Поговорим о переводах. Иногда смешно, на сколько перевод может казаться потупосторонним, безжизненным и скучным, хотя вроде и не переводчика вина. Остается догадываться, на сколько далеки от оригинала те переводы, которые читаем мы....
Вот наткнулся у Мошкова:
1. You're being vulgar. 2. Ho-ho (expresses irony, surprise, delight, loathing, joy, contempt and satisfaction, according to the circumstances). 3. Great! 4. Dismal (applied to everything-for example: "dismal Pete has arrived", "dismal weather", or a "dismal cat"). 5. Gloom. 6. Ghastly (for example: when meeting a close female acquaintance, "a ghastly meeting"). 7. Kid (applied to all male acquaintances, regardless of age or social position). 8. Don't tell me how to live! 9. Like a babe ("I whacked him like a babe" when playing cards, or "I brought him down like a babe," evidently when talking to a legal tenant). 10.Ter-r-rific! 11. Fat and good-looking (used to describe both animate and inanimate objects). 12. Let's go by horse-cab (said to her husband). 13. Let's go by taxi (said to male acquaintances). 14. You're all white at the back! (joke). 15. Just imagine! 16. Ula (added to a name to denote affection-for example: Mishula, Zinula). 17. Oho! (irony, surprise, delight, loathing, joy, contempt and satisfaction).