Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
«цековские» дома
English translation:
CC houses
Added to glossary by
Max Deryagin
May 18, 2014 15:18
9 yrs ago
Russian term
Russian Federation
«цековские» дома
Russian to English
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Еще во времена СССР этот район облюбовала партийная номенклатура. Тогда, на рубеже 1970–1980-х годов, в арбатских переулках появилось около десятка однотипных зданий из светлого кирпича. Теперь их называют «цековскими» домами – по наименованию главного управляющего органа страны того времени, Центрального Комитета КПСС.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | CC houses |
Jack Doughty
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| 4 +1 | Tse-ka houses |
rns
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| 3 | Politbureau houses |
Marina Aidova
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| 3 | "cencom" housing |
Anna Shaughnessy (X)
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Proposed translations
+9
18 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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503
Selected
CC houses
Since the text goes on to explain that this is a reference to the Central Committee, the meaning of the word цековский will be as clear in English as it is in Russian.
Note from asker:
| Very good! Thank you, Jack :) |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Jack :)"
4 mins
Marina Aidova
Moldova
Moldova
Native in Russian
Works in field
Moldova
15+ years of experience
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Romanian to Russian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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16
Politbureau houses
слово politbureau понятно англоязычным, как "верхушка официальной власти в СССР"
Note from asker:
| I appreciate your input, but I don't think Politburo means (and is generally understood as) "верхушка официальной власти в СССР". |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Zamira B.
4 mins
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Спасибо!
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| agree |
Mikhail Kropotov
7 mins
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Спасибо!
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| disagree |
Susan Welsh
: In English, Politburo (note spelling) means Политбюро, not something more general like "верхушка официальной власти в СССР"
18 mins
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| neutral |
rns
: "politbureau" clashes with the reference to "Центрального Комитета КПСС" later in the sentence and has not enough members to justify building of a dozen houses.
23 mins
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| disagree |
The Misha
: It's a mistranslation all right.
6 hrs
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+1
24 mins
Tse-ka houses
цековский (Tse-ka) is explained in the original sentence and can be found elsewhere — http://goo.gl/7Wkakq — e.g.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (... Tsentralniy Komitet Kommunistitcheskoi Partii Sovetskogo Soyuza – TsK KPSS), abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, "Tse-ka"
— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Commun...
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (... Tsentralniy Komitet Kommunistitcheskoi Partii Sovetskogo Soyuza – TsK KPSS), abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, "Tse-ka"
— http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Commun...
Note from asker:
| This is exactly what I came up with originally, but I dismissed this translation as far-fetched. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
katerina turevich
: If it's used in the rest of the translation in this exact form, then it's probably the best way to do it.
16 hrs
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Thank you.
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2 hrs
"cencom" housing
Cencom - сокращение от Central Committee.
"cencom" apartment buildings or housing
Я сомневаюсь, что это houses, more likely they are apartment buildings or housing for short.
"cencom" apartment buildings or housing
Я сомневаюсь, что это houses, more likely they are apartment buildings or housing for short.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
The Misha
: If you say so yourself. I will bet you a dollar that to an American ear this sound more like the name of a command in the US military than an abbreviation for Central Committee.
3 hrs
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And I thought it was a smart solution! :) To me it sounds as good or bad as цековский.
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