Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

не по хер

English translation:

to give a shit

Added to glossary by Kajuco
Jul 16, 2004 20:48
19 yrs ago
Russian term

не по хер

May offend Russian to English Other Slang drugs
В основном, как бы, те, кого затянули в нашей группе, насколько я знаю, у них уже шприцы всегда есть свои, вот, со шприцами приходят.
И: Начинающие, то есть еще, да?
Р: Да.
И: То есть всего еще боятся.
Р: Да.
И: Все еще не по хер, да?
Р: Да. То есть они еще как-то остерегаются этого, вот боятся, так, сказать.

I gather this is an alternative to хуй, but the meaning is not transparent to me here.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +6 They still give a s**t, right?

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jul 17, 2004:
* So �� �� ��� means that you care about something? Weird. Incidentally, whoever the audience is, I believe that if the source text is coarse, so should the target text be. I don't think it's an interpreter's job to coddle the reader's sensibilities. And I feel the same way about using asterisks. It looks prissy to me.

Proposed translations

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Russian term (edited): �� �� ���
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They still give a s**t, right?

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Peer comment(s):

agree Marina Aleyeva : right
25 mins
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agree R. E. M : correct
2 hrs
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agree Kurt Porter : However, depending on who's viewing the translation, they may find the word "crap" less offensive than "sh**t."
6 hrs
хер>crap. Agreed. Thanks, Kurt
agree sergey (X) : sorry, agree, they still give a shite
14 hrs
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agree Mikhail Kropotov : i have to disagree with хер=crap! хер is rather high up there on the Russian scale of curse words
16 hrs
I meant that "crap" is euphemism for "shit", just like "хер" is for "хуй"
agree Vladimir Lioukaikine (X) : They do care, right. They haven't got this "I don't give a fuck" attitude yet.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much, everybody. My Russian is improving in leaps and bounds."
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