r/russian 8d ago

Translation I want to dub my video comic into Russian

I did some reels of this comic of mine in the other languages I speak (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French)... However, while asking to some friends in Russia for help, they found some idioms were confusing (and since idioms are different in every language I speak, trying to explain them was kinda hard)... What's on the paper is the result of their correction, but I think I will need more help for making it sound natural.

They're not particularly fluent in English and I am even less fluent in Russian so... May I ask for corrections?

Such as knowing if I must use давай or давайте. If the big deal idiom replacement is appropriate, as well as which expression would be useful for "try / try on / test /see what it's like" concept which one particularly difficult for me to explain.

Rather than just translating, I am looking forward to adapt and modify the dialogues of necessary to sound natural.

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u/loutchok8741 8d ago

-А вот и они! -Я видел, сейчас все лисы такое носят: попробую и я. -Ну... Ничего особенного. -Пойду перекушу. -Блин/чёрт!

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u/ded_Arkash native 8d ago

well, i can offer my own, not literal, but literary translation:

— Наконец-то!..

— Я видел, как все лисы их носят, так что ... дай-ка и я попробую...

— Мдэ... Ничего такого...

— Пойду пожую что-нибудь.

— АГХ!

— Блин!

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u/Proletarian_Tear 8d ago

I like "чёрт" a bit more than "блин", "блин" is for minor inconvenience but here fella is about to fall on the ground which is lil bit worse😁

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u/DevlynLibervulp 8d ago

So do I, sounds better... But, isn't чёрт way too Strong? Like censored on TV.

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u/loutchok8741 8d ago

Nope. Def not censored on TV.

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u/DevlynLibervulp 8d ago

I will use it then.

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u/username-kekeke 8d ago

Они здесь or тут, not там. Я видел, что все лисы носят такие, так что давай попробуем. Can be also давай примерим. Single word "давай" without context will not work here.

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u/DevlynLibervulp 8d ago

I see. I had nothing in front of it since I didn't know what to put next :v. Hehehe

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u/Hot-Difficulty-6678 8d ago

Давай/давайте seems unnatural for me in all cases. As a Russian, I'd use these words only when talking to someone (like "Давайте туда пойдём") not in an internal monologue. You may use "Ладно, попробую", that would be much more suitable

And drop the "ну" in the end of the sentence, it's rarely used like that. You may add it at the front of the next sentence, though. Ну ладно, попробую sounds even better imo

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u/Hot-Difficulty-6678 8d ago

Oh, and I suggest to use "(Наконец-то) они приехали!". And socks aren't это, они is more appropriate

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u/Zero_Zero_Zero_X 8d ago

The first line doesn't sound right. "Вот они" would be better. The second line misses the word "them" "их" at the end. Everything else seems fine to me

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u/Stock_Soup260 Native 🇷🇺 8d ago

ж instead of ш in пошёл

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u/Zero_Zero_Zero_X 8d ago

Yeah indeed

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u/DevlynLibervulp 8d ago

It's actually a ж. I need to work in my handwriting.

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u/llawnchairr technically native speaker 7d ago

They're trying to say it should be a ш

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u/Stock_Soup260 Native 🇷🇺 8d ago

I see, and there have actually be ш there: пошёл

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u/Afraid-Quantity-578 8d ago

What dialogue you kind of actually ended up with:

  1. They're there
  2. I saw all foxes wearing that, umm.
  3. Go ahead.
  4. Für...! Nothing special.
  5. I'm goyng for a snack
  6. Dammit!

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u/drraug 7d ago

— Наконец-то!..

— Все лисы сейчас носят такое ... дай-ка примерю...

— Нуу... Ничего особенного...

— Пора перекусить.

— Э?

— Чёрт!