Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
восток дело тонкое
English translation:
East is a delicate matter
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Tatiana Lammers
Jul 10, 2008 16:49
15 yrs ago
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Russian term
United States
Experience and Quality
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
восток дело тонкое
Russian to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
ну все знают текст, а вот как бы вы перевели эту конкретную фразу?
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Change log
Jul 10, 2008 16:57: Kirill Semenov changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"
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Igor Boyko
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
Editor-in-Chief service
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Ukrainian to Russian
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East is a delicate matter
ежели почти в лоб, потом еще покумекаю
Note from asker:
| я бы сказала, то, что доктор прописал =) |
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Angela Greenfield
: 'The East is a delicate thing', as comrade Suhov once said. http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53241&sid...'s becoming a standard phrase even here (with all our international endeavors). :-)
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Thanks, Angela. To Petrookha :) // Wow, cool. So I almost shot bull's-eye :)
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Vitaly Kisin
: by no means East! Orient
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Спасибо, Виталий! /// Да ну? А как Вам Киплинг? Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet...
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Stephen C. Farrand
: I disagree with Vitaly--sorry, but Orient in American English is dated (Far East is better) and in any case refers to Pacific Rim part of Asia. Татьяана! Translate literally, and have them watch Белое солнце пустыни.
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Спасибо!
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Arkadi Burkov
18 hrs
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Спасибо!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Большое спасибо, Игорь! А также большая благодарность всем за помощь!
Особо - Анжеле, за товарища Сухова =)"
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Andrei Shmatkov
Canada
Canada
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
Canada
Certified English to Russian translator
Native in: Russian , Belarusian
Works in: English to Russian, English to Belarusian
8 mins
Victoria Novak
Native in Russian
OTTIAQ-certified translator
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian, Ukrainian to Russian, and 2 more.
The East is mysterious/ Mysterious East
The East is mysterious/ THe mysterious East
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East is the another world/star
This is how we say it here and in States, for instance about Japan.
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Во всяком случае так говорят американцы, живущие в Японии.
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А что эти англичане сами не понимают, что Восток это тебе Англия:))
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Во всяком случае так говорят американцы, живущие в Японии.
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А что эти англичане сами не понимают, что Восток это тебе Англия:))
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Elena Robert
France
France
Native in Russian
Works in field
France
Style et précision.
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian, Russian to French, and 1 more.
The Orient is a subtle thing.
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in Russian
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English
Czech Republic
Competing on quality, not on price
Native in: Russian , English
Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
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The Orient is a thing delicate...
Эта фраза обычно говорится о Востоке в смысле Средней Азии, поэтому определенно Orient, а не East.
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(или о Ближнем Востоке)
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Собственно, Япония - это тоже Orient. East - это скорее о России и Восточной Европе.
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(или о Ближнем Востоке)
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Собственно, Япония - это тоже Orient. East - это скорее о России и Восточной Европе.
Note from asker:
| тут человек сейчас живет в Японии, и наверное хочет так выразиться именно об этой стране |
Peer comment(s):
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Angela Greenfield
: Anton, for us Orient is not Central Asia. It's more like Japan and China. :-) and again, East is more like Central Asia and Middle East (for us), not Russia.
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Thanks, Angela!
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The Misha
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Olga Arakelyan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Works in field
Russian Federation
Translating your ideas into reality
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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16
East is a special case
Я бы, наверное, так сказала.
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Сочувствую тебе, моя прелесть. :)
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Сочувствую тебе, моя прелесть. :)
Note from asker:
| Оля, прикинь, какие мне вопросы с утра Майкл Армстронг из Японии шлет =) |
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Vitaly Kisin
: by no means East! Orient
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Не согласна с Вами в этом случае и я.
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Angela Greenfield
: Vitaly, for people in the US Orient doesn't mean what you think it means. East is the right word here.
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Спасибо за заступничество, Анжела.
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koundelev
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Спасибо.
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