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Never ever translate Power button as Кнопка силы.

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Re: off\knock down

[igorlord.livejournal.com]

When I grew up, "выключить" has been used extensively to mean "render someone unconscious", while "вырубить" is a rude way to mean the same thing.

These words actually comes from Russian words for electrical circuit elements. :)
A "power switch" is "выключатель" since to turn something (electrical) off is "выключить".
A "Main power switch" is called "рубильник" (root "рубить" means to "to hack with an axe"), probably because of the great and indiscriminate power of the device -- it turns off everything without much discrimination.

The colloquial expressions for "render someone unconscious" come from the idea of a person being like an electrical device. "выключить" is a more "polite" (also still colloquial) usage. "вырубить" is a more rude usage (probably since it is associated with a less "sofisticated" and more "brute force" tool).

Re: off\knock down

[aravir.livejournal.com]

Not "выключить" but "отключить" means "render someone unconscious":)

Re: off\knock down

[igorlord.livejournal.com]

I think both can be used, but your version is more common, indeed.