например:

Like master, like dig - каков хозяин, такова и собака

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Note added at 9 min (2009-10-09 13:20:32 GMT)
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like master, like dog

eg.,As the Call, So the Echo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839729/
Similar construction with verb: As Steyn Goes, So Goes the Times
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTRmNjU4NzFlNTg1Zjk...

Otherwise, I might go with: such and such (is)in keeping with with/typical of the times/profession

Princesses are as good as the times (they live in).

Nothing standard in English that I can think of, but this construction is clear enough and should work in virtually any context:

"The princesses are representative of the times"

"The girls are representative of the profession"

'Characteristic of' or 'peculiar to' are options as well.

This works especially well with "times" or "era".

He was a true child of his era.
They are true children of the(ir) times.

In non-time cases:

He's a true son of his father.
(Although "chip of the old block" would come to mind sooner.)

There you have a true specimen [model, representative, exemplar] of the profession. (Could be plural, too.)

I agree with Henry that the comparison constructions do exist in English for these cases, but they sound somewhat old-fashioned or stilted; certainly such constructions are not as easy, in general, as they are in Russian with its zillions of какой...такой, сколько...столько, как...так constructions. In English, something like
... какая зарплата, такая работа
would much more likely be
... You get what you pay for!
than
... however the wages are, such is the work.

This is a common phrase used in American English, and it may work depending on the context.