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Apr 28, 2011 06:55
13 yrs ago
Russian term

помоги товарищ нам - убери посуду сам

Russian to English Other Food & Drink Ad in a cafe
Small ad on the tables in a Soviet style cafe, frequently visited by foreigners.
Rhymed translation will be welcomed.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +11 Comrade, let us have a deal - clean your table after meal
3 +1 we’ll appreciate your favour with clean up your dinner table
3 +1 Comrade, will you help us please, pick your dishes up with ease

Proposed translations

+11
23 mins
Selected

Comrade, let us have a deal - clean your table after meal

:)
Peer comment(s):
agree natalia gavrile : супер!
0 min
Большое спасибо ;)
agree Jack Doughty : Good, but "clear your table" would be better.// No! It scans nicely the way it is. Your suggested alteration would spoil the scansion.
9 mins
Thank you very much, Jack! But can we then leave out "your"? like this - "clear table after meal"? ||| I see now :)
agree Anton Linyuk : yes, "clear" is better) otherwise - excellent!
26 mins
Thanks a lot :)
agree tschingite : Браво!
1 hr
Cпасибо ;)
agree LanaUK
2 hrs
agree Nikita Kobrin
3 hrs
agree Galina Kasatkina : cool!:)
4 hrs
agree Roman Bardachev : bus your table
6 hrs
agree Vladimir Dubisskiy : i would put: BUS your table after meal (also: a variant - here is the deal - ///
7 hrs
Спасибо, Владимир! Но всё же я считаю что бас здесь не подходит. Во-первых это сленг, а в оригинале сленга нет, а во-вторых, это не только "убрать посуду", но ещё и "вытереть стол", в советских столовых никто посетителей стол вытирать не просил никогда :)
agree Victoria2011 : Thank you very much
1 day 1 min
agree cyhul
14 days
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+1
8 mins

we’ll appreciate your favour with clean up your dinner table

:)

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Note added at 10 мин (2011-04-28 07:06:02 GMT)
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sorry, with cleaning up
Peer comment(s):
agree Alexander Onishko : :)
13 hrs
спасибо :)
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+1
8 hrs

Comrade, will you help us please, pick your dishes up with ease

Another take: Comrade, there are no elves, you pick up your dish yourselves. :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Judith Hehir : I like both
37 mins
Thanks a lot for your support. :)
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