Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
перерывистые свистки
English translation:
intermittent whistles
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-03-08 21:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Mar 5, 2013 04:25
11 yrs ago
Russian term
Military Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, German to English
перерывистые свистки
Russian to English
Other
Military / Defense
перевод военн
also ww2 era military signals. the others are:
other translations in the same batch that I did:
два коротких свистка - two short whistles
один длинный свисток - one long whistles
and this one... which i would like help with.
other translations in the same batch that I did:
два коротких свистка - two short whistles
один длинный свисток - one long whistles
and this one... which i would like help with.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | intermittent whistles |
Olga Kuchuk
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| 5 | erratic whistles |
Pham Xuan Thanh
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| 4 | pulsed whistles |
Angela Greenfield
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| 3 | abrupt whistles |
Andrew Vdovin
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Proposed translations
+4
10 mins
Olga Kuchuk
Native in Russian
&
English
Bridging language barriers
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian
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28
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intermittent whistles
can also say it a bit more wordy: a series of choppy/short/broken whistles
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sofia Gutkin
: Yep, a series of short whistles.
25 mins
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| agree |
rns
1 hr
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| agree |
Jack Doughty
3 hrs
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| agree |
cyhul
9 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "i think this is best as it 1) accurate, and 2) translates the inherent confusion of having things measured in long and short whistles, and then having a 3rd term (intermittent), when ideally they would give a number of short whistles that signify that com"
35 mins
Andrew Vdovin
Native in Russian
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
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20
abrupt whistles
multiple abrupt whistles
2 hrs
Pham Xuan Thanh
Works in field
experienced VIE↔EN←RUS Translator/Editor
Native in: Vietnamese (Variant: Standard-Vietnam)
Works in: English to Vietnamese, Vietnamese to English, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
64
erratic whistles
Erratic:
liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity;
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=erratic
"erratic whistles" image examples:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/arash_markazi/...
http://www.orangepower.com/threads/brian-williams-becoming-a...
http://phlitterings.blogspot.com/2012/01/men-in-black-ladies...
liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; Lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity;
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=erratic
"erratic whistles" image examples:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/arash_markazi/...
http://www.orangepower.com/threads/brian-williams-becoming-a...
http://phlitterings.blogspot.com/2012/01/men-in-black-ladies...
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Nikolai Muraviev
: прерывистые, а не хаотичные...
16 mins
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It's about sudden unpredictable change from short to long whistles that means lacking the required consistency, regularity, or uniformity. This context implies an erratic behavior (not technical nature of the action) of someone by their whistles.
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6 hrs
Angela Greenfield
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
United States
Certified Lawyer-Linguist
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English
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76
pulsed whistles
You can also say "discrete whistles"
Since we are talking about highly structured whistles, which represent a sort of a code, I would use one of the two adjectives above.
E.g.
It is a tiny, confiding owl, which is typically found in Appalachian Spruce-fir forests at higher elevations. The call is a series of screeching pulsed whistles (like a saw being filed). It sounds a lot like the noise a large truck makes backing up. http://fishwild.vt.edu/ornithology/ornithology/goingowling.h...
Pulsed calls are made by a string of pulses so close together that it sounds like a single tone. They last from 50 milliseconds - 10 seconds long and have an average frequency ranging from 1-6kHz (Ford 1987, NMFS 2008). These calls are broken into three categories: discrete, variable, and aberrant (Ford 1987).
Discrete calls are categorized by being highly structured and having repeated occurrences. It is thought that their function is to help maintain group identity and contact. Variable calls are categorized as random unrepeated discrete calls and aberrant calls are calls that differ from other pulsed calls (Ford 1987, 1991). http://www.beamreach.org/wp-content/uploads/proposal-nora.pd...
Since we are talking about highly structured whistles, which represent a sort of a code, I would use one of the two adjectives above.
E.g.
It is a tiny, confiding owl, which is typically found in Appalachian Spruce-fir forests at higher elevations. The call is a series of screeching pulsed whistles (like a saw being filed). It sounds a lot like the noise a large truck makes backing up. http://fishwild.vt.edu/ornithology/ornithology/goingowling.h...
Pulsed calls are made by a string of pulses so close together that it sounds like a single tone. They last from 50 milliseconds - 10 seconds long and have an average frequency ranging from 1-6kHz (Ford 1987, NMFS 2008). These calls are broken into three categories: discrete, variable, and aberrant (Ford 1987).
Discrete calls are categorized by being highly structured and having repeated occurrences. It is thought that their function is to help maintain group identity and contact. Variable calls are categorized as random unrepeated discrete calls and aberrant calls are calls that differ from other pulsed calls (Ford 1987, 1991). http://www.beamreach.org/wp-content/uploads/proposal-nora.pd...
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