Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
oh my god!
Russian translation:
BO-zheh moy!
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Apr 24, 2010 00:37
14 yrs ago
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English term
oh my god!
Non-PRO
English to Russian
Other
Other
phonetic spelling
how would you, in English, phonetically spell "oh my god" in Russian?
"Gospody"?
"Gospody"?
Proposed translations
(Russian)
| 4 +3 | BO-zheh moy! |
Vadim Khazin
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| 5 | Боже мой! |
Tatiana Voloshchuk
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| 3 | о, Боже!/ о, Господи! |
Igor Antipin
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Proposed translations
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Vadim Khazin
Native in Russian
over 40 years of experience
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, Belarusian to English, English to Russian, and 10 more.
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BO-zheh moy!
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Sergei Krotov
: Bo-zheh moy!
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Jānis Greivuls
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tschingite
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Tatiana Voloshchuk
Spain
Spain
Native in Russian
Spain
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Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Spanish to Russian, Spanish to Ukrainian, Russian to Spanish, and 7 more.
Боже мой!
oh my God | g-sort
общ. Боже мой (восклицание, выражающее удивление)
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?CL=1&l1=1&s=oh my god
общ. Боже мой (восклицание, выражающее удивление)
http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?CL=1&l1=1&s=oh my god
5 hrs
Igor Antipin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
PhD. 10+ years in technical translation
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: English to Russian
Related KudoZ points
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43
о, Боже!/ о, Господи!
Такая фраза вырывается у потрясенного чем-нибудь человека.
Example sentence:
О Боже, какой ужас! У меня снова захлопнулся туалет. Изнутри. Вы представляете, каково это - жить в квартире без туалета?
о господи! какой ужас! он у меня был репетитором по алгебре и геометрии в 9 классе!
Discussion
Guess mother was not that far off after all. Thank you for the explanation!
"God almighty!", "My goodness!", etc.
I do not speak or read Russian, so unfortunately I cannot comment others.
I am translating my mother's biography from Finnish to English.
She wrote (in Finnish) that her Russian teacher mumbled "hospoti, hospoti"
- she thought it meant "oh-my-god". What does "hospoti" or "gospody" mean, then?
There are a few more expressions in the book, that I would like to keep in "Russian", but readable, of course! Thanks a lot for your interest!