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Bekhzod Turkasked for translation 7 years ago
How to translate? (en-ru)

kicks the crap out of dealing with those peons, huh

User translations (1)

  1. 1.

    ну, гораздо лучше, чем иметь дело вот с такими работягами, да?

    translation added by ⦿ ULY
    Gold en-ru
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Discussion (5)

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

What does "peon" mean here? An unskilled worker?

⦿ ULYadded a comment 7 years ago

Yes, it’s like someone with no authority, responsibility, a menial worker.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

Basically, like the English peon, батрак is used in derogatory or self-effacing context instead of historic one. For example:
На субботник идёшь?
Ага, ещё чего! Нашли батрака. Вон дворникам платят за это, пусть они и убирают.
But the point is that it reads a little weird here. There are more modern options for it such as чернорабочий/разнорабочий that are not very common in colloquial speech anyway.
So I'd go with работяги or шабашники. The latter differs from работяги as it means workers doing odd jobs and has a negative connotation because the quality of their work assumingly leaves much to be desired.

⦿ ULYadded a comment 7 years ago

Got it. I think this guy was more confused about everything else in the sentence than about peon, but I changed it. Thank you.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

You're welcome! To kick the crap out of something is a great expression to know. ;)

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