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more clever

Russian translation: Я умнее тебя

01:19 Feb 14, 2003
English to Russian translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: more clever
I'm more clever than you
Jade
Russian translation:Я умнее тебя
Explanation:
Ya umnee tebia
Selected response from:

Mark Vaintroub
Canada
Local time: 20:15
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Summary of answers provided
5 +14Я умнее тебя
Mark Vaintroub
4 +1Я более умен, чем ты
Oleg Pashuk (X)
5я намного умнее тебя
Russian Express
5Я лучше тебя соображаю, что к чему.
Dmitry Arch
4я сообразительнее тебя
Yuri Grachev
3 +1У меня котелок лучше варит...
cillegio


  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +14
Я умнее тебя


Explanation:
Ya umnee tebia

Mark Vaintroub
Canada
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 1034
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jolanta Schimenti
2 mins
agree  Uldis Liepkalns
1 hr
agree  Anna Launay (X)
1 hr
agree  Igor Sannikov
2 hrs
agree  Remedios
4 hrs
agree  Kirill Semenov (X)
5 hrs
agree  LQA Russian
6 hrs
agree  Yelena.
6 hrs
agree  Konstantin Krasnov
7 hrs
agree  Inga Baranova
7 hrs
agree  Said Kaljanac a.k.a. SARAJ
8 hrs
agree  mk_lab
14 hrs
agree  cillegio
16 hrs
agree  Nikita Kobrin
21 hrs
neutral  danya: вечная угадайка в отсутствие контекста - кто из предлагающих варианты more clever :-)
1 day 19 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Я более умен, чем ты


Explanation:
More literal translation:)

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Note added at 2003-02-14 01:39:55 (GMT)
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Ya \'bolee u\'men chem ty

Oleg Pashuk (X)
PRO pts in pair: 603

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Uldis Liepkalns: PROMPT'om perevodjilji?
1 hr
  -> I would like to see your answer.
agree  Elaine Freeland (X): Right! Because you can't really say "more clever", it's more like childspeak
8 hrs
  -> thank you
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
я намного умнее тебя


Explanation:
More Russian translation IMHO

also хитрее, смекалистей и т.д.

На полный текст сего высказывания не мешало бы глянуть...

Russian Express
Canada
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 131

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Uldis Liepkalns: umneeje i jestj more clever, ostaljnoje po russki pustoslovije
8 mins
neutral  Dmitry Arch: намного умнее means 'much more clever', хитрее means 'more cunning, slier'; смекалистей is closer, it means 'more quick-witted'
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Я лучше тебя соображаю, что к чему.


Explanation:
If you simply say 'oomneye' as some other translators suggest, it may also be interpreted as 'smarter', 'more intelligent'.

Dmitry Arch
Russian Federation
Local time: 04:15
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 246
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
я сообразительнее тебя


Explanation:
как вариант, 2 слова перелагаю в 1-но (прилаг. сравнительн. степени).

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Note added at 2003-02-14 06:22:53 (GMT)
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агри с Марком и Дмитрием.

Yuri Grachev
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:15
PRO pts in pair: 111
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
У меня котелок лучше варит...


Explanation:
сленговый вариант

:)


cillegio
Local time: 04:15
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Russian Express: Здорово! Если по тексту подойдет..
21 hrs
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