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[Neutral Unit]

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well 4 forumz n chattin slang is ok... im not gon use it in business letters of course, but when i have an online convo, its ok..

Not so good as you think. The problem in your written slang is not only in the words themselves and their shortening, but also in the wrong spelling. To be true, your slang is not very impressive either:)

[rodyanin]

to me it seems like "padonkaffskiy yazyk"
really hate that stuff
and it's also forbidden

ps: suprisingly found it hard both writing and typing english
no doubt it's due to insufficient practice i have theese days

[Fazze Van G.]

U hate, but its not ur language
For english speaking forums and chats it's really ok, like our "padonkaffskii yazik" =)

Argh, i forgot many english words =(

[Neutral Unit]

Those using slang are not the native users either Besides slang is more difficult and time-inefficient, because we, as non-natives, need some mental process to switch to this unformal way of speaking and typing, making lots of unnessesary pauses before each word. It is much faster to use traditional formal way of English.

[rodyanin]

IMHO english is already short and simple language yet is still shows enough beauty and grace which i find completly lost (er... what a strange combination) when slang is used

[VoR]

IMHO not, english is good for brief phrases, instead of for conversation

[rodyanin]

it's good for literature, especially poetry, due to simple fact that the lack of words' forms brings us a vast variety of senses
hence english is also good for expressing your feelengs, not just "brief prases", whatever that means

[Neutral Unit]

"Brief phrases" are only for "brief" situations English is much more usefull for large flow of information. First - english words, as russians, have lots of meanings - it is incorrect to say that words and phrases in Englisch always have exact information. Read even scientific texts in english - they have lots of sentenses on the subject that could be described in russian with much more shorter sentenses and fewer as well. English is exact only than you explain what you mean using more complex constructions.

I don`t like english in describing scenery or personal look of the characters - always hated the exact information. What do i need for to know how exactly (up to cm) someone is? Other aspects are the same as for russian literature....

One thing i like more is english songs..... they have more sense in the text, even if it is pop song of some blonde.

[Neutral Unit]

Mmmmm, could someone translate for me "tropical beverages" in economic terms, this term includes only coffee and cocao in my case. I`m working on translation and don`t find "тропические напитки" really appropriate for this group of goods......... maybe "напитки тропиков", but if no better variant is possible.

[rodyanin]

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Mmmmm, could someone translate for me "tropical beverages"

in case you still need it, I believe that the best way to go is just putting it in quotes in what ever form you like. "тропические" напитки, for example. than you may add an explanation of what do you mean by this i.e. coffee and cocao.

Сообщение отредактировал rodyanin: 25 марта 2008 - 16:09

[Neutral Unit]

Tell it to UN economists:)))))

[Neutral Unit]

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this topic doesn't make sense until some kind person will correct your mistakes

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this topic won't/doesn't make sense until some kind person correct your mistakes

You have said something, huh? Better watch yourself

[Neutral Unit]

No, I`m not. Everyone makes mistakes, especially in a haste....... what for should i ? Just to break any friendly relationships on this forum? No, not for me.....

[Fazze Van G.]

hey guys... anyone know, how translate "англофикатор" on English?)

[Noir]

Holy macaroni!

[Die Madchen]

Hi kids