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Mar 10, 2015 11:31
9 yrs ago
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Russian term

Шухер, мусора!

Russian to English Other Linguistics
Здравствуйте. Как бы вы перевели такое выражение? Можно ли тут использовать термин five-o, или какой-то другой?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 Five-o!
4 +3 Jiggers, the cops are coming!
4 Raid, cops are coming, or cops, we've been surrounded, cops.
4 The Bill!

Discussion

eduard_ Mar 10, 2015:
Five-o isn't conveying the derogatory nature of мусор. Maybe something like pigs would be more appropriate.
Angela Greenfield Mar 10, 2015:
Five-o and its cousins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police-related_slang_te...
Mark Berelekhis Mar 10, 2015:
Jiggers For what it's worth, I've never in my life heard that word actually used by anyone, whether in life, film, books or otherwise.
Maxim Olshin Mar 10, 2015:
Jiggers! Как предлагает мультитран, но Partridge указывает первое употребление в 1911 году, и, почему-то только как предупреждение о приближающемся prison guard.

Proposed translations

+6
9 mins
Selected

Five-o!

I'd omit 'Шухер' altogether, as there's no natural way of rendering it. Simply 'five-o!' conveys everything necessary. It's also what the lookouts in The Wire (greatest show ever) shouted whenever the cops showed up.
Peer comment(s):
agree Susan Welsh
5 mins
Thank you.
agree Donald Jacobson
31 mins
Thank you.
agree Angela Greenfield : Wow, Mister Wire, wow. Respect. Also, by the way, they use "Po-po" on the show. But it's very regional and mostly used on the East Coast. May not be a universal term.
52 mins
That's true! "po-po" was even more prevalent. I am humbled! I would only add that "po-po" might pertain more to the black American communities.
agree Oleksiy Markunin
1 hr
Thank you.
agree beard2004 : Oh shit, five o. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=five-o
2 hrs
Oh no!
agree Tatiana Lammers
7 hrs
Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much."
+3
3 mins

Jiggers, the cops are coming!

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

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Note added at 23 mins (2015-03-10 11:55:30 GMT)
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Или просто "Jiggers, the cops!"
Peer comment(s):
agree Andrey Svitanko : Абсолютно точно.
4 mins
Спасибо!
neutral Maxim Olshin : Does anyone really use that word? It seems dated.
8 mins
neutral Susan Welsh : Maybe it's just me, but I never heard of "jiggers" in American English. "Look out!" would be usual.
10 mins
Here's an example from an American movie (although, I admit, it's an old movie): http://monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/scared-stiff-d...
agree cyhul
22 mins
Спасибо!
agree LilianNekipelov : Yes, maybe no jiggers
20 hrs
Спасибо!
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21 hrs

Raid, cops are coming, or cops, we've been surrounded, cops.

Other options
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23 hrs

The Bill!

Just a UK variant, as the other options are more American. 'The Bill' was also the name of a long-running TV series about the police.
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