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` ALasked for translation 9 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

Нарочно не придумаешь.

User translations (2)

  1. 1.

    You can't make this (shit) up.

    translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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    5
  2. 2.

    You can't imagine something like this.

    translation added by Tatiana Melihova
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Discussion (18)

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

Татьяна, это обозначало бы, что что-то невероятно.

Tatiana Melihovaadded a comment 9 years ago

Это может быть сказано и о чем-то невероятном, и необязательно о плохом,

Tatiana Melihovaadded a comment 9 years ago

You can't plan that kind of stuff. Better?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

Ага! Буду знать)

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

It would be better to say "you can't plan that kind of THING"

grumbleradded a comment 9 years ago

А я то думал, что Александр комментарии к своим переводам почти не читает...

grumbleradded a comment 9 years ago

Татяна, вы о чем?
You can't make this up - это вовсе не обязательно о плохом - и здесь самый подходящий перевод

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

Читает, но редко отвечает.

Tatiana Melihovaadded a comment 9 years ago

А где я сказала, что это плохой перевод? Просто у Uly в скобочках есть (shit). Я просто говорю, что в з

Tatiana Melihovaadded a comment 9 years ago

что вариантов перевода здесь может быть много

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

можно shit, stuff, или this kind of thing вот в этом контексте.

grumbleradded a comment 9 years ago

Думаю, "Нарочно не придумаешь" в русском - это всегда о чем-то забавном, хотя бы немного.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

Я тоже так думаю.

Галина Палагутаadded a comment 9 years ago

Uly, is "You can't make this (shit) up" the phrase you say when you hear or read something funny or ridiculous? Because "нарочно не придумаешь" is what we say in these cases.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

Yes, but it's more when you TELL someone something ridiculous or funny. A: Peterson down the street just got arrested for running a "cat ring!" Apparently he was breeding cats and selling them to local Chinese restaurants. B: Are you fucking kidding me??? Hahaha! That's like something out of a David Lynch movie! A: You can't make this shit up. It's all over the news :)

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 9 years ago

We also say "Truth is stranger than fiction!"

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