Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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
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Computers: Software
Full sentence: Вместе с криворуким верстальщиком можно уволить старпера руководящего разработкой сайта
Proposed translations
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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
This would work fine in the US.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-12-24 01:30:45 GMT)
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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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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-12-24 01:45:23 GMT)
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if you would rather use a term with hands,
ham-handed web designer
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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13 mins
unqualified/hack designer/DTP specialist
cowboy designer :) etc.
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club-handed designer
43 mins
maker-up with hands growing from his ass
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2 hrs
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.
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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cack-handed designer
This is what's used in UK VERY often )))
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