Sep 16, 2005 21:35
18 yrs ago
Russian term

малестиновая куртка-спецовка

Russian to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
This little girl from a family of special settlers exiled to Siberia was thrilled when her mother sewed her a coat from an old "malestinovoj kurtki spetsovki." Any suggestions?
Proposed translations (English)
2 +6 moleskin working jacket
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Proposed translations

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moleskin working jacket

This could be distorted НПМЕУЛЙО - moleskin

йЪ НПМЕУЛЙОБ ЫШАФ УРЕГПДЕЦДХ, ТБВПЮЙЕ Й УРПТФЙЧОЩЕ ЛПУФАНЩ, ПВХЧШ Й Ф. Р.
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Peer comment(s):

agree Simon Gregory : moleskin- absolutely; may be from "worn uniform of a worker'
5 hrs
agree Larissa Boutrimova : Great guess! I'll bet that's it
8 hrs
agree Sergei Tumanov
10 hrs
agree koundelev : sure
11 hrs
agree Kevin Kelly : After a fairly exhaustive search for some other possibility, I must agree that this is probably it.
4 days
agree Francesca-G : most likely
11 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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