Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
чудаки с лампочками
English translation:
Extraterrestrial/ Alien/ ET/
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Olga Simon
Jul 25, 2002 09:15
21 yrs ago
Russian term
чудаки с лампочками
Russian to English
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имеется в виду внешний вид инопланетных пришельцев: эдакие существа с лампочками на головах. если я переведу как aliens with lightbulbs, то будет понятно, об чем речь?..
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Olga Simon
Hungary
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Extraterrestrial/ Alien/ ET/
А если "чудаки" - то "weirdos".
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Ой. как мне Вас жалко!
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Ой. как мне Вас жалко!
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Сергей Лузан
: Extraterrestrial-weirdos а вот это очень даже ничего.
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AndreiG
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Comment: "мне меня тоже жалко. :))
спасибо за идею -- я решила, что это будут extra-terrestrial weirdos with lightbulbs on their helmets %)
громоздко, но весьма похоже на то,что изображено на картинке :) спасибо!"
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Сергей Лузан
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да понятно
можно odd aliens
Good luck, Asker Zmejka!
Good luck, Asker Zmejka!
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Sergey Gorelik
: What about 'odd-looking'?
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Quite nice, agreed. Letґs call it 'odd-looking' stranger - bloody alien (just kidding, of course "bloody should be strictly prohibited")
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Michael Tovbin
: funny-looking guys with light bulbs (little green men/beings with light-bulbs)
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Surely, Mike. And sometimes even with red & green ones
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extraterrestrials with the lightbulbs on their heads
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or the horrors from outer space :-)
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Note added at 2002-07-25 10:30:16 (GMT)
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or the horrors from outer space :-)
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Diane Fontainebleau Pochй
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globe-headed aliens, or aliens with globes on their heads
they aren't actual 'lightbulbs', but saying 'intruders with a lightbulb-shaped thing on their heads' is a bit long, no?
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Jack Doughty
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: the latter rather than the former. globe-headed suggests to me that their heads are globe-shaped not that they have bulbs on them!
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Irina Filippova
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antenna-headed weirdos
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weirdos with antennas
weirdos with antennas
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: they are not antennas they are bulbs... and not all wierdos come from other planets as i think Proz.com demonstrates quite adequately.
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Libero_Lang_Lab
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lamp- or bulb-headed aliens
unlike globe - which does suggest a shape rather than an appendage - i think this construction would work for bulb and lamp.
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