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рвать шаблон

English translation: break the mold

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Russian term or phrase:рвать шаблон
English translation:break the mold
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

18:26 Oct 10, 2013
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
Russian term or phrase: рвать шаблон
http://lurkmore.to/Разрыв_шаблона

Appreciate any input
Fernsucht
United States
break the mold
Explanation:
At least here something is really broken.:)
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 05:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2break the mold
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
5breaking stereotypes
Mark Berelekhis
4 +1break the (social) script
tatyana000
4to change the routine
LilianNekipelov
4break the box
Ilya Prishchepov
4break the pattern
interprivate
3shatter the gestalt
Anton Konashenok


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
breaking stereotypes


Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2013-10-10 18:31:05 GMT)
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Or 'crush/smash/destroy/blow up/etc'

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Note added at 10 mins (2013-10-10 18:36:37 GMT)
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No, in that case 'stereotype' won't work, but 'pattern' will.

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Note added at 18 mins (2013-10-10 18:44:52 GMT)
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Yep.

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 05:14
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 123
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks! but what if there are no stereotypes? Eg. "если ваш шеф постоянно вызывает вас к себе в кабинет и отчитывает в течение 5 лет. А ни по каким другим поводам не вызывает. А потом однажды таким же грозным голосом вызовет, но в кабинете спокойно попросит занять 100р, то скорее всего, у вас будет РШ. Потому что за 5 лет, скорее всего, выработается шаблон ожидания пиздюлей, ака условный рефлекс. А вот если незнакомый человек подойдет и попросит занять 100р, РШ не будет, потому что у вас нет шаблона на незнакомцев. Вы знаете, от них можно ожидать чего угодно." - so the usual pattern of behavior is a "stereotype"?

Asker: cf. The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often confused with prejudices, because, like prejudices, a stereotype is based on a prior assumption. Stereotypes are often created about people of specific cultures or races.

Asker: so, "to break a pattern" then?

Asker: yes, looks like this will work "“Slap them!,” was the first response I got when I asked my audience at a recent media training what they thought was the most effective way to get someone’s attention. The other answers won’t surprise you, either: scream, make a sudden movement, whisper, stop talking, whistle, say something unexpected. All of these would work, and they all have something in common: they break a pattern. Breaking a pattern is the most effective way to get someone’s attention. Think about it, when you slap someone, which I don’t recommend if you really want them to take in what you have to say, you are breaking the “pattern” of mutual respect of personal space. When you scream, you are breaking the pattern of expected ambient noise, conversational voice volume, etc. When you make a sudden movement, you are breaking the pattern of expected behavior." http://creativeleadershipalliance.com/?p=538 thanks

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
break the mold


Explanation:
At least here something is really broken.:)

Example sentence(s):
  • She was the woman who broke the mold and brought new energy to the role of First Lady.
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 05:14
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot! Sounds like it's the equivalent of РШ


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Knowles
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Rachel Douglas
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Michael Korovkin: It says"slang".You say"break the mold"in the company of cool dudes at a street corner,and you'd be forever labled as a"nerd"+the ? says"art-literary-slang"! Nah,I thought about all those solutions:not it!BTW,I'm64!So,4 me u r just a Micro Janus!!! :))))
10 hrs
  -> Ha! At my age, my crowd does not hang around on street corners. The question doesn't ask for slang, but I can be hip. Why don't you put in "break out", "do your thing," "act out." Cool, dude?
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
shatter the gestalt


Explanation:
This isn't really a slang, it's a buzzword borrowed from NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). The original English term in the NLP literature is "breaking the pattern", but it would be too plain and non-specific when transplanted into everyday speech. On the other hand, the meaning given to "шаблон" in everyday usage - that is, having more to do with perception rather with one's actions - is actually closer to a gestalt than an NLP "pattern". Furthermore, "gestalt" has the requisite "psychologese" look.

Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 11:14
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Korovkin: Far out, guys! The field says "art-literary-slang"! And I don't think it means philosophic slang! Gestalt?! At this pont you might just as well put "weltanschauung" ! Goes well in the neighbourhood bars!
1 day 8 mins
  -> Michael, this is for the US, where buzzwords borrowed from professional jargon are plentiful in colloquial language. "Gestalt" isn't much of a highbrowism - who'd have thought Freudian "anal-retentive" would be used by the general public?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to change the routine


Explanation:
Another option.



LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 05:14
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
break the box


Explanation:
IMHO. That's very popular nowadays to urge people "to think outside the box". Might be used with quotation marks.

Ilya Prishchepov
Local time: 05:14
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Korovkin: too Freudein in its frequent usage: gives a rather harrowing association, making one thing about a violent rape rasther than shattering a pattern
19 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
break the (social) script


Explanation:
Your example made me think of social scripts, which in Social Psychology are sequences of expected behaviors for a given situation.





    Reference: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073531898/student_vie...
tatyana000
Local time: 11:14
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vladyslav Golovaty: destroy the matrix?)
1 hr
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
break the pattern


Explanation:
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interprivate
Local time: 10:14
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
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