Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
"химия" (сленг, разг.)
English translation:
penal labour camp
Added to glossary by
Vladimir Dubisskiy
Aug 1, 2005 17:43
18 yrs ago
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Russian term
"химия" "himiya"
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Slang
Даже на «химии» журналист остается журналистом—байка от N, отбывавшего наказание в спецучреждении.
Dazhe na «himii» zhurnalist ostaetsya zhurnalistom—baika ot N, otbyvavshego nakazanie v spetsuchrezhdenii.
Dazhe na «himii» zhurnalist ostaetsya zhurnalistom—baika ot N, otbyvavshego nakazanie v spetsuchrezhdenii.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | исправработы / penal labour camp |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
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| 4 | fraud |
GaryG
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| 4 | settlement (milder mode) |
Сергей Лузан
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| 3 | Even doing forced labor... |
Andrew Vdovin
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Change log
Aug 1, 2005 18:13: Vladimir Dubisskiy changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Military / Defense" to "Slang"
Proposed translations
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
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Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
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Russian term (edited):
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Selected
исправработы / penal labour camp
as a general term: penal labour camp
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-08-01 17:50:33 GMT)
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or prob. \'penal labour settlement/colony\'
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-08-01 17:50:33 GMT)
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or prob. \'penal labour settlement/colony\'
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Comment: "Thank you! that seems to be right :)"
4 mins
fraud
or "con", "flim-flam", etc., whichever best suits the context
4 mins
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
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settlement (milder mode)
Газета "Донбасс"
Теперь в колонию-поселение можно попасть прямо из зала суда, а раньше на
поселение (бывшая "химия") переводили по отбытии определенной части срока "за ...
www.donbass.dn.ua/2003/02/20403/20403-03.php
колония
В заголовках статей:
жен.
colony; settlement (поселение)
http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=колония-поселения&st_transla...
- трудовая колония
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Note added at 2005-08-01 17:50:35 (GMT)
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\"settled colony\" seems better.
поселенческая колония settled colony
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=phr&q=�������&sc=48&L1=2&L2=1&...
That\'s what is meant. Hope it helps. Good luck, Alionka!
Теперь в колонию-поселение можно попасть прямо из зала суда, а раньше на
поселение (бывшая "химия") переводили по отбытии определенной части срока "за ...
www.donbass.dn.ua/2003/02/20403/20403-03.php
колония
В заголовках статей:
жен.
colony; settlement (поселение)
http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=колония-поселения&st_transla...
- трудовая колония
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Note added at 2005-08-01 17:50:35 (GMT)
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\"settled colony\" seems better.
поселенческая колония settled colony
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?a=phr&q=�������&sc=48&L1=2&L2=1&...
That\'s what is meant. Hope it helps. Good luck, Alionka!
27 mins
Andrew Vdovin
Native in Russian
Works in field
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
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Even doing forced labor...
Even when doing forced labor, a journalist...
Or:
Even in forced labor...
As a consequence, he was in forced labour for a total of two and a half years. During his time in the Labour Camp, Mr. Xia was brutally tortured with ...
www.clearharmony.net/articles/200507/27939.html
... In June 1997, Clark Krueger, 17, wore one when he was doing forced labour outside Fox Lake prison in Wisconsin as a punishment for smoking, Amnesty said. ...
www.rense.com/politics2/stun.htm
Or:
Even in forced labor...
As a consequence, he was in forced labour for a total of two and a half years. During his time in the Labour Camp, Mr. Xia was brutally tortured with ...
www.clearharmony.net/articles/200507/27939.html
... In June 1997, Clark Krueger, 17, wore one when he was doing forced labour outside Fox Lake prison in Wisconsin as a punishment for smoking, Amnesty said. ...
www.rense.com/politics2/stun.htm
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