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Что вижу, о том пою

English translation: I make it up as I go along

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Russian term or phrase:Что вижу, о том пою
English translation:I make it up as I go along
Entered by: LanaUK

11:12 May 4, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: Что вижу, о том пою
Существует ли подходящий английский вариант? Спасибо.
Lena Watson
Local time: 13:35
см ниже
Explanation:
Что вижу, о том пою
Так называют метод, используемый восточными (тюркскими) певцами-импровизаторами (акынами). Акыны поют песни не по заранее заготовленному тексту, а поют о том, что видят, подбирая слова по ходу пения. Соответственно содержание песен незамысловатое и довольно примитивное.

Это выражение может быть употреблено с иронией по отношению к произведению искусства, чтобы принизить его значение.

Часто используется иронически по отношению к людям, которые много говорят обо всём подряд.

варианты перевода:
about anything and everything

to make it up/improvise on the go/as you go along






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LanaUK
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:35
Grading comment
Спасибо всем за предложения!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8см ниже
LanaUK
3 +5I sing of what I see
Jack Doughty
5I call 'em as I see 'em
Recep Kurt
4What I See Is What I Sing
rns
4I'll sing about what I see
James Loughran
4I make it up as I go along
Lena Grainger


Discussion entries: 3





  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
I sing of what I see


Explanation:
Can't think of an idiom, but the translation as above would come over OK, I think.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Douglas
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Oleksiy Markunin
5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  interprivate
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Andrew Kozlovsky
12 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Mikhail Korolev
2 days 14 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I call 'em as I see 'em


Explanation:
or
I call them like I see them

Recep Kurt
Türkiye
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
What I See Is What I Sing


Explanation:
http://goo.gl/wLnI2

rns
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 36
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
см ниже


Explanation:
Что вижу, о том пою
Так называют метод, используемый восточными (тюркскими) певцами-импровизаторами (акынами). Акыны поют песни не по заранее заготовленному тексту, а поют о том, что видят, подбирая слова по ходу пения. Соответственно содержание песен незамысловатое и довольно примитивное.

Это выражение может быть употреблено с иронией по отношению к произведению искусства, чтобы принизить его значение.

Часто используется иронически по отношению к людям, которые много говорят обо всём подряд.

варианты перевода:
about anything and everything

to make it up/improvise on the go/as you go along








LanaUK
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Спасибо всем за предложения!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leigh Mosley: I make it up as I go along
7 mins
  -> Cпасибо!
agree  Inna Edsall
1 hr
  -> Cпасибо,Инна!
agree  rikka
8 hrs
  -> Cпасибо, Rikka!
agree  Judith Hehir
13 hrs
  -> Thank you,Judith!
agree  DrWord
19 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Vitals
22 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Lena Grainger: very sorry - не дочитала Ваш ответ до конца и запостила примерно те же
6 days
  -> Thank you.No worries :)
agree  cyhul
12 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I'll sing about what I see


Explanation:
I feel moving the word order creates a more natural sounding sentence in English, but then again you do lose the rhyming

James Loughran
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:35
Native speaker of: English
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2 days 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I make it up as I go along


Explanation:
или, как предложил(а) Ocean122 - cowboy singing. Контекста нет, но Вам все же виднее.

Lena Grainger
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
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