Thread: Is there a way to say "who cares" in russian

Like to express lack of interest

"these boots are on sale!"
"who cares"

There is no phrase with exact meaning but closest I could think of are:
меня это не интересует
мне всё равно
мне пофиг - informal

can sound rude if you use it as a response to an offer of something

Also

Не все ли равно?
Мне-то что?
А мне какое дело?
Меня это не волнует.
Меня это не колышет.
А мне наплевать.
Мне без разницы.
Мне до лампочки.

Or "ну и что?" = so what?

А можно увидеть аналогичные фразы, отражающие отсутствие интереса на английском. Заранее, thanks a lot)

Originally Posted by rv9yw

А можно увидеть аналогичные фразы, отражающие отсутствие интереса на английском. Заранее, thanks a lot)

Who cares?
I don't give a (insert bad words here - ask me in private please)
I don't care.
It's all the same to me.
Whatever.
Blah, blah, blah.
So what?
I'm not interested!
Boring!
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!

Thanks a bunch I especially liked "Не все ли равно? "

What would be the direct translation of it? Is it really used for who cares?

Yay more ways to extress my disinterest

The direct translation of Не все ли равно? is something like "Isn’t everything equals?" or "Aren’t all things equals?"
But as usual the proper translation of "who cares" depends on the context. Не все ли равно sounds more or less neutral to me as well as Меня это не интересует or Мне все равно, while all the others seem to be стилистически окрашенными (I don’t know how to say that in English – stylistically coloured?). Мне плевать and Мне пофиг sound impolite whatever but we can hear them on every street corner here.

Originally Posted by Valda

Thanks a bunch I especially liked "Не все ли равно? "

What would be the direct translation of it? Is it really used for who cares?

Yay more ways to extress my disinterest

"Не все ли равно?" - Isn't all the same? (Literally)

Мне все равно. - I don't care.
Все равно. - No matter.

Originally Posted by it-ogo

"Не все ли равно?" - Isn't all the same? (Literally)

Это ты уже причесываешь фразу. "Равно" is not "то же самое". Valda asked about direct translation.

"Кому интересно?" кому дело? кому важно?

Originally Posted by Lena

Это ты уже причесываешь фразу. "Равно" is not "то же самое". Valda asked about direct translation.

Слово "равно", равно как и многие другие слова, имеет несколько разных значений.

Originally Posted by Valda

I especially liked "Не все ли равно? "

What would be the direct translation of it? Is it really used for who cares?

Yay more ways to extress my disinterest

I like трын-трава because it forms catchy phrases in several hilarious songs, the most popular of which is Nikulin’s Песня про зайцев
Песня про зайцев - YouTube
(you can read the lyrics in the footnotes on youtube.)

Originally Posted by Seraph

"Кому интересно?" кому дело? кому важно?

Actually that seems like the perfect workable translation.

Related article (VERY RUDE LEXICS!!!):

Всем похуй — Lurkmore

мне всё равно

This expression exists in Serbian as well - мени (је) све равно
"All even to me" literal translation. It means something like "don't-carish", apathetic, indifferent, impassive...

Russian:
Мне по барабану
Мне до лампочки
мне это параллельно (!)
Мне по фигу
Меня не волнует
...

Originally Posted by Lena

Мне плевать and Мне пофиг sound impolite whatever but we can hear them on every street corner here.

Note that Мне плевать literally implies "It's for me to spit on" while Мне пофиг is very roughly "I show it the middle finger". (Because фиг is the name of a rude hand gesture).

Or, as Shakespeare might've said, "I bite my thumb at it."

Originally Posted by diogen_

I like трын-трава because it forms catchy phrases in several hilarious songs

If I'm not mistaken, трын is a corrupted form of тын, an old word for "a fence" (for which забор is now the usual term).

So тын-трава was "grass that grows by the fence" -- in other words, useless weeds -- and трын-трава was a nonsensical variant.

(But later the meaningless трын-трава was explained as being a "magical fairytale plant." Cf. "schnozzberries" in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, or Dr. Seuss's "truffula trees".)

Originally Posted by Deborski

I don't give a (insert bad words here - ask me in private please)

The most polite form of this is probably "I don't give a darn." (or "I don't give a hoot" -- but either one is "safe for children").

The rudest form in common use is "I don't give a f*ck"

And the most elaborate variant is undoubtedly "I don't give a flying f*ck at a rolling doughnut"! (Of course, it's used less often because it takes so long to say.)

Valda, "who cares?" literally means "кого заботит?" or "кого это заботит?" (acceptable version). But we use "кого это волнует?", it's common and means the same. That's maximum close to the original.