читай

English translation: read:

13:07 Oct 14, 2016
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Russian term or phrase: читай
Добрый день!

Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести "читай" в следующем контексте:

"пахнет газом (читай: тухлыми яйцами)".

Есть вариант THINK.

Заранее спасибо за предложенные варианты!
Den Wankmüller
Russian Federation
English translation:read:
Explanation:
Same in English. Here's someone talking about a batch of beer gone bad:

"For anyone wondering, the signs included a nice sulfur smell (read: rotten eggs) and a strong ethyl alcohol smell once that dissipated."
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=71400&page=142
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Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 18:30
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2i. e.
Maxim Olshin
4read:
Rachel Douglas
3better known as/a euphemism for
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


Discussion entries: 7





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
i. e.


Explanation:
Не подойдёт?

Maxim Olshin
Ukraine
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eduard_: да, вполне подойдет в этом контексте. или 'or' или 'in other words'
2 hrs

agree  spanruss: Yes, written out as ". . . smells like gas, i.e., rotten eggs".
3 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
better known as/a euphemism for


Explanation:
For those olfactorily-challenged.

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Note added at 31 mins (2016-10-14 13:38:55 GMT)
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I believe this is said with sarcasm: It smells like gas/There is a gas smell (better known as rotten egg smell/a euphemism for rotten egg smell).

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Note added at 34 mins (2016-10-14 13:41:57 GMT)
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Scientifically, this is known as a hydrogen sulfide smell.
Hydrogen sulfide is the chemical compound with the formula H
2S. It is a colorless gas with the characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_sulfide
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 18:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 20
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
read:


Explanation:
Same in English. Here's someone talking about a batch of beer gone bad:

"For anyone wondering, the signs included a nice sulfur smell (read: rotten eggs) and a strong ethyl alcohol smell once that dissipated."
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=71400&page=142

Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 18:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
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