Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
lemenatsiya
English translation:
illumination
Added to glossary by
George Vardanyan
Mar 31, 2004 18:24
20 yrs ago
Russian term
United Kingdom
lemenatsiya
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
novel circa 1900.
A band of robbers say to someone who is going to help them:
A uzh my v vashu chest' Gromovu lemenatsiiu ustroim...
Gromov is a character from the book. The robbers wish to do him harm.
I searched for this word on Rambler and the only references found were from another book by the same author...so not very helpful!
A band of robbers say to someone who is going to help them:
A uzh my v vashu chest' Gromovu lemenatsiiu ustroim...
Gromov is a character from the book. The robbers wish to do him harm.
I searched for this word on Rambler and the only references found were from another book by the same author...so not very helpful!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +6 | illumination |
George Vardanyan
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| 4 +4 | fireworks |
mk_lab
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| 4 | give hell to |
danya
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Proposed translations
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illumination
illumination
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Note added at 11 mins (2004-03-31 18:36:28 GMT)
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иллюминация - feast, party
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ironically
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Note added at 11 mins (2004-03-31 18:36:28 GMT)
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иллюминация - feast, party
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ironically
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mk_lab
: Одесский жаргон. В. Шишков -- Ватага "... Вдарить можно. Опять же встреча тебе будет: трезвон и леменация... Приказ мной даден. ..." irbis.asu.ru/docs/altai/literature/ shishkov/vataga/vataga06.html
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thanks a lot, mk_lab !
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Kirill Semenov
: illumination, fireworks, a distorted spelling (the realities of the epoch)
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thanks a lot, Kirill !
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Yuri Smirnov
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thanks Yuri !
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Will Matter
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thanks willmatter !
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Сергей Лузан
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thanks Сергей !
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Sergei Tumanov
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thanks Sergei !
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fireworks
fireworks (otriginated from "illumination" as George answered)
"... Вдарить можно. Опять же встреча тебе будет: трезвон и леменация... Приказ мной даден. ..." irbis.asu.ru/docs/altai/literature/ shishkov/vataga/vataga06.html
трезвон (trezvon) here means bells (tintinnabulation)
"... Вдарить можно. Опять же встреча тебе будет: трезвон и леменация... Приказ мной даден. ..." irbis.asu.ru/docs/altai/literature/ shishkov/vataga/vataga06.html
трезвон (trezvon) here means bells (tintinnabulation)
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Kirill Semenov
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George Vardanyan
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Margarita
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give hell to
the word is contaminated "illumination", right
BUT: illumination does not mean fireworks, it means decorating with lights on festive occasions!
and in the context given I' d suggest rendering the meaning like this: And we ..will give hell to Gromov!
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the guys are going to thrash him, no feasts meant in the context given!
BUT: illumination does not mean fireworks, it means decorating with lights on festive occasions!
and in the context given I' d suggest rendering the meaning like this: And we ..will give hell to Gromov!
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Note added at 17 hrs 2 mins (2004-04-01 11:27:19 GMT)
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the guys are going to thrash him, no feasts meant in the context given!
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