Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
не подмажешь - не поедешь
English translation:
oil the wheels to get good deals
Added to glossary by
Sabina Metcalf
Aug 30, 2006 08:42
17 yrs ago
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Russian term
United Kingdom
Certified interpreter and translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
не подмажешь - не поедешь
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Government / Politics
Контекст: статья о коррупции, выражение означает, что без взяток далеко не продвинешься. Хотелось бы какой-нибудь аналог на английском найти. Думала, может, что-то вроде "no pain, no gain", но не могу решить, чем же заменить этот pain, чтобы получилось как "подмазать". Можно предлагать и другие варианты, не связанные с "no pain, no gain". Да, и еще один момент. Лучше без обсценной лексики, пожалуйста, kiss ... не подойдет, так как текст на публикацию. Заранее спасибо, коллеги!
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6 hrs
Yulia Bayat
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
United States
former translator for UK Foreign service
Native in: Russian 
, Belarusian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian
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One needs to grease the wheels.
To get what one wants, one needs to give a bribe or to do somebody a favor.
Example sentence:
If you want to get the process done within a few weeks you need to grease the wheels.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I wrote 'OIL THE WHEELS TO GET GOOD DEALS'. Thank you everyone!"
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no bribe, no go
Предложение.
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Note added at 16 mins (2006-08-30 08:58:34 GMT)
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По моему, звучит хорошо ;-)
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Note added at 16 mins (2006-08-30 08:58:34 GMT)
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По моему, звучит хорошо ;-)
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17 mins
mayakal
Specializes in field
need to grease s.o.'s palm to have sth done
This is the original English saying for this phrase!
You could turn a phrase of your own, if the text and style reuire it.
e.g.: grease a palm to gain calm
Good luck!
You could turn a phrase of your own, if the text and style reuire it.
e.g.: grease a palm to gain calm
Good luck!
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Cortejo
: Yep, perfect! "Grease a palm to gain calm" - brilliant ;-)
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Kirill Semenov
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Terry Moran
: ... but "grease a palm to gain calm" is not only not brilliant, it's not English either!
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Certainly not - it's Russian!
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Elena Iercoşan
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Alexander Demyanov
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Terry Moran
France
France
Native in English
Works in field
France
Brain the size of a planet, modest too
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, French to English
you can pay, or you can walk
One of many possibilities. A popular bumper sticker in Texas during the last-but-two oil crisis was "Let 'em pay - or let 'em walk."
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18 mins
greasing the palm
есть такое выражение, greasing the palm, кстати и созвучно с "подмажешь" ;) может, его как-то обыграть?
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Note added at 43 Min. (2006-08-30 09:25:41 GMT)
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grease the palm to get your foot in?...
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Note added at 43 Min. (2006-08-30 09:25:41 GMT)
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grease the palm to get your foot in?...
5 hrs
no grease, no cheese
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