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[serendipityone.livejournal.com]

Hi,

I am new to the community and very new at learning Russian.

Well, I would like some help with translating a phrase? or comment? I can make out most words but I don't think I am understanding the meaningful flow.

без названья...

не стало Ульяновой, за рекламу Комета бабушка называла её Мадам Хлоринол

она совсем не менялась, совсем не старела, потому что "Хоботов, это упадничество!"(с)

пусть земля...



без названья

жила себе и жила
все и позабыли - сколько ей лет
а вот умерла...

сиди теперь, вспонимай, когда в последний раз звонила
успевайте звонить любимым старикам, они уходят незаметно

Господи, как горько
пусть земля...

Comments

[suku-vse.livejournal.com]

It really requires good knowledge of cultural context

Инна Ульянова starred in the cult soviet movie, "Покровские Ворота" as Madam Khobotova, a woman who married a new husband but decided that her ex should live with them because he is too childish and won't survive without her.
There weren't many good and sincere movies at this time, and this is a really good comedy about life of коммунальная квартира in the late 50s. Most Russian people know it by heart.

Now, the hardest point I would say is explaining what упадничество means.

[mymrik.livejournal.com]

упадничество - decadence?

[suku-vse.livejournal.com]

Well ... maybe, but you should also explain that it was a Soviet stamp word in propaganda at that time ... No, I can't do it properly.

[serendipityone.livejournal.com]

Yes this is what I interpreted and it made no sense here to me.

[mymrik.livejournal.com]

Без названия - without title

[mymrik.livejournal.com]

full phrase is "пусть земля будет пухом" - rest in peace

[http://users.livejournal.com/celsium_/]

from where is it? Did Ul'janova die????

[sai17.livejournal.com]

Yep
http://www.rian.ru/society/20050610/40505648.html

[serendipityone.livejournal.com]

She died very recently?

[sai17.livejournal.com]

Yesterday

[mymrik.livejournal.com]

yesterday
http://www.regnum.ru/news/468793.html

[gera.livejournal.com]

This comment relies very heavily on the context (who this actress was, the characters she played etc).
Anyone with a perfect knowledge of Russian who doesn't know these details would have the same difficulty you're having.
So, unless you are really curious about all those details (rather than the language part), just don't worry about it.

[serendipityone.livejournal.com]

And the words "пусть земля" mean here to die or let die?

[temcat.livejournal.com]

I guess it's "пусть земля тебе будет пухом" - an equivalent of RIP.

[unlightened.livejournal.com]

These two words alone mean "let soil/earth/ground", that is, alone they don't mean anything. But they can be a part of commonly used constructions like "пусть ему земля будет пухом" (lit. "let soil be fluff for him") meaning "r.i.p.".

[serendipityone.livejournal.com]

I came up with "let ground" and figured it might be "rip" :)

[kalaus.livejournal.com]

Just in case you're still interested, this is a reference to Ulyanova's appearance in a series of Comet (http://www.cleansweepsupply.com/pages/skugroup34583.html) commercials which ran on several federal TV channels in the late 90s. Chlorinol is the "mystery ingredient".

[kalaus.livejournal.com]

I mean, this is the reference:-)

"за рекламу Комета бабушка называла её Мадам Хлоринол"

[serendipityone.livejournal.com]

Heee ))) Thanks!

[shatrus.livejournal.com]

Sorry for my English - I'm a Russian and my English is very bad
So

'Господи, как горько" - "God, It’s so sad" – «горько» at this context use like “bitter" in expression “to cry bitterly”

"успевайте звонить любимым старикам, они уходят незаметно" – in English it sounds like “call your dear grannies, they are leaving imperceptibly’ (or something like that, I’m not sure about last word)
«успевайте» - means “you should have time to call them before they die”

"все позабыли – сколько ей лет" - “Everyone forgot how old was she”
А вот умерла – “And now she died”

[shatrus.livejournal.com]

Well...
I think, it will be better: "Everyone forgot how old she was"