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Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

листок (here)

English translation:

Glossy leaflet

Added to glossary by Tevah_Trans
Aug 31, 2009 16:48
14 yrs ago
Russian term

листок (here)

Russian to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Is there a meaning for листок that I'm missing? The woman is dreaming, the telephone wakes her up, and I'm not sure what листок could be referring to.

Рюша в новом костюме выглядит на редкость импозантно. И держится с таким достоинством - вот что значит хоть на какой-то миг почувствовать себя хозяином жизни. Сама она в чем-то невесомом, кремовом, оттеняющее блеск загорелой кожи...Браслеты так нежно позванивают каждый раз, когда она протягивает руку к бокалу...
Зазвонил телефон.
-Да? сказала она, прижимая плечом трубку к уху, не в силах выпустить из рук сверкающий листок, - да?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +8 Glossy leaflet
4 leaf
Change log

Aug 31, 2009 16:48: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Sep 1, 2009 02:39: Tevah_Trans Created KOG entry

Discussion

gutbuster Sep 1, 2009:
сверкающий листок = моб. телефонъ
Judith Hehir Aug 31, 2009:
Could also be a broadside/broadsheet, but how often do you encounter such words?
Angela Greenfield Aug 31, 2009:
Maksym, That's right, but a brochure presupposes a bunch of pages, while the flyer only has one.
Maksym Nevzorov Aug 31, 2009:
With additional context, the "листок" is the same thing as "глянцевый проспект" mentioned above.
Angela Greenfield Aug 31, 2009:
I would normally think that it is a brochure or a booklet of some sort (проспект), but later the author refers to it as листок meaning that there is only 1 page involved. So Judith is right. It must be a flyer.
Judith Hehir Aug 31, 2009:
Has to be a flyer/brochure from a travel agency or something
In that case, she couldn't let go of/part with/put down the glossy brochure or something like that.
Judith Hehir Aug 31, 2009:
Is it an advertisement that she's looking at? Is that where the description comes from?
Deborah Hoffman (asker) Aug 31, 2009:
travel brochure? Later on the husband (Riusha) gives in and says Позвони в турагентство, а? Узнай, что у них есть на ближайшее время, and she replies Да я уже... вот проспекты...
Deborah Hoffman (asker) Aug 31, 2009:
beginning of section Глянцевый проспект был просто невероятно яркий – таких красок в жизни не бывает. Или все же бывают? Невесомые белые здания спускались уступами к морю, волны переливались пурпуром и синевой, точно грудка голубя, а кроны олив ходили под ветром, точно серебряные волны. Ночные огни ресторанов, фонарики в кронах, огоньки судов на рейде – лучшие в мире драгоценности, игрушки великанов, слишком великолепные, чтобы принадлежать смертному.
И надо всем как облако, плывет неспешное время...
Рюша в новом костюме (see continuation above)
Deborah Hoffman (asker) Aug 31, 2009:
she is the wife of Riusha In this text the wife (we never know her name) goes in and out of daydreams and reality. This section starts with a description of her and Riusha on vacation, I'll post it next.
Maksym Nevzorov Aug 31, 2009:
Could it be a mirror? is Рюша the same person who picks up the phone?
Angela Greenfield Aug 31, 2009:
yeah, it looks like they talk about a glossy photograph.
Judith Hehir Aug 31, 2009:
what was she doing (besides daydreaming?)... when the phone rang? Was she looking at a picture, reading something?
Tevah_Trans Aug 31, 2009:
is she looking at a photo? Because I would then just say "photo" or "glistening piece of paper".

Proposed translations

+8
50 mins
Selected

Glossy leaflet

I got it now.

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Note added at 51 mins (2009-08-31 17:39:46 GMT)
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or "glistening" to relate "сверкающий"
Peer comment(s):
agree Angela Greenfield : flyer
4 mins
Thanks Angela!
agree Eng-Rus/Rus-Eng : or just the glossy piece of paper
18 mins
Thanks Eng-Rus!
agree Maksym Nevzorov
28 mins
Thanks Maksym!
agree Velociraptor
30 mins
Thanks Velociraptor!
agree Natalie
49 mins
Thanks Natalie!
agree Alex Khanin
3 hrs
Thanks Alex!
agree Rachel Douglas : With glossy, not with leaflet. You could use "the glossy page," "the glossy promo."
7 hrs
Ok thanks Rachel!
agree IlyaI
8 hrs
Thanks IlyaI!
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leaf

I think it is a leaf
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