Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
пропуск-"вездеход"
English translation:
master permit
Added to glossary by
Clive Wilshin
Jul 19, 2009 21:04
14 yrs ago
Russian term
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
пропуск-"вездеход"
Russian to English
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Следователи полагают, что для страховки от проверок на дорогах преступники использовали спецталон, запрещающий досматривать машины[...] Когда после обнаружения тела госпожи Эстемировой в Ингушетии был введен план-перехват и организована тотальная проверка всех машин, по данным МВД республики, водители чуть ли не каждой десятой из них предъявили пропуска-"вездеходы".
Vezdekhod is, I believe, usually an off-road vehicle or an "all-terrain vehicle" (vnedorozhnik). But here, surely, the meaning must be the same as the спецталон in the previous sentence? (Not sure exactly how to render that either --- "special card"? "Special tag?" "Special sticker"? Is it something you show to the police when they stop you or something you stick on the car itself?) The best I have been able to come up with for пропуск-вездеход is a "'Go-Where-You-Like' Pass." However, I just wanted to check that my interpretation is the correct one.
Vezdekhod is, I believe, usually an off-road vehicle or an "all-terrain vehicle" (vnedorozhnik). But here, surely, the meaning must be the same as the спецталон in the previous sentence? (Not sure exactly how to render that either --- "special card"? "Special tag?" "Special sticker"? Is it something you show to the police when they stop you or something you stick on the car itself?) The best I have been able to come up with for пропуск-вездеход is a "'Go-Where-You-Like' Pass." However, I just wanted to check that my interpretation is the correct one.
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33 mins
Alex Khanin
Germany
Germany
Native in Russian
Germany
Pushing the envelope of meaning
Native in: Russian 
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Hebrew to Russian, and 18 more.
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11
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master permit
a more common collocation is "ключ-вездеход" - master key
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "It does seem coined by the analogy you give, so I like this version best."
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24 mins
Victor Zagria
Native in Russian
Native in: Ukrainian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, Russian to English, and 4 more.
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8
"out-of-my-way" pass
just a guess - :)
50 mins
Mikhail Korolev
Native in Russian
21 books translated
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Spanish to Russian, and 1 more.
free access pass
http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia....
CFA and Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) volunteers will receive a free access pass to all Victorian national parks as a thank you for protecting Victoria from emergencies.
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http://www.thanedirect.co.uk/products/housewares/perfectdog/...
Wise was so well trained that she had a "free access" pass inside the marine park.
CFA and Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) volunteers will receive a free access pass to all Victorian national parks as a thank you for protecting Victoria from emergencies.
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http://www.thanedirect.co.uk/products/housewares/perfectdog/...
Wise was so well trained that she had a "free access" pass inside the marine park.
1 hr
Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
&
English
Russian Federation
proficient translation
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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31
a pass for the"off-road" car class
Jeeps, military jeeps, combat trucks and those:http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=159428
10 hrs
certificate of immunity
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As I see from the context, this document protects its holder from his vehicle being searched, therefore, it is an immunity document
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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-07-20 07:57:56 GMT)
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As I see from the context, this document protects its holder from his vehicle being searched, therefore, it is an immunity document
19 hrs
Deborah Hoffman
Native in English
Works in field
also an attorney with AML background
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English
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8
free conduct pass or free-conduct pass
This is the closest thing I can think of in English, a document that allows one to travel unhindered through checkpoints in uncertain territory. Tosca bargains for these with Baron Scarpia if you know the opera: http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/9809_tosca/s...
True the term is not often used except in periods of civil unrest or wartime, but I did find a usage to get through a checkpoint during a strike:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome,_Pennsylvania
The semantic meaning is the same, only the context is usually different, but depending on your document the meaning of "no stops, no question" should come across.
True the term is not often used except in periods of civil unrest or wartime, but I did find a usage to get through a checkpoint during a strike:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome,_Pennsylvania
The semantic meaning is the same, only the context is usually different, but depending on your document the meaning of "no stops, no question" should come across.
22 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
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108
"passe-partout" permit
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Discussion
http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1342329.html
"On the windshield of [Arbi] Baraev's vehicle," journalist Anna Politkovskaya has noted, "there was a pass, regularly renewed, which stated that the driver was free 'to go everywhere' -- the most cherished and respected pass in the Combined Group of [Russian] Forces."
http://zalozhniki.ru/comment/59093.html
"На лобовом стекле машины [Арби] Бараева, - замечает журналистка Анна Политковская, - регулярно обновлялись пропуска-"вездеходы" — самые заветные и уважаемые, какие только есть в [российской] объединенной группировке войск".(
Пропуск-вездеход
«Общественным гаишником» можно стать за 8—9 тысяч рублей, а «сотрудником прокуратуры» и вовсе бесплатно
I hope that you are able to read the article.
Если вы всё же не сможете осилить статью, подскажу: Она как раз именно о том, о чём вы написали (No fines ever and traffic cops all smiling)
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/data/2008/42/09.html
http://www.ural.ru/news/life/news-62737.html
Среди лиц, задержанных по подозрению в подготовке террактов на пассажирских самолетах, есть сотрудник аэропорта "Хитроу". В его распоряжении был так называемый пропуск-вездеход, с помощью которого можно было попасть в любую часть аэровокзала.
It is a document you show to police officers or other officers and it gives you permission to enter a certain place or go through, for example, a police post. It can be a real document (as in the second article) or it can be a false one (as in the first article)