Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
пустить на органы
English translation:
to make someone a source for organ donation
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Yelena.
Apr 19, 2002 03:45
22 yrs ago
Russian term
пустить на органы
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чтобы потом пустить меня на органы
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to make me a source for organ donation
Здесь ведь какой-то сарказм или черный юмор подразумевается? Если так, то можно было бы сказать: to use me up for organ donation. Или другой подтекст?
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in order to send me for donor material later
in order to make a organ donor of me later
in order to make a organ donor of me later
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Palmyra
: I am for an "organ donor" variant :)
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thanks
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Vyacheslav Davidenko
: Agree with the "material" version: ...to use me as donor material later
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maybe too. Thanks
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Galina Nielsen
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and afterwards to send my organs in circulation as shareware
Just as a joke
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(intended to) make a nice collection of organs out of me
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(intended to) make a nice collection of organs out of me
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ошибка?
Может "... пустить на меня органы"? :-()
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Irina Filippova
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Give somebody up for organ harvesting.
Not sure how idiomatic this is.
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Радова переводите? или Сорокина? Снимаю шляпу.
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Note added at 2002-04-20 17:11:34 (GMT)
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Пустить на органы
The verb пустить in this context has the same meaning as in the following expressions (I am tempted to say that пустить на органы is a derivative of these expressions):
Пустить на мясо
Пустить на мыло
Пустить в утиль
Пустить means here to destine, to commit, to decide one’s future: one will end up being slaughtered for meat (about domestic animals that were NOT originally intended to be slaughtered but had to be put down due to maybe their inability to be useful otherwise, like a milk cow that does not produce milk anymore), for fat used in soap manufacturing (it is a very cruel, black humor expression that might be used about an old dog that does not pull its share anymore) or “recycled” (this expression might be used with respect to anything (or anybody, not as often though) that is obsolete and cannot be used as it was originally intended).
I would not translate пустить на органы as to make an organ donor for to make an organ donor does not sound as cruel as the original. Try to find an expression that would best convey the low style of the original. Best of luck.
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Note added at 2002-04-20 01:25:11 (GMT)
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Радова переводите? или Сорокина? Снимаю шляпу.
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Note added at 2002-04-20 17:11:34 (GMT)
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Пустить на органы
The verb пустить in this context has the same meaning as in the following expressions (I am tempted to say that пустить на органы is a derivative of these expressions):
Пустить на мясо
Пустить на мыло
Пустить в утиль
Пустить means here to destine, to commit, to decide one’s future: one will end up being slaughtered for meat (about domestic animals that were NOT originally intended to be slaughtered but had to be put down due to maybe their inability to be useful otherwise, like a milk cow that does not produce milk anymore), for fat used in soap manufacturing (it is a very cruel, black humor expression that might be used about an old dog that does not pull its share anymore) or “recycled” (this expression might be used with respect to anything (or anybody, not as often though) that is obsolete and cannot be used as it was originally intended).
I would not translate пустить на органы as to make an organ donor for to make an organ donor does not sound as cruel as the original. Try to find an expression that would best convey the low style of the original. Best of luck.
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Davíd Lavie
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To rub (me) out
This is a slang expression, signifying - basically - the act of killing someone. It is highly informal; I would suggest the folowing: to whack, to rub out, to snuff, to body. I think in this case 'to rub out' sounds good, but the choice is yours.
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Make me an organ donor
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