Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
И мал золотник, и пока дорог
English translation:
Little things come in small packages, and they\'re expensive for now.
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Yaryna Winkelspecht
Aug 10, 2011 21:59
12 yrs ago
Russian term
Quality and affordability come first
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И мал золотник, и пока дорог
Russian to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Name of the Journal Article
Название статьи в "Налоговом вестнике"
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Sam Pinson
United States
United States
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Works in: Russian to English
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Little things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now.
This looks like it's a play on an idiom: мал золотник, да дорог
Translations for this include:
little bodies may have great souls
good things come in small packages
Thus, it seems to be saying something like:
good things may come in small packages, but they're still small.
The fact that this is part of a tax article suggests that the reference to expense is important.
So, something like:
Little things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now.
Hope that helps.
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-08-10 22:09:25 GMT)
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Oops. I meant "good things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now". :(
Translations for this include:
little bodies may have great souls
good things come in small packages
Thus, it seems to be saying something like:
good things may come in small packages, but they're still small.
The fact that this is part of a tax article suggests that the reference to expense is important.
So, something like:
Little things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now.
Hope that helps.
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-08-10 22:09:25 GMT)
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Oops. I meant "good things come in small packages, and they're expensive for now". :(
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
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good things come in small packages
Going by the explanation here: http://dslov.narod.ru/pos/p452.htm
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
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small packages are still full of good things, for now
Речь в статье идет о малом бизнесе. Что именно подразумевается под "и пока дорог", к сожалению, узнать не удалось, потому что текста статьи в гугле я не нашел. Только заголовок и маленький довесок:
Рагимов С.Н. И мал золотник и пока дорог: о малом бизнесе России / С.Н. Рагимов//Финансы.
Рагимов С.Н. И мал золотник и пока дорог: о малом бизнесе России / С.Н. Рагимов//Финансы.
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