Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
dva priblatnennykh byka
English translation:
two wannabe thugs
Added to glossary by
Dorene Cornwell
Nov 12, 2004 16:12
19 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
dva priblatnennykh byka
Russian to English
Other
Slang
People who've been in prison?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | two thug wannabes |
Dorene Cornwell
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| 4 +1 | two guys behaving like they've been in prison |
Yuri Smirnov
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| 4 +1 | two tough-looking guys |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
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Proposed translations
+5
1 hr
Dorene Cornwell
Native in English
Thorough, sensitive, and idiomatic
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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15
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two thug wannabes
two thug wannabes
two wannabe thugs
maybe two wannabe toughs
http://www.cmsstudios.com/fly2k/hgslang.htm
wannabe n. slang for 'Want to be'. So, Pilot wannabe, is a person, who in sarcasm, or as a joke, is saying they want to be a pilot, a better pilot, or like the best pilots. Alternatively, it can mean a person who tries hard but can't seem to get the skills, they are 'wannabes'. They want to be, but just can't do it
http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~wglowka/slang.f2001.html
wannabe adj Someone wanting to be something, an imposter 2001 Aug Bibb County GA male Look at the way he walks. He is just a wannabe gangster.
two wannabe thugs
maybe two wannabe toughs
http://www.cmsstudios.com/fly2k/hgslang.htm
wannabe n. slang for 'Want to be'. So, Pilot wannabe, is a person, who in sarcasm, or as a joke, is saying they want to be a pilot, a better pilot, or like the best pilots. Alternatively, it can mean a person who tries hard but can't seem to get the skills, they are 'wannabes'. They want to be, but just can't do it
http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~wglowka/slang.f2001.html
wannabe adj Someone wanting to be something, an imposter 2001 Aug Bibb County GA male Look at the way he walks. He is just a wannabe gangster.
Peer comment(s):
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Dmytro Voskolovych
: it sounds just really cool, respect :-)
25 mins
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Thank you
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Sara Noss
1 hr
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Thank you
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Milena Sahakian
5 hrs
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Thank you
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shlepakoff
: with Dmytro
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Thank you
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Olga Judina
14 hrs
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thank you
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danya
: thug is good, but why wannabe? they do not want to be thugs, they are real thugs.
16 hrs
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I agree. They probably are already real thugs. But they act like they are a bigger deal than they are. Pretentious thugs?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
2 mins
Yuri Smirnov
Native in Russian
Daily Translation since 1992
Native in: Belarusian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Belarusian, English to Russian, French to Russian, and 10 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
two guys behaving like they've been in prison
Приблатненный (т) - кандидат в блатные, стремящийся быть принятым в группу блатных и демонстрирующий приверженность правильным понятиям.
http://slam.pisem.net/mat/p.html
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Бык - бездушный человек, слабоумный, делающий зло другим.
The same site.
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-11-12 16:18:14 GMT)
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So, to sum it up, they were two very \"loose\" guys, showing off like they were real tough.
http://slam.pisem.net/mat/p.html
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-11-12 16:17:31 GMT)
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Бык - бездушный человек, слабоумный, делающий зло другим.
The same site.
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-11-12 16:18:14 GMT)
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So, to sum it up, they were two very \"loose\" guys, showing off like they were real tough.
Peer comment(s):
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Dmytro Voskolovych
: to me that sounds too mild, so it's at least "neutral"
1 hr
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Да. Но я просто объяснил. За мной придут другие...
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Larissa Dinsley
: Вот теперь всем все понятно и можно варианты подбирать.
10 hrs
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Спасибо
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+1
52 mins
Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
UNSURPASSABLE EXPERIENCE
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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19
two tough-looking guys
i believe you can put like this (in normal language :-))
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-11-12 17:10:50 GMT)
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or even
\"two tough-looking punks\" (as they are not \'really\' tough)
or even
\"two tough-looking jerks\" (as they are not \'really\' tough)
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-11-12 17:10:50 GMT)
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or even
\"two tough-looking punks\" (as they are not \'really\' tough)
or even
\"two tough-looking jerks\" (as they are not \'really\' tough)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Knowles
: This sounds right to me, and I like the original "guys". "-looking" adds a note of doubt.
1 hr
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Thanks, David
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danya
: пресно, Владимир!)))
16 hrs
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Discussion
2) Archaic. a hired ruffian. so why not?