most neutral and most common. The more words you add, the more defined the color is and the more poetic it sounds.

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Okay, now I see.

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2) stands for - значить, означать, обозначать
Sometimes you can say "...расшифровывается, как...":

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So: США значит "Соединенные Штаты Америки"..?

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Originally Posted by sps

3) Как сказать "my Russian" по-русски, например: "Please correct my Russian"..? Исправляйте мои русские..? Исправьте мой русский..?

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Yes, it's "мой русский", I think.

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Thank you, Оля..!

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So: США значит "Соединенные Штаты Америки"..?

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I'd say "США расшифровывается..."

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3) Как сказать "my Russian" по-русски, например: "Please correct my Russian"..? Исправляйте мои русские..? Исправьте мой русский..?

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Yes, it's "мой русский", I think.

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Thank you, Оля..!

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By the way, I think "Поправьте мой русский" is even better.

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Originally Posted by Оля

I'd say "США расшифровывается..."

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By the way, I think "Поправьте мой русский" is even better.

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All right. Спасибо за помощь, Оля..!

I once did a translation where someone was describing a colour as "между светло-синим и темно-голубым" - I found that phrase pretty hard to translate into English :-)

It's even hard to understand what colour it is... LOL. :)