"We lack this in English": how Americans translated Russian swear words (careful, mate)
Every resident of Russia probably thinks that a bright and sonorous Russian mat is not translated into any language of the world. The editors of the American and German BuzzFeed Viktor Stepanov and Karsten Schmehl decided to try their luck and convey the whole flavor of swearing.
After finishing the work, the guys seemed to decide that the English language definitely lacks these expressions, because the title of their article sounded like this: "17 Russian Swear Words We Definitely Need In English" ("17 Russian swear words that are necessary in English").
"Literally: fucking bottom. When the life situation just can't get any worse."
"Literally: penis from the mountain. Describes some weirdo who showed up from nowhere, no one knows him."
"Literally: dig-your-mother. The expression is used as "Lord Jesus" when you are surprised by something."
"A clumsy man."
"Literally: a piece of idiot. Describes a very stupid person."
"Literally: feet in mouth. When you are very surprised by something or someone."
"Literally: penises are the same size. When you don't care at all and don't care about anything."
"Literally: awesome! The answer to the question "How are you?". When you're doing exactly that, you're doing well."
"Literally: fucking pliers. The phrase is used to express extreme surprise in a negative sense."
"Literally: someone who farts too much. Someone who thinks he's very cool, but really isn't."
"Literally: to hell with it, fuck it all. The expression is used as "to hell with it, I don't care"."
"We're finished. We are cursed and in full ass."
"A version of swearing "Jesus Christ" or "damn it"."
"Someone who is easily fooled."
"Literally: all right, we're finished. Expresses surprise, even shock: "What should we do now?"".
"The difficult-to-pronounce word literally means "used with cunning." They talk about a person who is too pretentious, who thinks a lot about himself, or about someone who pretends to be smarter than you."