Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

криворуким верстальщиком

English translation:

lame-ass web designer

Added to glossary by Dorene Cornwell
Dec 23, 2007 10:26
16 yrs ago
Russian term

криворуким верстальщиком

Russian to English Other Computers: Software
Full sentence: Вместе с криворуким верстальщиком можно уволить старпера руководящего разработкой сайта
Change log

Dec 27, 2007 05:11: Dorene Cornwell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/89747">Stephen Rifkind's</a> old entry - "криворуким верстальщиком"" to ""lame-ass web designer""

Proposed translations

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lame-ass web designer

The point is to be both vulgar and correctly colloquial.

This would work fine in the US.

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Whole sentence, something like

"You can fire both the lame-ass web designer and the .... running the site."

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if you would rather use a term with hands,

ham-handed web designer
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agree Alexandra Tussing
1 day 56 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Twas hard to choose between the "negative" expressions, but this sounded the best!"
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handless (layout) designer

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agree Alexandra Tussing
1 day 15 hrs
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13 mins

unqualified/hack designer/DTP specialist

cowboy designer :) etc.
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agree Alexandra Tussing
1 day 15 hrs
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club-handed designer

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agree Alexandra Tussing
1 day 15 hrs
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maker-up with hands growing from his ass

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crooked-handed maker-up

this translation seems to be verbatim one being rather formal than colloquial
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9 hrs

clumsy/inept layout (man)

Fire the ... together with the inept person responsible for the clumsy layout/design.

верстальщик can be translated as compositor in traditional publishing. For a web site, though, layout person or something like that is needed. I've used a periphrastic construction.
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agree Alexandra Tussing
1 day 6 hrs
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1 day 1 hr

cack-handed designer

This is what's used in UK VERY often )))
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