Please, help me to translate these sentences.
Когда идете в поход, старайтесь держаться вдали от больших дорог. Лучше идти по проселочным дорогам или тропинкам.
Thank you very much! :)
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Please, help me to translate these sentences.
Когда идете в поход, старайтесь держаться вдали от больших дорог. Лучше идти по проселочным дорогам или тропинкам.
Thank you very much! :)
держаться вдали от больших дорог = keep away from state roadsQuote:
Originally Posted by Nuta
проселочным дорогам или тропинкам = dust roads or lanes
state roads ??Quote:
Originally Posted by BETEP
looks better to me as
Keep(your) distance from big roads. It's better to go on dirt roads or trails.
Кстати. This sounds so familiar... where have i heard this before ???
A movie or something ?
Lord of the ringsQuote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
I havn't seen any of them =)))Quote:
Lord of the rings
Just watched it in gobblin translation. Laughed several timesQuote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
Alware, have you seen Goblin's "Star wars"? I have to decide, either to go watch it, or not.
Watched it last night! Was rolling on the floor laughing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Indra
Oh? :) I'm convinced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alware
I know it's totally American. I meant the state/interstate roads are always big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
1. Is 'dirt road' the same as 'dust road'?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
2. How do you feel an expression 'go over the road'?
3. Could you resume the main difference between 'trail' and 'lane'?
A lot of thanks :D
I believe that a dirt road is the same as a dust road. A dirt road would be the usual expression. Not sure what you mean by the next question with the verb 'feel'. 'Go over the road' means cross to the other side of the road. e.g. One person telling another - If you want the post box, go over the road and it's right there.
A trail is a pathway that generally goes through woods or countryside. It can be used by most things - bikes, hikers, horses etc but generally not cars unless they are 4 wheel drive. The difference is that trails are not paved whereas a lane generally is paved. The word lane has multiple meanings. On a major road there may be one lane each side for cars to use or multiple lanes as on an Interstate. The word lane can also be used in the UK at least, to describe a small country road. I live on xxxxxxxx Lane, which is on the edge of a housing estate and if I go over the road, I am in a field of sheep! Hope that helps and not confuses.
In essence, i suppose they are the same. But the correct term for "dusty/dirty/country roads" is "Dirt road". If you say "the dust road" it sounds unartural/foriegn. Unless there is road called "dusty road".Quote:
1. Is 'dirt road' the same as 'dust road'?
Like BJ, im not sure what u mean, по русски спроси.Quote:
2. How do you feel an expression 'go over the road'?
I think lane is a british word... it's not used much (in america) unless there is a street that is an actual "Lane"... as apposed to "Avenue, street, place, lane. etc..."Quote:
3. Could you resume the main difference between 'trail' and 'lane'?
Infact, when i think about it, lanes are almost always used in british movies, or movie where the setting is outside the US. And if im correct, i believe lanes are smaller streets inside of cities ?
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Since it's probly from Lord Of The Rings, they were probly refering to foot paths, and trails, which run through forests.
In this case.
Trail = тропинка
"Там вдали за рекой, по тропинке, пошли бандиты."
The bandits went on the trail in the distance behind the river.
The other word, "path" , I believe in russian is "След".
I think that path can also be used in english besides the things in forests... but i dont know about russian.
"там, между двух деревьев, я оставил свой след"
There, between those two trees, i left my own path.
anyways im probly rambling and confusing so i'll just shut up.
Path in russian is тропа, тропинка. След - trace, track.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
След - is what something or somebody leaves behind while moving.
Тропинка может быть следами кого-то but you use it as a road.
Я иду по тропе - means that I use тропа as guideline.
Я иду по следу - means that I'm following somebody using his следы as a guideline.
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Originally Posted by BJ
Thanks. It's clear now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
I can explain a meaning of Russian word or expression because I feel Russian language. I have a lot of connections between words and situations in my mind and some feelings are bound with those words.Quote:
Originally Posted by BJ
It's the common meaning. Now I'm writing next three words.Quote:
Originally Posted by BJ
'Go over the road like a ghost'
I guess the first situation is 'cross the road quietly' but could it mean 'Fly along the road like a ghost'?
@BG & Dogboy182
As I see, lane is a handmade path and trail is a footmade path. :D
I guess the word 'path' in Russian is 'путь'.Quote:
Originally Posted by BJ
Следы look like:
http://www.tireprint.com/images/Sand..._320x250px.jpg
Are you sure that those expressions are the same?Quote:
Originally Posted by BJ
Nice picture :)
тогда следы = tracks.
Smokey Robinson 'The Tracks of My Tears' :)
Ветер you are a handy handy dude !
BTW, BJ didn't write that, I did =)... and, well it's from a song, and it made sense to me.
I think, that path is a тропинка.
E.g. - winding path. - извилистая, изгибающаяся трропинка.
And what can you tell about the word "lap" - on the nature's lap - на лоне природы.
Does anybody use this word?
Thanx a lot! :P :!:
'Lap' [here] = 'the area formed by the upper surface of the thighs of a seated person.' It's an commonly-used word. I would translate 'on my lap' ('the child sat on my lap') as 'у меня на коленях' - does that make sense?
I have, by the way, seen 'на лоне природы' better translated - figurative usage as it is -as 'in the bosom of nature'. In your variant ('on the nature's lap'), you would in any case need to drop the definite article.
And
the lap of nature - does it make sense?
It makes sense, if not immediate sense.
Dear dear.. I am ashamed. :dunno: How could the great joysof not notice this as he entered it in?Quote:
Originally Posted by joysof
Needless to say, i find great joy in pointing out the mistakes of pedants!
:wink: All in jest and no harm done!
Let the record show that I have never pounced on a typo, there being a world of difference between human error - an occupational hazard - and the intransigency of недоучки of your ilk. It's sad to see that my sincere contributions are met with such a response.
Where accuracy is concerned, I have no sense of humour.
Could you give me an example of your humour in other areas. I'm just curious. I hope you realise that I would not normally be that obnoxious to people, it's just that I'm not one to let it go.
Mmm, you're certainly not one to 'let it go', presumptuous little upstart that you are. But why not keep your head down, pass a GCSE or two and then come back and engage with me on the language's finer points? In the meantime, you're off my radar again, putz.
That funny enough for you?
And trucks do it well. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by waxwing
Is it a compliment or I have no idea what I'm saying? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dogboy182
@Oddo & joysof
Девочки, не сорьтесь. :D
Yes, good job !Quote:
Is it a compliment
I'm handy too but I prefer my fingers while working with the women I love.
OK WE GET IT, you're gay ! we know ! stop telling us.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheMoonMonst3r
Yeah..hilarious...and just for you, I'll study extra hard and get straight A*s so we can continue our discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by joysof
I'll leave you with this thought: "Kills Ants for 3 months."