Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
дяденька/тётенька (дядя/тётя)
English translation:
Ma\'am/Mister
Added to glossary by
margerrit
Jan 3, 2011 13:39
13 yrs ago
Russian term
дяденька/тётенька (дядя/тётя)
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Slang
informal/slang
Товарищи, подскажите, как лучше переводите такие обращения -
контекст - скажем, малолетний попрошайка просит денег:
Дяденька/тётенька, подайте на хлебушек - у меня пока вариант please Sir или просто please give me...
контекст - скажем, малолетний попрошайка просит денег:
Дяденька/тётенька, подайте на хлебушек - у меня пока вариант please Sir или просто please give me...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | Ma'am/Mister |
Smantha
|
| 4 +2 | please kind sir/lady |
rns
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| 4 | Ваш вариант |
Alexander Ryshow
|
| 4 | Mister, miss |
yurchie (X)
|
Proposed translations
+5
29 mins
Selected
Ma'am/Mister
MA'AM, PLEASE........ - Writing.Com
12 Feb 2006 ... A beggar boy's entreaties. ... Ma'am, please give me a quarter, So that I buy some bread. I am hungry and thirsty, No morsel I have had. ...
www.writing.com/main/view_item/.../1565741-MAAM-PLEASE - Cached
YouTube - biernes0013's Channel
There's this street preacher/ A beggar boy asked for some change/ "Sorry kid, it's only for the temple"/ "Please mister, just for for my aching tummy. ...
www.youtube.com/user/biernes0013 - Cached
Beggar Girl, Kathmandu #1 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
15 Mar 2009 ... A young girl - a beggar - who followed me around for 20 minutes: "mister, mister, one dolla? one dolla? mister? mister? one dolla? one ...
www.flickr.com/photos/brosha/3422487988/ - Cached
12 Feb 2006 ... A beggar boy's entreaties. ... Ma'am, please give me a quarter, So that I buy some bread. I am hungry and thirsty, No morsel I have had. ...
www.writing.com/main/view_item/.../1565741-MAAM-PLEASE - Cached
YouTube - biernes0013's Channel
There's this street preacher/ A beggar boy asked for some change/ "Sorry kid, it's only for the temple"/ "Please mister, just for for my aching tummy. ...
www.youtube.com/user/biernes0013 - Cached
Beggar Girl, Kathmandu #1 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
15 Mar 2009 ... A young girl - a beggar - who followed me around for 20 minutes: "mister, mister, one dolla? one dolla? mister? mister? one dolla? one ...
www.flickr.com/photos/brosha/3422487988/ - Cached
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1 min
Alexander Ryshow
Belarus
Belarus
Native in Russian
Belarus
Aus Liebe zur Sprache
Native in: Russian 
, Belarusian
Works in: German to Russian, German to Belarusian, Russian to Belarusian, and 3 more.
+2
13 mins
please kind sir/lady
"Please kind sir alms for the poor"
— http://goo.gl/fDMUG
"please, kind lady" alms
http://goo.gl/cduip
"please, kind lady"
— http://goo.gl/XPhvI
"please, kind sir"
— http://goo.gl/XPhvI
— http://goo.gl/fDMUG
"please, kind lady" alms
http://goo.gl/cduip
"please, kind lady"
— http://goo.gl/XPhvI
"please, kind sir"
— http://goo.gl/XPhvI
1 day 7 hrs
Mister, miss
Are the children bold or timid? It would most likely be "sir" if they want to be very respectful, and "mister" if they're being conversational.
"Ma'am" for older women or more formal speech. "Miss" for younger/informal conversation.
"Ma'am" for older women or more formal speech. "Miss" for younger/informal conversation.
Example sentence:
Hey mister, can you spare some change?
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