Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
В связях, порочащих его, замечен не был
English translation:
no disreputable contacts on file
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Remedios
Aug 30, 2002 06:14
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"В связях порочащих его замечен не был"
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +6 | no disreputable contacts on file |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
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| 5 +4 | has no record of compromising connections |
marfus
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| 1 | has never been caught on vicious relations |
ferrogrus
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Proposed translations
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no disreputable contacts on file
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has never been caught on vicious relations
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has no record of compromising connections
OR: with no compromising connections on his record
Peer comment(s):
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
: i'd say 'contacts' not 'connections'
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okay with me; thanx. I meant it rather as in "well connected"
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: the latter version is better marfus... but simply 'on record' or 'on file' maybe rather than on his record
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Great! Thanks! What an opportunity to remind you about a day-old question of mine you've completely misread: go to http://www.proz.com/kudoz/261047, I begya man, I tried to make xactly the same point as in your comment above
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Jack Doughty
: Is the Russian grammatically correct? I would have thought it would be "в связях прочащих его замечено не было".
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Let’s reshuffle the source to make the syntax more lucid: [он] не был замечен в порочащих его связях. (No offense, Sir —your Russian's brilliant & you're a formidable pro, but “в связях порочащих его замечено не было” sounds very funny indeed to a native
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Mark Vaintroub
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Thank you
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