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[paul-s.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I'm doing a translation from an article about beggars. There are two sentences that are written in a style meant to mimic how beggars speak. Unfortunately I don't learn beggars' Russian so I'm a bit stuck. Could someone help turn them into comprehensible Russian; if you want to translate them, don't let me stop you.

Да-ай вам бох щастя и зда-аровя.
Господи, да когда ж их черти унесут, понаехали тут, спасу их нет.

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[nekotjonok.livejournal.com]

Дай Вам Бог счастья и здоровья
God bless you with health and happiness

[dimon37.livejournal.com]

Beggar's: Да-ай вам бох щастя и зда-аровя
Russian: Дай вам бог счастя и здоровья
English: May God give you happiness and health

Beggars:Господи, да когда ж их черти унесут, понаехали тут, спасу их нет.
Russain: same
English: oh, god, when will devil take them away from here! (they) came to this place, no defence/saving from them. - I guess this is refering to beggars from out-of town coming and luring away some of the alms.

[welgar.livejournal.com]

1. Дай вам Бог счастья и здоровья = May the God grant you happiness and health.

2. Господи, когда же их черти унесут? Понаехали тут, спасу от них нет = (literally) My God, when do the devils take them away? They have all came here, you can't save yourself from them = (normally speaking) My God, I can't wait for them to leave; too many of them have come here, they are everywhere.

[mricon.livejournal.com]

"God give you happiness and health!"
"Good lord, when will they leave already: can't get no rest from them." (Literally: Lord, when will daemons carry them off already, all of them come here, there's no avoiding them.)

[oryx_and_crake]

1. Дай вам Бог счастья и здоровья - May God grant you happiness and health.

2. (It's pretty clear Russian, actually, so I won't rephrase it) Oh my God, I wish devils would take them away, those newcomers are like plague and there's no salvation. (This is very approximate, but I hope you get the idea.)

[kostya-moskowit.livejournal.com]

"Да-ай вам бох щастя и зда-аровя."
Дай Вам Бог счастья и здоровья - Let the force be with you. :)

"Господи, да когда ж их черти унесут, понаехали тут, спасу от их нет."
God! When you let for a devils take them? They come here and no one can't save from them.

[nbuwe.livejournal.com]

Дай вам Бог счастья и здоровья - God bless you with happiness and good health.

The second phrase is not "Beggars". It's normal colloquial Russian.

"Господи, да когда ж их черти унесут." "Lord, when the devil is going to collect them!?". Cf. a common curse "чёрт побери" - when you wish someone to be taken by а "чёрт".

"Понаехали тут [всякие]." - A very common derogatory phrase, nearly proverbial, used by inhabitants of large cities toward people from regions coming to said large cities, "damn immigrants". Roughy "[all those] that have come." Used to express the frustration that you cannot make a step w/out bumping into the newcomers (not necessarily beggars). Hence the phrase ends with...

"Спасу их нет." Should be "спасу от них нет." here. "Спасу [от кого-то/чего-то] нет" is a fixed expression. Note genitive ending in "-у". Lit. "no salvation". It means, you badly wish something to go away, but can't do anything about it. Often used adverbially: "зуб болит - спасу нет" <- "зуб болит [так, что] спасу нет" (not sure about correct puntuation in the former).

[falcon13.livejournal.com]

Hi Paul!

Je suis heureux de vous voir ici !

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

beggars speaking comprehensibly?

[paul-s.livejournal.com]

Heh, well I wanted it comprehensible for my benefit and then it's my task to turn it into incomprehensible English!

[paul-s.livejournal.com]

Очень приятно.