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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:09:25 AM EDT
I'm told that this Soviet-Era propaganda poster reads "We smite the lazy worker" (or, alternatively, just "Smite the lazy worker") Can anyone confirm that? |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:12:02 AM EDT
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Something about geese.....or spiders....maybe people with wooden shoes..not sure.
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:13:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:14:36 AM EDT
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That's about right.Beat on smite, etc
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:15:18 AM EDT
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Looks close based on similar translations from here: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=bf-home
I'm sure I know less Russian (much less the Cyrillic alphabet) than you, though. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:21:04 AM EDT
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Quoted: I'd guess that Russians can.
Who can read Russian? |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:24:47 AM EDT
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It clearly says:
Hiyya! Show up at 9:11 and Igor plays whack-a-molesky until your noggin turns to pashka. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:25:21 AM EDT
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I'd guess that Russians can.Who can read Russian? 
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:26:07 AM EDT
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That's about right.Beat on smite, etc Quoted:
Looks close based on similar translations from here: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=bf-home I'm sure I know less Russian (much less the Cyrillic alphabet) than you, though. Thanks guys! 
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:26:32 AM EDT
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Ban hammer for failure to make requested post edit?
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:27:03 AM EDT
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Direct The false over achievers" Interpretive "Target the workers that falsely over report their productivity"
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:33:07 AM EDT
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Direct The false over achievers" Interpretive "Target the workers that falsely over report their productivity" Interesting - thanks!!
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:39:14 AM EDT
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soupersnake can read/speak it too..... I'll IM the link to him.
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:39:50 AM EDT
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Direct The false over achievers" Interpretive "Target the workers that falsely over report their productivity" Interesting - thanks!! Actually, it is "Whack" not "Hit" And it is not 'False overacheivers' It is "underground creatures" Whack-A-Molesky, TRG |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:50:07 AM EDT
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It means: "I HIT IT.......................AND MY FRIENDS DID TOO"
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:52:06 AM EDT
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Thats EXACTLY what I thought when I read the thread title. HAHAH |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 9:54:21 AM EDT
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Boris
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Posted: 9/7/2010 10:01:47 AM EDT
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that cannot be what it says. why in a fair and just socialist society would anyone falsely report how much they are producing, once everyone is on a fair a even playing field all that pettiness would have gone away.
my poly-sci professor could not be wrong, right?
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Posted: 9/7/2010 10:26:41 AM EDT
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that cannot be what it says. why in a fair and just socialist society would anyone falsely report how much they are producing, once everyone is on a fair a even playing field all that pettiness would have gone away. my poly-sci professor could not be wrong, right? Maybe it says "Smite the evil capitalist pig-dog lackeys and saboteurs who would undermine our glorious system with their deliberately inaccurate reporting" 
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Posted: 9/7/2010 10:36:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: It means: "I HIT IT.......................AND MY FRIENDS DID TOO"  what you doin in GD , quick hide the booze ,  |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 10:48:13 AM EDT
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"Soviet worker build best ejection seat in world"
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:01:05 AM EDT
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"Fuck this, pass the vodka"
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:03:09 AM EDT
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It says "ALL UR WEAPONS THEY BELONG TO US".
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:03:09 AM EDT
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Native-born Ukrainian here. It's hard to translate it to english in a way that would make sense. The gist of it is "We beat on the false worker".
Some explanation: "Byom" (the first word) is the "we" form of the base word "bei" which means to beat. Russian is a language where the suffix can change the tense or meaning of the word, similar to Spanish. However, "byom" can me different things, such as to fight, battle, struggle against, etc (both literally and figuratively). "Po" (the middle word) means "on" in this case. The last word is a portmanteau of "Lzhe" and "udarnik". "Lzhe" implies lying or falsehood. "Udarnik" means "hitter" or "striker", but I did a bit of reseach and found out that "Udarnik" was also the name given to Soviet "shock workers" i.e. the workforce. I don't think they literally beat lazy workers with hammers, but the general idea is to weed out the posers from the "true" workers. Basically a bit of labor propaganda. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:04:03 AM EDT
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Native-born Ukrainian here. It's hard to translate it to english in a way that would make sense. The gist of it is "We beat the false worker". Some explanation: "Byom" (the first word) is the "we" form of the base word "bei" which means to beat. Russian is a language where the suffix can change the tense or meaning of the word, similar to Spanish. However, "byom" can me different things, such as to fight, battle, struggle against, etc (both literally and figuratively). The last word is a portmanteau of "Lzhe" and "udarnik". "Lzhe" implies lying or falsehood. "Udarnik" means "hitter" or "striker", but from what a bit of research revealed, "Udarnik" was also the name given to Soviet "shock workers" i.e. the workforce. I don't think they literally beat lazy workers, but the general idea is to weed out the posers from the "true" workers. Basically a bit of labor propaganda. Excellent. Thank you!!
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:07:04 AM EDT
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Quoted:
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Native-born Ukrainian here. It's hard to translate it to english in a way that would make sense. The gist of it is "We beat the false worker". Some explanation: "Byom" (the first word) is the "we" form of the base word "bei" which means to beat. Russian is a language where the suffix can change the tense or meaning of the word, similar to Spanish. However, "byom" can me different things, such as to fight, battle, struggle against, etc (both literally and figuratively). The last word is a portmanteau of "Lzhe" and "udarnik". "Lzhe" implies lying or falsehood. "Udarnik" means "hitter" or "striker", but from what a bit of research revealed, "Udarnik" was also the name given to Soviet "shock workers" i.e. the workforce. I don't think they literally beat lazy workers, but the general idea is to weed out the posers from the "true" workers. Basically a bit of labor propaganda. Excellent. Thank you!! Any time. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:12:01 AM EDT
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It means: "I HIT IT.......................AND MY FRIENDS DID TOO" No, that is incorrect. It actually says "I'D HIT IT.....LIKE THE HAMMER OF STALIN Them commie bastards sure can make some awesome looking "motivational" posters can't they. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:13:05 AM EDT
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When elite university professors have an academic question and think: "I'll post it on Arfcom GD," you know that we have achieved greatness.
General Discussion, better than Wikipedia and in real time. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:17:55 AM EDT
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When elite university professors have an academic question and think: "I'll post it on Arfcom GD," you know that we have achieved greatness. General Discussion, better than Wikipedia and in real time. While I'd disagree with the characterization of "elite" - this IS actually something I'll be using in a research paper, so I want to be sure of the translation.
Ironically, it wouldn't be the first time I've used a Russian quote in a published paper. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:53:13 AM EDT
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Wanna bet the people who created the poster lied about hours and how many got printed
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Posted: 9/7/2010 11:59:11 AM EDT
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Mother Russia makes best of everything comrade.
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Posted: 9/7/2010 12:01:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/8/2010 8:49:12 AM EDT
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A little late to the party as I missed Bed_Head's IM yesterday. I'm a fluent speaker/reader/writer of Russian and Ukrainian and I lived in Ukraine for a while a long time ago. I still have some old Soviet propaganda items I collected while I was there; and this sign is typical of the "motivational posters" you would see during the Soviet heyday. The literal translation you have is correct––"We smite the lazy workers". As for how I'd actually convey the meaning of the phrase to speakers of American English, I'd probably say something along the lines of "we don't tolerate slackers." That, to me, conveys what this phrase in this context was all about.
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Posted: 9/8/2010 12:31:44 PM EDT
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It's the cover of a book titled "The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia, 1917-1991",by Martin Malia.
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