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Светлана Соколоваasked for translation 7 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

одни убытки

User translations (5)

  1. 1.

    (to be) a money pit

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
    Gold ru-en
    2
  2. 2.

    (to be) a black hole

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
    Gold ru-en
    2
  3. 3.

    (to be) a drain

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
    Gold ru-en
    1
  4. 4.

    red figures everywhere

    translation added by Валерий Коротоношко
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  5. 5.

    only losses

    translation added by Славик Сокур
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Discussion (23)

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

Only loss
¿В русскоязычных словарях встречаются примеры типа He's a drain on the company - От него в компании одни убытки, но в англоязычных словарях to be drain on объясняется как «требовать затрат», без негативной коннотации.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

I guess Valery feels he needs to compete with Slavik, so his translations are now more ridiculous than ever!

grumbleradded a comment 7 years ago

Да уж...
damages - это, пожалуй, похуже, чем просто убытки.

Валерий Коротоношкоadded a comment 7 years ago

red color in accounting is universally used to denote losses, and a reference to red in money matters carries the same connotation

grumbleradded a comment 7 years ago

red figures everywhere - могу себе представить в контексте stock exchange
Но можно найти и про убытки
"I still remember on Day One the fertilizer manufacturing company was running in the red. There were red figures everywhere. Today, the company registered profit after tax of over USD7 million this year. "
https://issuu.com/scandasia/docs/svnmag131200

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

Valery, don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs - I know what “red” means. But “red figures everywhere” is a stretch, especially as a translation to this post.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

Yes, Grumbler, it’s more idiomatic to use it in the phrase “in the red.”

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

The От тебя/него одни убытки is used in everyday speech.
- Мама, я нечаянно экран телефона разбил.
- Ну ты даёшь! Второй телефон за полгода. От тебя одни убытки!
So I'm wondering what's it's equivalent is going to be.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

- Mom, I accidentally cracked the screen on my phone.
- You're something else! Second phone in six months. You're a black hole!/You go through money like water!/ Everything you do costs me money!/You must think money grows on trees!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

... you’re a money pit!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

In other words, none of these translations are any good.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

... Or it works like this.
- Ну как твой бизнес?
- Да какой там к чёрту бизнес! Одни убытки.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

- How’s your business going?
- Some business! It’s a white elephant!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

...- Some business! It’s hemorrhaging money! / I can’t break even!

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago

Копали, копали и..., кажется, докопались до сути общими усилиями. 👍

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago

Absolutely 👍🏼

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