Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
ваять
English translation:
They chiseled out a real piece of work
Added to glossary by
Anna Fominykh
Apr 28, 2009 23:21
15 yrs ago
Russian term
ваять
Russian to English
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наваяно от души. речь идет о создании видеороликов.
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May 5, 2009 01:17: Anna Fominykh Created KOG entry
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Anna Fominykh
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They chiseled out a real piece of work
has the same ironic overtone
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They really outdid themselves this time
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Thank you!
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They really outdid themselves this time
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Thank you!
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Comment: "thank you!"
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Mark Hemming
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directed from the heart
I would need more context to be sure on this but as multitran.ru states that ваять can mean to sculpt or form, I assume this refers to the "sculpting" of film, which could be rendered in English by "direct"
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Angela Greenfield
: created/put together with all one's heart (I think "ваять" in contexts other than sculpture is closer in meaning to "create" than anything else) IMHO
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Alexandra Taggart
: "their excavation was directed from the heart" - it was scooped from the heart
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fashioned with a lavish hand
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"moulded with a lavish hand"?
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"moulded with a lavish hand"?
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straight from the heart
A variant of Mark's answer
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passionately concocted
If you want to laugh at the creators."Наваять"="наляпать"=сотворить нечто невообразимое, the preposition "на" says it.
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Sorry prefix "на"
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In the case if you add a prefix "на" (пона..) to some Russian verbs especially those which express creative actions the verb acquires a sarcastic tone automatically:
стричь - настричь
творить-натворить
танцевать- натанцевать
делать - наделать
рисовать - понарисовать
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Probably "sarcastic" is too strong a word here, to say "ironic" would be more appropriate.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-04-29 08:43:32 GMT)
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Sorry prefix "на"
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-04-29 09:03:56 GMT)
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In the case if you add a prefix "на" (пона..) to some Russian verbs especially those which express creative actions the verb acquires a sarcastic tone automatically:
стричь - настричь
творить-натворить
танцевать- натанцевать
делать - наделать
рисовать - понарисовать
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Note added at 9 hrs (2009-04-29 09:13:05 GMT)
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Probably "sarcastic" is too strong a word here, to say "ironic" would be more appropriate.
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