Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago
I have no idea about what they do in the winter.
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Ангела 🌙asked for translation 5 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)
Ума не приложу, что они делают зимой
User translations (6)
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what they do in the winter is beyond me
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en3 - 2.
I can’t fathom what it is they do in the winter.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en3 - 3.
what they do in the winter beats me
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en3 - 4.
I can’t imagine what they do in the winter
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en3 - 5.
I have no inkling of what they do in the winter
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en2 - 6.
I don't know what they do in winter.
translation added by Slavik Sokur1
Discussion (28)
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago
I'm wondering what they do in the winter.
grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago
I can't imagine
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
Good! That’s what they all mean 👍🏼
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago
🙏🤓
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
Slavik, the progressive doesn’t sound quite right here. I think this refers to what they generally DO in the winter.
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago
Absolutely!)
Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 5 years ago
what they do in the winter beats me
this sounds as if you know what they do and this beats you (is it so?) while the Russian phrase means you don't know what they do in the winter...
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
BEATS ME means I have no idea, can’t imagine.
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
[roommate] A: I just got a message from your mother, of all people, asking me to call her. Do you have any idea what she wants? B: Beats me. I haven’t spoken to her since our argument last week. She probably just wants to know if I’m OK.
Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 5 years ago
I see, thank you!
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
👍🏼
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
Slavik, “I don’t know” is correct, but DOING is out of place.
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
👍🏼
Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 5 years ago
"I don't know" sounds neutral, while ума не приложу - colloquial and emphatic
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
Ah. Good to know
Elena Bogomolovaadded a comment 5 years ago
Ума не приложу ~ понятия не имею
grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago
"I don't know" - что бы там reverso ни говорил, это все равно как по-русски сказать "не знаю" вместо "ума не приложу". Огромная разница.
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
Это перевод не из reverso
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
К примеру вот эта фраза:
Ума не приложу, как с тобой быть, Мэгги. Well, Meggie, I don't know what to do with you.
Из книги "Поющие в терновнике"
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
А вот эта из книги "Зернышки в кармане"
Как теперь управимся, ума не приложу. How we're going to manage now, I don't know!
grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago
В обоих случаях это перевод с английского на русский. Переводчики любят приукрасить/усилить эмоции (и это не вредит), но не наоборот.
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
Вот эта фраза из фильма "Шерлок"
Ума не приложу, откуда пошли слухи! - I don't know how those rumours started!
Ладно, я конечно могу продолжать и дальше, но это не имеет смысла.
grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago
Неудивительно, что это опять EN-RU
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
grumbler, по вашим словам это перевод 100% не верный и мне его убрать?
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
Как по мне "Ума не приложу" это просто синоним к слову "Я не знаю"
Slavik Sokuradded a comment 5 years ago
grumbler,
grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago
по смыслу, перевод, несомненно, верный.
эмоциональная нагрузка, на мой взгляд, совершенно разная.
др. пример: уходи, проваливай, пошел прочь - это тоже все синонимы.