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27th translation contest: "Stories about nature" » English to Russian

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Source text in English

We live in one of the tiny apartments in a multi-storeyed building complex that provides shelter to a number of middle-class families. But, the members of the family Felis Domestica who have taken a fancy to our complex might very well outnumber the members of Homo Sapiens. Because these quadrupeds with retractable claws, who can boast of their country cousins- Lions, Tigers, Lynxes, and Ocelots fear no one in our vicinity. The increasing feline population possessing nine lives up their claws bothers everyone but provides comic relief to many.

These cats in our avenue have their own strict demarcations about territory. The ground floor, first and second-floor mousers keep to their floors except for hungry forays into the kitchens across the lines of control. The terrace is exclusively reserved for the young ones and occasionally used by the aristocrats from the erstwhile Siam for body lickings and sunbaths. Some of the tomcats find cozy corners for a purring sleep in places where there isn’t room to swing a cat in, such as the watchman’s cabin, where they might have found the poor fellow catnapping. God has gifted these cats with two voice boxes one for purring and another for meowing and a few of the feline sopranos in our locality keep all the residents awake with their nocturnal orchestras on special occasions.

Some of the residents who wish to be clean as a cat in pattens get irritated when these grey cats mess up their things. The hawks among the residents strongly feel that these cats should be driven out with a cat o’nine tails. But the doves are undecided waiting to see which way the cat jumps. Well, we don’t know who will be called to bell the cat!

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There were 13 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 7 of which were selected by peers to advance to the finals round. Not enough votes were submitted by peers for a winning entry to be determined.

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Entries (13 total; 7 finalists) Expand all entries

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Entry #32693 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Yelena Vasina
Yelena Vasina
United States
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
194 x41 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.563.67 (12 ratings)3.44 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 10 "like" tags
  • 6 users agreed with "likes" (9 total agrees)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (2 total disagrees)
+1
Живем мы
Flows well
инверсия т​ут очень к​ месту! от​личная нах​одка
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-1
+2
умеют прятать когти
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-1
1
и коту упасть негде
Flows well
Larissa Boutrimova
сладко дремлющего
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
хвостатого гуляку
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
серенадами
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+3
если вы чистоплотны как кошки в калошках
Flows well
Taisiia Gusarova
+1
1
показать котам кузькину мать
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+2
тянут кота за хвост
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
расхлебывать эту кашу
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
Entry #33511 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
172 x44 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.723.83 (12 ratings)3.60 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 13 "like" tags
  • 3 users agreed with "likes" (9 total agrees)
+1
дикими сородичами
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+2
вызывает улыбку и умиление
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
не покидают своих плацдармов
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Olga Goren
консьержа
Flows well
Olga Goren
имел неосторожность задремать
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Господь наделил
Flows well
Olga Goren
своим пронзительным сопрано не давая спать
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
коли порядка нет — и за столом с пустой ложкой останешься
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хорошая на​ходка
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+2
прохвосты
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+1
воинственно настроенные
Flows well
Отлично! Г​ораздо луч​ше, чем яс​требы
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+2
сторонники мирного разрешения кошачьего вопроса
Flows well
гораздо лу​чше, чем н​епонятные ​голуби
Natalya Syromiatnikova
откуда ветер подует
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+1
взять такой грех на душу
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #33572 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
133 x401 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.493.60 (10 ratings)3.38 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 12 "like" tags
  • 5 users agreed with "likes" (5 total agrees)
  • 4 users disagreed with "likes" (8 total disagrees)
-1
досаждает
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
невольно
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
1
бывшего Сиама
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
вылизаться
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
2
поди найди черную кошку в темной комнате — тем более, что в темноте все кошки серы
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
не давая жителям сомкнуть глаз
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
Знай, кошка, свое лукошко
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
негодуют
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+1
коты переходят им дорогу
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
-1
обладателей девяти жизней
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+3
долго ли придется тянуть кота за хвост
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Evgenia Lokis
Entry #33371 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
122 x42 x20
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.893.77 (13 ratings)4.00 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 18 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 8 users disagreed with "likes" (28 total disagrees)
-3
1
как в улье
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-4
1
пуще людей
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
представители семейства кошачьих
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
навскидку
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-3
1
А все потому
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Еще бы,
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-7
2
ежедневье
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Natalya Syromiatnikova
+1
1
молодняк
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Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
1
бывшего Сиама
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
1
смотритель
Flows well
хороший си​ноним
Natalya Syromiatnikova
концертов
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
гнать девятихвостой плетью
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
1
кто потрусливее
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #33584 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
Oleg Sirotkin
Oleg Sirotkin
Russian Federation
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
102 x402 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.493.60 (10 ratings)3.38 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 5 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
+1
голодных набегов
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
каморке
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Natalya Syromiatnikova
бедолага
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Natalya Syromiatnikova
осмелится бросить вызов таким соседям
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #33377 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
41 x400
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.914.08 (13 ratings)3.73 (11 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 5 users entered 8 "like" tags
  • 4 users agreed with "likes" (4 total agrees)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (6 total disagrees)
-2
1
смехотерапией.
Flows well
удачное ре​шение
Юлия Коряжкина
Терраса отведена молодняку
Flows well
Olga Goren
-1
+1
1
но местные фелино-сопрано в особых случаях сумеют и сыграть ноктюрн на барабанных перепонках окрестных жителей
Flows well
удачное ре​шение
Юлия Коряжкина
чистоплюи почище вашего кота в башмаках
Flows well
удачное ре​шение
Юлия Коряжкина
+1
когда их порядки летят серым-полосатым под хвост
Flows well
удачное ре​шение
Юлия Коряжкина
всех этих мурок нужно гнать кошкой-девятихвосткой
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
-2
+2
1
кошка ляжет
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отличная н​аходка
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-1
кто разбудит спящего кота
Flows well
Larissa Boutrimova
Entry #33311 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
402 x20
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.453.50 (12 ratings)3.40 (10 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 4 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (3 total disagrees)
разграничена территория
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-2
из бывшего Сиама
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-1
ничего не предпринимать.
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova


Non-finalist entries

The following entries were not selected by peers to advance to finals-round voting.

Entry #33418 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.443.50 (10 ratings)3.38 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 6 "like" tags
растущая популяция кошачьих
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
повылизываться и понежиться
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
умудренные опытом
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
частенько мирно посапывает
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
гнать их надо и в хвост и в гриву
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
усатых-полосатых
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #33325 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.423.45 (11 ratings)3.38 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 7 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (2 total disagrees)
кошачьих владений
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-1
бывшего Сиама
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
-1
1
кое-как примостившегося
Flows well
отлично!
Natalya Syromiatnikova
бедолагу-сторожа
Flows well
хорошая на​ходка
Natalya Syromiatnikova
наделил
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
+1
тянут кота за хвост
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
откуда ветер подует
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #33383 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
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Entry3.103.20 (10 ratings)3.00 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
вида
Flows well
Vladyslav Golovaty
+2
кот наплакал
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
гнать поганой метлой
Flows well
Evgenia Lokis
Entry #32780 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.093.17 (12 ratings)3.00 (9 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 1 "like" tag
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
бывшего Сиама
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #32795 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
kkelli
kkelli
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry3.073.21 (14 ratings)2.92 (12 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
ряд семей среднего класса. Эти четвероногие
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пропущено ​предложени​е. Но смеш​но.
Vladyslav Golovaty
бедолагу
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova
Entry #33394 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Standard-Russia
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Entry2.602.70 (10 ratings)2.50 (8 ratings)
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
-1
Специалисты по мышам
Flows well
Vladyslav Golovaty
кошачьих повес
Flows well
Natalya Syromiatnikova