Thread: какой ещё?!..

I wonder how can one say it in English.
An example:
- Do you remember, I gave you 100 baxes (как это пишется?? ) 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?

Originally Posted by Ramil

а насчёт вопроса - тут либо What XXX? либо Which XXX?

Ну а где возмущение?

Originally Posted by Оля

I wonder how can one say it in English.
An example:
- Do you remember, I gave you 100 bucks (как это пишется?? ) for YYY?
- Yes.
- So?
- I bought XXX with it.
- What's the XXX??? (?)

In Russian it would be "Какой еще XXX?!" or "Что еще за XXX?!"

singular: buck
plural: bucks

I don't really get you mean but I think: "What XXX?!"

Originally Posted by Оля

I wonder how can one say it in English.
An example:
- Do you remember, I gave you 100 baxes (как это пишется?? ) 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?!"

You should find some other means to convey your indignation.

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.

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by Оля

- I bought XXX with it.

А "from them" нельзя?
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]

Originally Posted by Ken Watts

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

Тут не только single quantity, тут еще и предлог меняется...

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Ken Watts":lo1awod8

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

Тут не только single quantity, тут еще и предлог меняется...[/quote:lo1awod8]

"from them" (или "from it") -- нельзя.

Originally Posted by Оля

Я видела в титрах к нашей "Кин-дза-дзе":
But give us what you have now, I will buy a gravitsapa from them.

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=Оля]

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by "Оля":2beoe2be

- I bought XXX with it.

А "from them" нельзя?
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.

Originally Posted by Оля

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?

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 например
"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.