Jan 3, 2007 09:52
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Russian term
терпкий запах краски
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Деревья покрылись нежной зеленью первых маленьких липких листочков, но они были ещё прозрачными, и двор казался необычно большим и светлым. В нём полным ходом шёл ремонт детской площадки, и в воздухе витал терпкий запах краски.
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strong smell of fresh paint
предлагаю такой выход из положения.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-03 11:41:27 GMT)
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НАШЛА!!!
PUNGENT smell of (fresh) paint
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pun·gent (pŭn'jənt)
adj.
Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.
http://www.answers.com/topic/pungent
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НАШЛА!!!
PUNGENT smell of (fresh) paint
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-03 11:45:04 GMT)
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pun·gent (pŭn'jənt)
adj.
Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.
http://www.answers.com/topic/pungent
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Jack Doughty
: with pungent
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thank you
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Simon Gregory
: And with Jack. Moreover, as you feel a poetry of upcoming spring, may be "clear smell" would be enough with more positive , easy to catch connotation, without possible negative association.
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thank you, you suggestion does make sense in the context
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danya
: +acrid?
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спасибо, наверное, acrid не подойдет - как Саймон отметил, уж больно контекст благостный.
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Vanessa Fuller
: agree that pungent would be particularly good in this context.
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thank you
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Irina Romanova-Wasike
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спасибо
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Olga Cartlidge
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спасибо
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usdim
: pungent все-таки больше - "резкий", "жгучий ", а вот к "терпкому" будет ближе - ASTRINGENT, чувствуете разницу между перцем (pepper) и неспелой хурмой (persimmon) ? :-) или скипидаром (turpentine). Краску-то скипидаром развели! 8-)
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"pungent" как я понимаю - это еще и едкий
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Vlad Pogosyan
Armenia
Armenia
Native in Russian
Works in field
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Your Translation Is My Priority
Native in: Armenian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Armenian, Armenian to English, English to Russian, and 4 more.
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tart smell of paint
Harvest....the end of the growing season....soon to be marked by bright orange pumpkins piled high at roadside stands, the spicy tart smell of apple butter cooking at local orchards, and the excitement of local fall harvest festivals.
It was the smell of the aftermath, a green smell, a smell of shredded leaves and oozing resin, of crushed wood and splashed sap, **a tart smell, which bore some relation to the smell of bitten apples.
The tart smell of nacho cheese was in
the air and literally on the floor with dozens
of crunched up nachos.
It was the smell of the aftermath, a green smell, a smell of shredded leaves and oozing resin, of crushed wood and splashed sap, **a tart smell, which bore some relation to the smell of bitten apples.
The tart smell of nacho cheese was in
the air and literally on the floor with dozens
of crunched up nachos.
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cloying smell of paint
as an example...
"The cloying smell of fresh paint hung in the air."
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"Furniture wrapped in plastic is still stacked in rooms and the cloying smell of paint and new carpet is inescapable."http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s673107.htm
"cloying" as causing surfeit (here)
"The cloying smell of fresh paint hung in the air."
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"Furniture wrapped in plastic is still stacked in rooms and the cloying smell of paint and new carpet is inescapable."http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s673107.htm
"cloying" as causing surfeit (here)
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reeked of paint
Russian and English being predominantly noun- and verb-oriented languages respectively, I'd translate it as 'with children's playground renovation in full swing, the air reeked of paint'.
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astringent smell of paint, asringent odor of paint
Господа, а почему забыли про "astringent", - красивое "терпкое" слово ?
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Also, see below:
"Oil of turpentine should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, ... it is a most efficacious astringent, and may be used in..."
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/terebinthina_...
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Also, see below:
"Oil of turpentine should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, ... it is a most efficacious astringent, and may be used in..."
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/terebinthina_...
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Zamira B.
: She liked the *astringent smell* of the air here, with its compound of dust, floor wax, ... brushes, buckets of *paint*, home.att.net/~larrydla/twbeginning.htm
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