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I wonder how can one say it in English.
An example:
- Do you remember, I gave you 100 baxes (как это пишется?? :lol:) for YYY?
- Yes.
- So?
- I bought XXX from them.
- What's the XXX??? (?)
In Russian it would be "Какой еще XXX?!" or "Что еще за XXX?!"
Рискну предположить, что это bucks, а насчёт вопроса - тут либо What XXX? либо Which XXX?
Ну а где возмущение? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramil
singular: buckQuote:
Originally Posted by Оля
plural: bucks
I don't really get you mean but I think: "What XXX?!"
You should find some other means to convey your indignation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
Maybe "What the hell do you mean, you bought xxxxxx?!" or "XXXX? What the <...insert an expletive of your choice...>"
Or what TATY suggested, simply "What XXX?!". It will work if said with a right intonation.
А "from them" нельзя?Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Я видела в титрах к нашей "Кин-дза-дзе": :?
But give us what you have now, I will buy a gravitsapa from them. ("...я на них гравицапу буду покупать.")
Въелось в память. :)
Это неправильно?
[quote=Оля][quote=TATY][quote="Оля":1clx4rj3]- I bought XXX [color=red]with it[/color].[/quote][/quote]
А "from them" нельзя?[/quote:1clx4rj3]
The reason "with it" is used in this case is because even though "bucks" is plural it is a noun that it is considered a single quantity whether you have one buck or 100 bucks. Consequently it takes a singular verb or singular pronoun. See [url="http://books.google.com/books?id=BEHFyMCdwssC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=bucks+en glish+usage&source=web&ots=yphC9zyHUw&sig=8hz5Xxy_ TsinQa6yAfPxQfyUak0"]http://books.google.com/books?id=BEHFyM ... fPxQfyUak0[/url]
Тут не только single quantity, тут еще и предлог меняется...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Watts
[quote=Оля]Тут не только single quantity, тут еще и предлог меняется...[/quote:lo1awod8]Quote:
Originally Posted by "Ken Watts":lo1awod8
"from them" (или "from it") -- нельзя.
In that English sentence "from them" refers to the people or company where he will buy a gravitsapa, not to the matches. http://www.cswap.com/1986/Kin-Dza-Dza/c ... ps/a/00_25 To refer to the matches you would write: " . . . I will buy a gravitsapa with them." You wouldn't use "it" because "matches" are not thought of as a single quantity like "100 bucks".Quote:
Originally Posted by Оля
[quote=Оля]А "from them" нельзя?Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Я видела в титрах к нашей "Кин-дза-дзе": :?
But give us what you have now, I will buy a gravitsapa from them. ("...я на них гравицапу буду покупать.")
Въелось в память. :)
Это неправильно?[/quote:2beoe2be]
buy something from somebody - покупать что-то у кого-то. Так что в переводе получилось "я куплю у них гравицапу".
А, ясно. Спасибо.
А вот это уже больше похоже на перевод, сделанный русскоязычными. Впрочем, такую киндзадзу можно и не читать. А вот от чтения конторской электронной малотиражки отмазаться никак . А там - ну напримерQuote:
Originally Posted by Оля
"we have start our newspaper!" "you participation in all these events are absolutely real" "...to increase revenue to our company from ... " "departmend called as GlavBytSnab" "goals they try to archive" "count of <something> is <say, 10> "
"translated in other language" - и начанаешь понимать, что all your base are таки belong to us.