Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Лососевая эернистая икра
English translation:
soft salmon caviar / eggs
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Dec 30, 2009 17:59
14 yrs ago
Russian term
Λососевая эернистая
Non-PRO
Russian to English
Other
Food & Drink
tinned product
Please help! A friend of mine has sent me a very kind gift, but I don't know what's in the tin!
I've tried various on-line dictionaries, but they don't seem to recognize the initial letter — I've used the Greek letter here to indicate what looks like an inverted V (or an A without a crossbar) — doesn't seem to appear in Word's 'Cyrillic' character set.
I think this might be salmon eggs (going on past experience), but I found the words for that easily before, so I suppose this might be something different.
Please help, it would be a shame to open the tin and then find the contents were not as expected!
I've tried various on-line dictionaries, but they don't seem to recognize the initial letter — I've used the Greek letter here to indicate what looks like an inverted V (or an A without a crossbar) — doesn't seem to appear in Word's 'Cyrillic' character set.
I think this might be salmon eggs (going on past experience), but I found the words for that easily before, so I suppose this might be something different.
Please help, it would be a shame to open the tin and then find the contents were not as expected!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | soft salmon (caviar) |
Vitali Stanisheuski
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Change log
Dec 30, 2009 18:04: Vitali Stanisheuski changed "Language pair" from "Belarusian to English" to "Russian to English"
Jan 4, 2010 08:41: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14723">Tony M's</a> old entry - " Лососевая эернистая ИКРА"" to ""soft salmon caviar / eggs""
Proposed translations
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Vitali Stanisheuski
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soft salmon (caviar)
soft salmon (caviar)
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Note added at 11 хвілін(ы) (2009-12-30 18:11:30 GMT)
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Λососевая => Лососевая ("salmon" as an adjective)
(Russian Л may also be desplayed similar to Λ)
эернистая => зернистая (adjective "grainy", "granular")
Some noun is missing and I think ИКРА (caviar) must be on the tin.
If so, dictionary offers following:
зернистая икра — caviar(e)
зернистая икра — soft caviar
fresh-grain caviare
granular caviar
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Note added at 17 хвілін(ы) (2009-12-30 18:17:28 GMT)
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Yes, it turns out, your guess was correct.
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Note added at 37 хвілін(ы) (2009-12-30 18:36:36 GMT)
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sorry, "displayed" should be instead of "desplayed"
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Note added at 11 хвілін(ы) (2009-12-30 18:11:30 GMT)
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Λососевая => Лососевая ("salmon" as an adjective)
(Russian Л may also be desplayed similar to Λ)
эернистая => зернистая (adjective "grainy", "granular")
Some noun is missing and I think ИКРА (caviar) must be on the tin.
If so, dictionary offers following:
зернистая икра — caviar(e)
зернистая икра — soft caviar
fresh-grain caviare
granular caviar
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Note added at 17 хвілін(ы) (2009-12-30 18:17:28 GMT)
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Yes, it turns out, your guess was correct.
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Note added at 37 хвілін(ы) (2009-12-30 18:36:36 GMT)
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sorry, "displayed" should be instead of "desplayed"
Note from asker:
| Спасибо! Thanks so much for your help; yes, indeed, ИКРА does appear on the tin, but in such stylized lettering, I thought it was the name of the brand! Anyway, vodka now chilling nicely, I don't know how to write 'nazdrovya' in the Cyrillic alphabet, but cheers! anyway. |
Peer comment(s):
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Valery Kaminski
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Спасибо!
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Alex Khanin
: Вот определение caviar: the salted roe of sturgeon, esp the beluga, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre // Вы знаете, ее действительно игогда называют salmon roe caviar, видимо для стимулирования сбыта, но на самом деле это просто salmon roe.
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Спасибо. Как совершенно точно перевести на английский икру, притом лососиную, притом из банки, не уверен, но примерно показал автору вопроса и по большому счету согласился с его версией.
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Natalie
: Насколько я понимаю, автору вопроса важно знать, что в банке, а не точный литературный перевод :-)
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Спасибо!
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mk_lab
: Sure
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Спасибо!
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svetlana cosquéric
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Спасибо!
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engltrans
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Спасибо!
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Comment: "Спасибо!"
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