Glossary entry (derived from question below)
русский term or phrase:
впору
английский translation:
looks like a change of occupation is in order!
Added to glossary by
Evgenia Windstein
Oct 24, 2014 20:10
9 yrs ago
русский term
Россия
Reliable, Reasonable, Realistic!
Native in: русский
Works in: английский => русский, русский => английский
впору
русский => английский
Искусство/Литература
Журналистика
An article
Между тем её уже перевели на иностранные языки, продают и в Париже, и в Берлине, и в Нью-Йорке, инсценировали и поставили в театре, на автора посыпались издательские предложения – ***впору*** менять профессию.
Заклинило...Struggling with this word..."it was time to..." doesn't seem to quite fit the meaning. I need your helping hands ;). Thanks!
Заклинило...Struggling with this word..."it was time to..." doesn't seem to quite fit the meaning. I need your helping hands ;). Thanks!
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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53 мин
Yulia Savelieva
Австралия
Австралия
Native in английский
Австралия
Stand with Ukraine!
Native in: английский 
Works in: русский => английский, украинский => английский, английский => русский, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
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looks like a change of occupation is in order!
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Note added at 59 mins (2014-10-24 21:09:06 GMT)
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and, yes, in past tense - looked and was
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Note added at 2 days15 hrs (2014-10-27 11:19:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Also, put "it" in front: "it looked like..."
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Note added at 59 mins (2014-10-24 21:09:06 GMT)
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and, yes, in past tense - looked and was
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Note added at 2 days15 hrs (2014-10-27 11:19:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Also, put "it" in front: "it looked like..."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! I think your answer is the best for the context."
+5
8 мин
Mikhail Kropotov
Германия
Германия
Native in русский
Works in field
Германия
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: русский
Works in: английский => русский, русский => английский, русский
Related KudoZ points
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31
she might as well
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Peer comment(s):
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DTSM
44 мин
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Alexandra Schneeuhr
49 мин
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| agree |
Natalia Potashnik
1 час
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| agree |
Aleksandra Kleschina
17 час
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| agree |
danya
1 дн 17 час
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+5
8 мин
Natalia Volkova
Россия
Россия
Native in русский
Works in field
Россия
20+ Translated Books Published in Moscow
Native in: русский (Variants: Moscow, Standard-Russia)
Works in: английский => русский, итальянский => русский, испанский => русский, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
one might as well
As it is said in the dictionary...
Or "it`s high time..."
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Note added at 28 mins (2014-10-24 20:38:15 GMT)
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Quite agree with you here, Evgenia. But how about "One might as well"? Anyway, English native speakers maybe will find something more adequate for this context?
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-10-24 22:13:07 GMT)
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I think, what is meant here is not "Ей впору" but "Любому впору". This is what is meant by "One". Saying it in other words: Тут любому впору задуматся о смене профессии. That was the connotation, I think - "Generally speaking". "Впору" in this meaning is always impersonal! She might as well has another shade of meaning (оттенок значения)
Or "it`s high time..."
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Note added at 28 mins (2014-10-24 20:38:15 GMT)
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Quite agree with you here, Evgenia. But how about "One might as well"? Anyway, English native speakers maybe will find something more adequate for this context?
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-10-24 22:13:07 GMT)
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I think, what is meant here is not "Ей впору" but "Любому впору". This is what is meant by "One". Saying it in other words: Тут любому впору задуматся о смене профессии. That was the connotation, I think - "Generally speaking". "Впору" in this meaning is always impersonal! She might as well has another shade of meaning (оттенок значения)
Note from asker:
| Yeah, I thought about the "high time," but it doesn't seem to quite convey the meaning... I thought something like "It seemed to be the high (right) time to..." would do the trick...yet, I'm still in doubt... |
| Natalia, thanks for the food for thought :)! Yes, let's pass the microphone to native speakers :). |
Peer comment(s):
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DTSM
43 мин
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Thank you.
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Alexandra Schneeuhr
: Первый вариант нра. А относительно "high time", которое вы обсуждали с Женей, м.б. добавить еще вариант с "about time"?
53 мин
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Thank you, Alexandra. Maybe...
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Susan Welsh
: Just to even things out between Natalia and Mikhail, since they both clocked in at 8 min. with the same answer.
2 час
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Thank you, Susan, for making it even. :)
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Aleksandra Kleschina
17 час
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Thank you, Aleksandra.
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MariyaN (X)
19 час
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Thank you, Mariya.
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10 час
LilianNekipelov
США
США
Native in английский
США
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: английский (Variants: British, US) , польский (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: русский => английский, польский => английский, шведский => английский
Related KudoZ points
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12
to immediately change profession (before something more disastrous might happen)
in this context.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Alexandra Schneeuhr
: Erm... I wonder where does "immediately" come from, leave alone "something disastrous"? An author's success is hardly a disaster, isn't it?
1 час
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The Misha
: It's ungrammatical, it's too long and it totally lacks the natural flair of the original. Eew.
6 час
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11 час
Natascha Kearsey
Великобритания
Великобритания
Native in английский
Великобритания
German and Russian into English
Native in: английский
Works in: немецкий => английский, русский => английский
a change of career seemed called for
I "seemed called for" think this sounds slightly more natural in English in this context
Peer comment(s):
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The Misha
: Doesn't that "seemed called" bother you? It's almost a tongue twister in its own right.
6 час
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1 дн 20 час
Michael Korovkin
Италия
Италия
Native in русский
&
английский
Specializes in field
Италия
Native in: английский , русский
Works in: русский => английский, английский => русский, итальянский => русский, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
28
... offers - fit to make him/her consider changing ... etc
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