Can anyone here speak russian?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:26, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Da Tovarich.
Da
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Are you messing with me?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Da.
Izvinite.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:30, Reply)

Naz ne dogonyat!
No, but seriously, Fredzeshka, would you listen to a song and tell me the real words and not make up a song about bumming?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:34, Reply)

surely you can just put them into
babelfish.

Also, I'm sure there's a site that translates Rammstein lyrics, maybe there's one for this band too. I don't know any Russian bands. Except Tatu.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:35, Reply)

I can't get hold of the lyrics written down.
So it needs to be audio.

EDIT, and I can sing loads of Tatu songs in cod-russian!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:36, Reply)

Ahh pissnuts
what's the song anyways? I'm intruiged now
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:37, Reply)

it's boss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv8zVkBzhgw
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:38, Reply)

Well sod you then

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:45, Reply)

'fraid not
I can't realy speak Russian I'm afraid. Well, apart from yes, no, comrade, spark, goodbye, you and sorry. Though if you've got the song lyrics - I'm fairly certain I can find a translation thing that'll romanise the lyrics - making it easier to translate.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:36, Reply)

:( they're not anywhere
Some fella I know said his mate was gonna do it but he hasn't.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:37, Reply)

Only enough to be offensive, will that do?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:28, Reply)

No, I need something translating

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Well piss.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:32, Reply)

Pischka

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:34, Reply)

I work
with some Ukrainians, i'll tap one of them up and ask if they can translate it for you?
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:56, Reply)

Oooh, start with "You're Russian, right?"
That always goes down well.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 17:59, Reply)

Haha
A similar approach is always advisable with Greeks/Turks, I've found.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 18:03, Reply)

Cypriots are the best for this.
I recommend Green Lanes in Haringey.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 18:08, Reply)

The first evening I met my Polish father-in-law I accidentaly offended him by commenting that to me spoken Polish and Russian sounded similar.
He quite literally spat on the floor of their apartment in disgust!
I thought he wuz gonna kill me.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 18:22, Reply)

Aha
well some of them regard themselves as more russian than ukrainian, they are based near the border in Kharkiv so shouldn't be a problem
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 22:03, Reply)

Get in!
That would be cracking!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 18:05, Reply)

Jeez, Roota, that was hard work. Here it is translated for you. Into Japanese.
Odayaka na hibi ni deateta no nara
'Subete yume datta yo' tte mezamete mitai
Dore kurai kimi wo machitsuzuketa darou?
Setsunasa igai wa mou koko ni nai

Me ga kuramu hizashi ga terashiteru
Kogoeta kokoro wa moeru you ni
Miageta hitomi wa sora wo megakete
Saigo no hitotsu made mabushii ya wo hanatsu

Written by Alexander Morozov & Albert Azizov, I think.
according to this
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 19:23, Reply)

Larry :(
You're always being a pest.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 19:58, Reply)

- but you love it.
Sorry, sweets, but I've busted me nuts on this and got nowhere really.
The song is probably "You and the Sky", although one site gave it as "You and the Sky (for Takeoff)" but my Russian is so crap it could just have meant you could download it.
Can't you just sing any old Ken Dodd song to it? Actually, I think that does sound like a Ken Dodd song, I was never a big fan of his - he induced dry retching which detracted from his music somewhat.
Good luck. (And that link above - looks the same, but just the same staging. Looks like a school hall.)
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 20:05, Reply)

Thanks Larry, this may prove helpful whe I'm persuading russian students to translate it
AT GUNPOINT.
I must know :(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 20:29, Reply)

The song might be based on
Yesterday looked-not doglyadela
this sky in the stars
or stars in the sky
like holes in the body,
as frames in a film
as unknown and the unknown,
as I and Thou
in large this world.

- but I think probably not. What I can pick up is really schlocky.

I believe you Roota - it ain't out there.
Well it is, if you can find the Russian Songfacts and someone to read it. Bo'soir!
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 10 Mar 2010, 21:55, Reply)

I know someone born in Georgia
I'm going to tie her up and make her listen and translate tomorrow.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 10 Mar 2010, 23:23, Reply)