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Вечная молодость → Engels vertaling

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Вечная молодость

В каморке, что за актовым залом,

Репетировал школьный ансамбль,

Вокально-инструментальный

Под названием "Молодость".

Ударник, ритм, соло и бас

И, конечно, "Ионика".

Руководитель был учителем пения,

Он умел играть на баяне.

Еще была солистка Леночка,

Та, что училась на год младше.

У нее была склонность к завышению,

Она была влюблена в ударника.

Ударнику нравилась Оля,

Та, что играла на "Ионике".

А Оле снился соло-гитарист

И иногда учитель пения.

Учитель пения, хоть был и женат,

Имел роман с географичкой.

Об этом знала вся школа,

Не исключая младших классов.

Он даже хотел развестись,

Но что-то его держало:

Может быть, трое детей,

А может быть, директор школы.

Ведь тот любил учителя пения,

На переменах они целовались.

Вот такая вот музыка,

Такая, блин, Вечная Молодость.

Vertaling

Eternal Youth

In a storeroom behind the hall

Rehearsed a school ensemble

The vocal-instrumental (1) ensemble

Under the name of "Youth" (2)

Drummer, rhythm, lead and bass (3)

And of course, an "Ionica" (4)

The manager was a music teacher

He could play the bayan (5)

Also there was a soloist Lenochka

The one who was a year younger

She had a disposition to exaggeration

She was in love with the drummer

The drummer liked Olya

The one who played the "Ionica"

Olya dreamt about the lead guitarist

And sometimes about the music teacher

The music teacher, though he was married,

Had an affair with the geography teacher (6)

Everybody at school knew that

Not excepting the elementary classes

He had even wanted to divorce

But something restrained him

Maybe his three kids

Or maybe the headmaster

Because he loved the music teacher

During the breaks they were kissing

That's the kind of music it was

That's what the blasted Eternal Youth is

bedankt! ❤
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Ingediend door

Lemoncholic op 2012-08-14

Toelichting van de vertaler:

(1) Вокально-инструментальный ансамбль, "vocal – instrumental ensemble", was the official name applied to pop and rock bands in the Soviet Union.
(2) Such eccentric, yet simple names were common in the USSR, when all types of art had to meet the state's ideology.
(3) I've shortened the sentence. "Rhythm guitarist, lead guitarist" etc. would be too long and distracting.
(4) In the USSR "Ionica" was a common noun for an electronic keyboard (organ).
(5) Bayan is a Russian button accordion.
(6) In the original text the geography teacher is a woman.

In Russia, all the pupils of one school, from age 7 to 18, study in the same building.

Collecties met "Вечная молодость"

1.	Childhood is a wonderful time
2.	Female names-2

Chizh & Сo: Top 3

1.	Фантом (Phantom)
2.	Песня о любви (Pesnya o lyubvi)
3.	Вот пуля просвистела (Vot pulya prosvistela)

Gegeven reacties

Lemoncholic

Leuk

Di, 14/08/2012 - 21:42

Thanks, nice to see appreciation from a pro.

About the ensemble. I used to go to some arts' school, there was a folk song circle there. They didn't perform anywhere, still they were called an "ensemble". It may be just some informal expression. The definition of the word has changed a bit since the times of the USSR. Nowadays, nobody calls a brand new band an "ensemble", except for folk groups. But I agree, "ensemble" sounds more funny, I'll edit this.

Bayan is a Russian button accordion, I'll add the footnote.

I'm not really sure about Lenochka. I think, she is just younger than the other members of the band, and if they, for example, study in the 11th form, she is in the 10th.

Now the school system. In Russia, "младшие классы" are the grades from the 1st to the 4th, where kids of 7-11 years old study.

Lemoncholic

Leuk

Woe, 15/08/2012 - 09:50

Well, you're definitely older than me, since I'm only entering the 10th grade this September. :bigsmile:

The system itself hasn't changed than much since the times of the USSR. All the pupils study in the same building. The 7-11 kids have their own classroom which they leave only for PE and Music lessons or some other matters (at least, in my school). The next is middle school (11-15 years old), when each lesson is being held in its own cabinet. In the 9th grade pupils pass through USE (Unified State Exam). Some leave the school after it to attend technical colleges. Others stay in high school (16-18 years old) and have USE once again before graduating from the 11th grade.

Lemoncholic

Leuk

Do, 16/08/2012 - 06:51

Now there is a footnote, I guess, it's much clearer for a foreigner now.

Lemoncholic

Leuk

Di, 14/08/2012 - 21:39

Oh, I've forgotten the geography teacher. :) Since in the end of the song the music teacher turns out to be pretty bisexual, I've decided to insert that footnote.