Russian term
"Bi-Cultural & Bi-Lingual"
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Болтун находка для врага
| 3 +5 | loose lips sink ships |
Mark Berelekhis
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| 4 | An Idle Talker is a Godsend for the Enemy |
Lina Episheva
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| 4 | Blabber is a godsend for the enemy :) |
Oleksandr Kupriyanchuk
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Mar 3, 2009 04:51: stasbetman changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Mark Berelekhis, koundelev, stasbetman
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Proposed translations
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
loose lips sink ships
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Anna Fominykh
6 mins
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Thank you.
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stasbetman
14 mins
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Thank you.
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Emil Tubinshlak
32 mins
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Thank you.
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SirReaL
1 hr
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Thank you.
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Paul Kachur
13 hrs
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Thank you.
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Georgia
Interpreter/Translator
Native in: English , Georgian
Works in: English to Georgian, English to Russian, Georgian to English, and 3 more.
An Idle Talker is a Godsend for the Enemy
United States
Eng-Ukr-Rus-Fr-Pol, Tech&Sci, Legal, Med
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian , English
Works in: Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, French to English, and 14 more.
Blabber is a godsend for the enemy :)
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-03-02 19:51:57 GMT)
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The word-by-word translation reflects THE history behind this famous saying... Remember that poster of the Stalin's era?
Reference comments
Ukraine
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to English, and 11 more.
http://www.english-for-students.com/Loose-lips-sink-ships.html
Meaning:
Unguarded talk may give useful information to the enemy.
Origin:
This phrase was coined as a slogan during WWII as part of the US Office of War Information's attempt to limit the possibility of people inadvertently giving useful information to enemy spies. The slogan was actually 'Loose Lips Might Sink Ships. This was one of several similar slogans which all came under the campaigns basic message - 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'.
The slogan was in use by 1942, as this example from the Maryland paper The News, May 1942 shows:
At countians [attendees at the local county school] registered in the high school lobby before the opening of the meeting, they were surrounded on all sides by placards bearing such admonitions as "Loose Lips Might Sink Ships", "Defense On The Sea Begins On The Shore", "Defense In The Field Begins In The Factory" and patriotic creeds and slogans.
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