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Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

рвать шаблон

English translation:

break the mold

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Oct 10, 2013 18:26
10 yrs ago
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Russian term

рвать шаблон

Russian to English Art/Literary Slang
http://lurkmore.to/Разрыв_шаблона

Appreciate any input
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 break the mold
5 breaking stereotypes
4 +1 break the (social) script
4 to change the routine
4 break the box
4 break the pattern
3 shatter the gestalt
Change log

Oct 24, 2013 12:42: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

Discussion

Fernsucht (asker) Oct 10, 2013:
ok, I'd like to make sure that stereotype is or is not the key here:
From Merriam-Webster:
stereotype (noun)
: an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic

Doesn't quite sound like the definition or example of РШ in lurkmore.
Mark Berelekhis Oct 10, 2013:
he/she is breaking/etc the stereotype
Fernsucht (asker) Oct 10, 2013:
specifically how do you say "он/а рвет шаблон"? Thanks

Proposed translations

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break the mold

At least here something is really broken.:)
Example sentence:

She was the woman who broke the mold and brought new energy to the role of First Lady.

Note from asker:
Thanks a lot! Sounds like it's the equivalent of РШ
Peer comment(s):
agree David Knowles
3 hrs
Thank you.
agree Rachel Douglas
4 hrs
Thank you.
neutral Michael Korovkin : It says"slang".You say"break the mold"in the company of cool dudes at a street corner,and you'd be forever labled as a"nerd"+the ? says"art-literary-slang"! Nah,I thought about all those solutions:not it!BTW,I'm64!So,4 me u r just a Micro Janus!!! :))))
10 hrs
Ha! At my age, my crowd does not hang around on street corners. The question doesn't ask for slang, but I can be hip. Why don't you put in "break out", "do your thing," "act out." Cool, dude?
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breaking stereotypes

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Note added at 4 mins (2013-10-10 18:31:05 GMT)
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Or 'crush/smash/destroy/blow up/etc'

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Note added at 10 mins (2013-10-10 18:36:37 GMT)
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No, in that case 'stereotype' won't work, but 'pattern' will.

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Note added at 18 mins (2013-10-10 18:44:52 GMT)
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Yep.
Note from asker:
thanks! but what if there are no stereotypes? Eg. "если ваш шеф постоянно вызывает вас к себе в кабинет и отчитывает в течение 5 лет. А ни по каким другим поводам не вызывает. А потом однажды таким же грозным голосом вызовет, но в кабинете спокойно попросит занять 100р, то скорее всего, у вас будет РШ. Потому что за 5 лет, скорее всего, выработается шаблон ожидания пиздюлей, ака условный рефлекс. А вот если незнакомый человек подойдет и попросит занять 100р, РШ не будет, потому что у вас нет шаблона на незнакомцев. Вы знаете, от них можно ожидать чего угодно." - so the usual pattern of behavior is a "stereotype"?
cf. The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often confused with prejudices, because, like prejudices, a stereotype is based on a prior assumption. Stereotypes are often created about people of specific cultures or races.
so, "to break a pattern" then?
yes, looks like this will work "“Slap them!,” was the first response I got when I asked my audience at a recent media training what they thought was the most effective way to get someone’s attention. The other answers won’t surprise you, either: scream, make a sudden movement, whisper, stop talking, whistle, say something unexpected. All of these would work, and they all have something in common: they break a pattern. Breaking a pattern is the most effective way to get someone’s attention. Think about it, when you slap someone, which I don’t recommend if you really want them to take in what you have to say, you are breaking the “pattern” of mutual respect of personal space. When you scream, you are breaking the pattern of expected ambient noise, conversational voice volume, etc. When you make a sudden movement, you are breaking the pattern of expected behavior." http://creativeleadershipalliance.com/?p=538 thanks
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shatter the gestalt

This isn't really a slang, it's a buzzword borrowed from NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). The original English term in the NLP literature is "breaking the pattern", but it would be too plain and non-specific when transplanted into everyday speech. On the other hand, the meaning given to "шаблон" in everyday usage - that is, having more to do with perception rather with one's actions - is actually closer to a gestalt than an NLP "pattern". Furthermore, "gestalt" has the requisite "psychologese" look.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Michael Korovkin : Far out, guys! The field says "art-literary-slang"! And I don't think it means philosophic slang! Gestalt?! At this pont you might just as well put "weltanschauung" ! Goes well in the neighbourhood bars!
1 day 8 mins
Michael, this is for the US, where buzzwords borrowed from professional jargon are plentiful in colloquial language. "Gestalt" isn't much of a highbrowism - who'd have thought Freudian "anal-retentive" would be used by the general public?
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1 hr

to change the routine

Another option.

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5 hrs

break the box

IMHO. That's very popular nowadays to urge people "to think outside the box". Might be used with quotation marks.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Michael Korovkin : too Freudein in its frequent usage: gives a rather harrowing association, making one thing about a violent rape rasther than shattering a pattern
19 hrs
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13 hrs

break the (social) script

Your example made me think of social scripts, which in Social Psychology are sequences of expected behaviors for a given situation.


Reference:

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073531898/student_view0/glossary.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Vladyslav Golovaty : destroy the matrix?)
1 hr
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break the pattern

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