Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
не хочу, не умею и не понимаю
English translation:
I cannot understand, nor do I want to, how...
Added to glossary by
Andrew Vdovin
Feb 21, 2008 09:30
16 yrs ago
Russian term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
не хочу, не умею и не понимаю
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Я не хочу, не умею и не понимаю, когда о творчестве писателя говорят с позиции педагога, который безапелляционно отчитывает нерадивого ученика.
Конструкция, конечно, убойная, что и говорить... Вот теперь мучаюсь над вопросом, как бы ее преобразовать по-английски, чтобы звучало согласованно. Потому как переносить в перевод всю эту безграмотность как-то претит...
Конструкция, конечно, убойная, что и говорить... Вот теперь мучаюсь над вопросом, как бы ее преобразовать по-английски, чтобы звучало согласованно. Потому как переносить в перевод всю эту безграмотность как-то претит...
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8 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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658
Selected
I cannot understand, nor do I want to, how...
This is the only way it makes sense to me.
I cannot understand, nor do I want to, how the work of a writer can be discussed from the position of a teacher rebuking an unruy pupil without possibility of appeal.
I cannot understand, nor do I want to, how the work of a writer can be discussed from the position of a teacher rebuking an unruy pupil without possibility of appeal.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much for your help Jack! Thanks everybody!!!"
12 mins
Anna Mirakyan
Armenia
Armenia
Native in Russian
Works in field
Armenia
А conscientious work!
Native in: Russian , Armenian (Variant: Eastern)
Works in: English to Armenian, Armenian to English, English to Russian, and 3 more.
I am neither willing nor able to understand
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2 hrs
I don't understand, and I don't want to understand
Hope to communicate the original style.
Another option - I just refuse to understand.
Another option - I just refuse to understand.
3 hrs
Nico Rhodionoff
India
India
Native in Russian
India
EASY DOES IT!
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 1 more.
No need, no way, no sense to discuss…
Запутался в кнопках интерфейса, по этому, пардон, должен повториться: проблема в безграмотности оригинала.
"Я не хочу, не умею и не понимаю, когда о творчестве писателя говорят с позиции педагога - плохая грамматика исходника" (не умею... когда говорят о творчестве - это из монологов вицли-пуцли)
"Я не хочу, не умею и не понимаю, когда о творчестве писателя говорят с позиции педагога - плохая грамматика исходника" (не умею... когда говорят о творчестве - это из монологов вицли-пуцли)
3 hrs
Alex Koudlai
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
United States
superb quality and velocity
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
14
It does not appeal to me, when…
and more: it does not convince me; it is quite disagreeable; I do not approve; I categorically disapprove…
4 hrs
I can't and I won't
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8 hrs
Natalia Potashnik
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
English -> Russian
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
I have neither desire(wish) nor ability to understand ...
I have neither desire(wish) nor ability to understand ...
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