Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
зашибать халтуры
English translation:
picking up odd jobs on the side
Added to glossary by
Michael Sarni
Dec 15, 2020 10:23
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Russian term
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зашибать халтуры
Russian to English
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Помог мне вдруг “гегемон” Федька Кривой, который к тому времени устроился на должность электрика в жилконтору, женился, совершенно перестал пить, и стал “зашибать халтуры”.
FYI, the setting is late '50's Leningrad. I'm not at all familiar with the expression, but from the context I'm assuming it means that he's making money doing odd jobs on the side.
FYI, the setting is late '50's Leningrad. I'm not at all familiar with the expression, but from the context I'm assuming it means that he's making money doing odd jobs on the side.
Proposed translations
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Dec 18, 2020 16:05: Michael Sarni Created KOG entry
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Michael Sarni
United Kingdom
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picking up odd jobs on the side
Сложно подобрать точный просторечный эквивалент: реалии не те.
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Well, apparently, it could have been a lot of places.She was working a bunch of jobs on the side - model, club dancer, convention booth babe.
У неё было много подработок на стороне - модель, танцовщица, девушка на выставках.
It was easy for him to pick up odd jobs for extra money when he needed it.
Для него было легко найти дополнительную работу ради дополнительных денег, когда он в них нуждался.
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Well, apparently, it could have been a lot of places.She was working a bunch of jobs on the side - model, club dancer, convention booth babe.
У неё было много подработок на стороне - модель, танцовщица, девушка на выставках.
It was easy for him to pick up odd jobs for extra money when he needed it.
Для него было легко найти дополнительную работу ради дополнительных денег, когда он в них нуждался.
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Peer comment(s):
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danya
: мне ваш вариант нравится больше остальных как раз потому, что он не тащит за собой чуждые коннотации английских идиом
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Спасибо. Спокойно передать смысл - и довольно. Либо обширное культурологическое прим. перев. - едва ли возможно тут.
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DTSM
9 hrs
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Mark Yepifantsev
1 day 16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you! "
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Lesia Kutsenko
Canada
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Life-saving precise translations
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4
turn an honest penny
not drinking=good quality work="honest" money
Peer comment(s):
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Mikhail Kropotov
: That is not the correct meaning
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danya
: Халтура is rarely honest
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if sober, it might be
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Katya Kesten
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Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Russian to English, English
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35
hustling/side hustling
As this is marked as a lit. translation, I'd use slang that's prevalent in modern lexicon.
"Hustling" means putting in a lot of energy to make an extra buck/big money, which is essentially what people were doing in the 90s, while "side hustling" refers to taking on gigs in addition to one's main job for the same purpose.
"Everyone has a different reason for side hustling, of course. It might be to pursue a passion, save for a goal, supplement existing income or eventually transition to running your own business."
https://ideas.ted.com/4-secrets-of-successful-side-hustles/
Options: "...quit (/gave up) drinking and started hustling". I prefer this one because it sounds most natural in English and carries over the sentiment, but if you'd like to go with a more direct translation then "...quit drinking and started side hustling" is fine.
"Hustling" means putting in a lot of energy to make an extra buck/big money, which is essentially what people were doing in the 90s, while "side hustling" refers to taking on gigs in addition to one's main job for the same purpose.
"Everyone has a different reason for side hustling, of course. It might be to pursue a passion, save for a goal, supplement existing income or eventually transition to running your own business."
https://ideas.ted.com/4-secrets-of-successful-side-hustles/
Options: "...quit (/gave up) drinking and started hustling". I prefer this one because it sounds most natural in English and carries over the sentiment, but if you'd like to go with a more direct translation then "...quit drinking and started side hustling" is fine.
4 hrs
work off the books
*The concept of working off the books means that a person is being compensated in cash for services performed, but the payments are not recorded on the books of the employing business.*
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15 mins
Mikhail Zavidin
Native in Russian
The key thing is: be a perfectionist.
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
make fast bucks
make a fast buck — легко и быстро заработать деньги
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make a fast buck on the side
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зашибать (make a fast buck) халтуры (on the side)
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I thought "make a fast buck" is an English idiom, if not then just "make some cash on the side"
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make a fast buck on the side
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зашибать (make a fast buck) халтуры (on the side)
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I thought "make a fast buck" is an English idiom, if not then just "make some cash on the side"
Note from asker:
| Hmmm... Maybe just "make some cash on the side" because buck=dollar and that sounds odd given the context. |
Peer comment(s):
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Michael Moskowitz
: yes, "on the side"
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Thank you!
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Lesia Kutsenko
2 hrs
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Thank you!
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DTSM
: электриком баксы в Ленинграде в середине прошлого века... сомнительно
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Спасибо!
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Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
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rake in slapdash/slipshod work
rake in slapdash/slipshod work
зашибать в этом контексте означает rake in
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rake in hackwork, shoddy work, slopwork
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or
rake in a sideline
(if it is his extra job)
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Example sentences:
rake in They were raking in money by the bushel — Они гребли деньги лопатой He's raking in the shekels — Он зашибает крупную монету How much do you expect to rake in over this deal? — Сколько ты рассчитываешь заработать на этой сделке? He's gonna rake in votes by the thousand — За него проголосуют тысячи избирателей
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rake in
If you say that someone is raking in money, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily, more easily than you think they should. [INFORMAL]
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I think it is better here to use cash instead халтура,
But зашибать should be rendered as rake in.
It should not sound as "he did extra job or a sideline"
зашибать earning a lot of money, but it is preferable to use "rake in" to keep the tone of the original.
rake in some cash
зашибать в этом контексте означает rake in
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or
rake in hackwork, shoddy work, slopwork
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or
rake in a sideline
(if it is his extra job)
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Example sentences:
rake in They were raking in money by the bushel — Они гребли деньги лопатой He's raking in the shekels — Он зашибает крупную монету How much do you expect to rake in over this deal? — Сколько ты рассчитываешь заработать на этой сделке? He's gonna rake in votes by the thousand — За него проголосуют тысячи избирателей
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rake in
If you say that someone is raking in money, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily, more easily than you think they should. [INFORMAL]
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I think it is better here to use cash instead халтура,
But зашибать should be rendered as rake in.
It should not sound as "he did extra job or a sideline"
зашибать earning a lot of money, but it is preferable to use "rake in" to keep the tone of the original.
rake in some cash
Peer comment(s):
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danya
: это не та халтура, про которую вы подумали
2 hrs
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Спасибо, а какая халтура? sideline не халтура? Хотелось бы узнать как Вы подумали? Что такая халтура?
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Natalia Potashnik
United States
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8
gig jobs
Doing gig jobs or side gigs,
что означает подработку после основной работы или нерегулярную работу, хотя это не передает колоритность русского выражения.
что означает подработку после основной работы или нерегулярную работу, хотя это не передает колоритность русского выражения.
Peer comment(s):
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Boris Shapiro
: Звучит современно до анахронизма. Так и представляется ленинрадская gig economy :^)
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