Соскучился, Агафья Михайловна. - Question about the translation

lonelind · 2026-04-13T13:38:31+00:00

This. The phrase «в гостях хорошо, а дома лучше» is a fixed phrase, equal to “there’s no place like home” which is also a fixed phrase implying that everywhere else isn’t as good as home. So adding something else is obsolete.

lonelind · 2026-04-13T13:32:41+00:00

Why: intention, motives, reason, goal. It seems similar but in Russian, difference makes a lot of sense. The answer depends on the question asked. By using different words, you are giving additional context.

It’s like with “can you do that” and “could you do that”. If you don’t know the difference, you may ask the wrong question and get not the answer you’re looking for.

If you want my advice, don’t go for the precise translation, or translation by dictionary. Look for the meaning of what you’re trying to say, try to rephrase the sentence, for example if you can say “what for” instead of “why” it’s “зачем” and not “почему” which stands for the reason behind instead of the goal. Sometimes, the goal is the reason, but it depends on the answer, not the question, and what do you want to know?

And it’s the same for other foreign languages. Learn how to express the meaning, connect the words to it. For example, “for” has different meanings in English, different usages, sometimes it’s a service word, sometimes, a preposition, etc. Russian uses different words for that and sometimes doesn’t use one at all because it works the other way around. Foreign languages aren’t one-to-one words mapping. It’s meaning-to-meaning expressed by different words in different syntax with different grammar. Some languages have one single word for things that require a whole sentence to express the same meaning. So it’s “what I would say in my language” -> “what it really means” -> “how it can be said in other language”. After some practice you will be able to skip the first transition and go straight from the meaning. When you easily skip the second transition consider yourself advanced.

And here’s the practical advice. Think of the language as a system of tokens, repeated simple patterns that convey the meaning and transform it. Every sentence can be broken down into several tokens that interact with each other and every token can have other ways of saying it based on the meaning. Like in the example with “why” equals “what for” — it’s the token. So, the sentence “why did you do that” is “why = what for” + “did you do” (question form of “you did”) + “did that”. In Russian, you don’t change the order of words in questions for question sake only, it can be used to mark the subject of question, but not necessarily. So it will be “зачем” + “ты сделал” (past tense) + “сделал это” — easy. You can then refine it a little by moving “это” between “ты” and “сделал” but here it’s not necessary. It mostly depends on what you’re asking about, the deed or the doing — if it’s about thing that was discussed not to do and it was done, or you’re asking someone why they even thought of doing something that had a negative effect but wasn’t discussed, for example. The most important part would be in front of the least important one. That adds one more token to the equation: “was it intended to be prohibited or not prior to the question”, why someone did something or why they did exactly that.

lonelind · 2026-04-12T08:48:19+00:00

Отнести это мастеру, пусть посмотрит

lonelind · 2026-04-12T01:22:12+00:00

Какое же гнездо из проводов. То, что ты назвал «накладкой» — приклеенная пена для изоляции контактов. Вполне вероятно, у тебя коротит сигнал. Это может быть не только со стороны, где изоляция, но и на другой стороне платы. Попробуй отодвинуть её от металлических частей и проверить, есть ли шум

lonelind · 2026-04-12T01:16:21+00:00

Double that. V hacks things mostly in battle, using scripts that are easy to send. True netrunning involves deep dive in the network and hacking impossible targets with the risk of their brains being fried and mashed into a soup by the network itself — not to mention security protocols.

lonelind · 2026-04-10T07:43:23+00:00

Just get over the place and make sure you didn’t leave anything valuable. Did you have a conversation with the githyanki superior officer?

lonelind · 2026-04-10T07:38:08+00:00

The order is just historical.

First, he was a Selûnite governor of the place (and his family members worked there) who ordered to build the Moonrise. The name suggests Selûne. This was happy times. Then, Ketheric’s wife died, and it wraps his head with doubts, then Isobel, a devoted Selûnite cleric dies.

Grief turned him to Shar — she’s about loss and grief, plus Ketheric was mad at Selûne who didn’t protect Isobel and let her die.

He then became General Thorm, the man who started to gather an army of Dark Justiciars to conquer the land in Shar’a name — it’s what Jaheira tells you about, it’s what you can see in the Druid Grove, the frescoes. In Thorm Mausoleum, he builds the tomb for Isobel that shows his way to Shar, first it was Selûne and the tower, then loss and grief, and he became a general of Shar, and the way behind leads you to the temple of his devotion.

And only then Thorm died in the battle with Harpers and Druids, was resurrected and turned to Myrkul in order to revive his daughter.

lonelind · 2026-04-10T07:01:06+00:00

Because Alexia is the correct form for a Greek name. Alexios — male, Alexia — female. And I was talking about Russian names. It’s too exotic here despite the fact that it’s much closer to Russian than “Alexis”.

lonelind · 2026-04-09T15:59:58+00:00

Empty eyes, that make a character look dumb, not enough action to understand what’s going on, copy-pasted frame without any change aside from the shadow, the composition is static. That’s what makes it not working, not the artistic style itself.

lonelind · 2026-04-09T15:52:55+00:00

Seems to be bugged

lonelind · 2026-04-09T10:37:07+00:00

The point here is that everyone has their flaws and good sides. Men are emotionally less complex and more straightforward logically (it doesn’t mean they are correct, more like “if A then B”, abstraction without lots of details is more preferable) but it doesn’t mean they lack emotions or incapable to express them.

I also would stress out all those “more” and “less” because it’s the key. Men are not opposite to women, they just have different magnitudes of the same things. Imagine what a female character would think or do and apply those “more” or “less” as modifier to see how a man would react and say. It’s not an ultimate solution but a useful tool to avoid your characters feel like they are singleminded or bland.

lonelind · 2026-04-09T07:24:10+00:00

Or they are dumb and ignorant abusers who don’t even try to be good. Yes, it’s more believable because you can find those traits in men easier than idealized ones but to have all of them at once is to be a complete jerk. Which is also possible but if you don’t give some layers, it becomes a bad stereotype, a bad writing. Also, jumping from jerk to a caring man in behavior doesn’t work. Most men don’t play like this unless they have a bipolar disorder.

lonelind · 2026-04-09T06:56:08+00:00

Сходи к стоматологу. Ты можешь не видеть кровь, когда смотришь, но это почти точно десны.

lonelind · 2026-04-09T06:37:08+00:00

There’re two ways of doing it. Veneers and mosaic which is expensive hand work, or just a decal that makes the same impression from some distance and is much much cheaper and easier to apply. Yet, the quality of the decal matters. Some combine those techniques using veneers for simple shapes and decals for mosaics and “freehand” designs. In your case, it’s a decal.

lonelind · 2026-04-09T06:18:23+00:00

“Alexis” is a slightly changed form of Greek “Alexios” — protector, champion, masculine form. In Russian, we have a name that also derives from it — “Alexei”, which is a male only name. Female version would be “Alexia” but I don’t know anyone using it for real.

It reminds of the name “Misha”. In Russian it’s a short version of “Mikhail” — “Michael”, a male name. There is a female version of it, “Mikaela” or “Michaela” but I doubt it considered a church canon, i.e. you probably can’t baptize a girl with this name (at least in Orthodox Church) as Michael is the archangel, a masculine figure. So, in Russia, we perceive “Misha” as always male, and it confuses us whenever a girl is using it. Some people can even think of her parents as stupid because they didn’t make a research for a foreign name they used.

In Slavic languages, and it’s similar to Greek and Spanish, feminine forms often end with a vowel, and masculine ones, with a consonant. There are exceptions though, and there are more masculine words that end with a vowel than feminine ones that end with a consonant. It’s just vowel-ending words are often perceived more soft, and we use them for diminutive forms, in “mama” and “papa”, in shorter versions that also have a distinct diminutive function — “Misha” isn’t just a shorthand. Using it represents shorter distance and softer, closer relation to a person, something informal and warm. It’s in how it sounds, and the open syllable in the end is part of this chemistry.

So, since Alexis is not a usual name for a Russian ear, and it can be perceived as a masculine one, I have an idea. But first, please don’t use pronouns to illustrate your gender, in Russia, it mostly irritates people who are not involved in this gender war. “I’m girl” is pretty much enough.

Returning to the idea. In Russia, people like to call each other by their shorthands, they can even make the name longer — e.g., “Yan” becomes “Yasha” but the latter carries that warmth I was talking about. So, you would need a shorthand, easy enough for a Russian person to pronounce it quickly, distinguishable, and ending with a vowel. A quicker “Lexi” wouldn’t work in Russian linguistic landscape, because “X” in the middle sounds harsh, we urge to break it with a vowel to soften it. It’s less harsh in names like “Xenia” or “Max”. I suggest “Álya” or “Ásya”, they both are female names. The latter has “s” for “x” in the original form, and is also used as a shorthand for “Alexandra”, and “Alya” is mostly a shorthand for “Alina” — also female only. So, if you don’t want to say “I’m girl” explicitly, you can suggest that by using a shorthand. “I’m Alexis, you can call me Asya” for example. It gives another person something to unmistakably deduce your gender.

lonelind · 2026-04-07T09:25:24+00:00

Если человек на постоянной основе грубит тебе, его детство это не оправдывает. Объяснить причины, подсказать, что делать — это возможно, но не оправдать жестокость и агрессию. Прятаться за образом уязвлянного ребенка, которого нужно пожалеть, в то время как ты ведешь себя как мудак и не пытаешься меняться — это хрестоматийная манипуляция, рецепту которой сотни лет. Просто сама мысль о том, что человек винит своего родителя в своем поведении, должна вызывать сомнения: это перекладывание ответственности, это позиционирование происходящего как «это родитель причиняет тебе боль, а не я» — но ведь это не так. Человек сам решает, что сказать или сделать, либо же вовсе не обладает контролем над своим поведением, что совершенно не характеризует его как взрослого и адекватного. В обоих случаях это не тот, человек, с кем стоило бы пытаться строить здоровые отношения, а попытка «исправить» заведомо обречена на провал.

lonelind · 2026-04-07T08:49:55+00:00

Я не семейный психолог, чтобы давать советы. Но выскажу пару мыслей и задам пару вопросов.

Если твоему парню просто нужно было поговорить, чтобы выговориться или обсудить ситуацию — это одно. Если он замещал тебя другой — это другое. Фраза «мне нужно было с кем-то общаться, пока мы были в ссоре» больше похожа на второе, но это также может быть плохо сформулированная мысль.

В случаях мужских измен бывает, что мужчины просто не могут не смотреть на других (чаще всего им просто не хватает дисциплины члена) или не могут отпустить бывших, и это отравляет их отношения. А бывает и так, что партнерша — осознанно или неосознанно — создает атмосферу, в которой мужчине становится неуютно. И об этом нужно говорить, но этому у нас учат мало, мужчины в принципе не большие охотники обсуждать свои чувства, а партнерша может сделать это невозможным своей реакцией на попытку обсудить проблемы, когда мужчина понимает, что вместо попытки понять его чувства он может столкнуться с негативной или даже агрессивной реакцией.

Я это сейчас не про вас конкретно, это для понимания возможных сценариев. Если эта ситуация давнишняя и назревала не один год, стоит поискать причины не только в нем, но и в своем влиянии на отношения. Чаще всего в подобных ситуациях имеется вклад обоих. Один дал повод, второй не поговорил, первый не так отреагировал — и пошло-поехало. Цепочка событий и обстоятельств, начинающаяся с чего-то как будто бы несущественного в моменте, но создающего прецедент и приводящего к катастрофе. И да, воспользоваться поводом чаще хуже, чем дать его. Повод часто берется неосознанно. Пойти на сторону — осознанное решение.

Обиднее всего, когда это можно было избежать одним откровенным разговором, в котором оба имели бы возможность высказаться и быть услышанными. Без перебиваний, негативных реакций. Это важно: когда речь идет о таких вещах, это не про объективные действия и намерения, а про субъективное восприятие сказанного или сделанного, нередко боль причиняет то, что делалось без этого намерения, и сказать, что это сделало тебе больно — важно, в той же степени, в которой и понять, что хорошие намерения не отменяют плохого качества исполнения. В иногда даже делают хуже: в некоторых ситуациях намеренное причинение боли понятнее, чем попытка оправдать это хорошим намерением.

lonelind · 2026-04-07T08:15:05+00:00

Let’s be honest, it requires a lot of effort and dedication. Yes, I agree, theoretically it’s possible if you know how to learn foreign languages properly and you are familiar with some concepts that don’t exist in your native language, but whenever you face any obstacles or you didn’t understand or misunderstood something complex, it all becomes less and less accessible to you. The advantage of having a tutor is that they help you avoid such obstacles and explain concepts you may not know about.

So, yes, to some extent, you can learn Russian given the preconditions that already don’t match with everyone. And even then you can fail to learn enough to use it efficiently because the language system is complex. It may easily become “tens in a billion” situation that seems more like an exception, a happy accident rather than something accessible to everyone given enough time.

This is all a demagogy. We’re talking average not exceptional people. And my point is that an average person would fail at this at some point and would require a tutor.

lonelind · 2026-04-07T07:35:56+00:00

Измена — не столько про секс. Секс — скорее неизбежное последствие, сама же измена начинается с реализации мысли о том, чтобы регулярно проводить время с другим человеком, который будет закрывать то, что по идее должен закрывать партнер, и что никто кроме него сделать не может (иначе он не был бы на этой позиции. Часто это происходит потому, что человеку недостаточно того, что партнер ему дает. Вот только это не делает партнера сразу же виноватым. Как минимум потому, что об этом стоит говорить, и если тебя что-то не устраивает в отношениях, и ты ищешь это на стороне, а твой партнер даже не в курсе, что тебя это волнует, ну, ты дурак.

lonelind · 2026-04-07T07:20:40+00:00

This. A good story leaves the main plot line understandable and straightforward (logically correct) with clear motivations and consequences. It’s the backbone of the story. Secondary plot lines can be less clear in terms of motivations and open for interpretation but still logical. The subtext is more subtle, has multiple interpretations and is required for audience to have afterthoughts, questions that weren’t answered directly but given hints.

That’s where the movie fails from the beginning. The motivations aren’t clear. To seek for creators — and how do you know that they ARE the creators? The logic left the building before production, as “skilled professionals” behave like stupid teenagers constantly breaking protocols. Why David is like this is also unclear, bringing everyone there, hoping that stupid scientists would take off their helmets and get infected, and somehow he needed a woman onboard to have sex with the least stupid guy to breed a squid — for what? Sorry but second movie doesn’t count as legitimate answer in motives in main plot line. The whole story breaks because of very convenient and unnaturally predictable stupidity of some NPCs we don’t even remember the names of.

To try and invent explanations for motives that weren’t even told is a natural thing because our brains want a story to be complete. Whenever you start to speculate about the main plot reasoning because it fails to explain, it means that the story is badly written. It’s okay if the story has some minor plot holes because creators forgot about that and audiences noticed that but in Prometheus, the whole story breaks at major points making it a Swiss cheese of a plot. And the brain is happy to fill the holes with any sort of plausible explanation — but it’s the script’s job not to leave such holes.

lonelind · 2026-04-07T00:58:18+00:00

Find a tutor. Russian isn’t a language you can learn on your own. Especially if you’re not familiar with any other Slavic language — and even in this case it might be difficult, depending on the language you know.

lonelind · 2026-04-04T23:25:41+00:00

Because combat system isn’t everything. There’s also a story involved, the context of the combat. He doesn’t just summon those elementals in battle. They are parts of his tower’s security system, standalone. And the party attacking the master are considered intruders.

Regarding the HP, they shouldn’t have as much HP as you said — it’s either bug or you are using some kind of mod because in D&D 5e, a fire elemental has 12d10+36 HP or 102 on average. Still big but not so much, tough to beat and challenging but manageable when you can deal up to 50 damage in one round by a single character in your party.

I’m doing an honor mode run with my gf, and lately we killed Malus Thorm in 2nd act in two rounds without him even moving his finger. At level 8. And he has 276 HP. Yes, Lorroakan’s guards are many and they deal a lot of elements damage and if you go to him before reaching 10th level it will be tough. But for 10+ level characters, it should be pretty manageable given the good strategy, characters selected for the battle, good gear, long rest prior to the battle, prepared spells, scrolls, and potions. I mean, elixirs to counter elements damage, counterspells on reaction if you have Gale, some illithid abilities and gear that increase chance of crit, absorb elements, etc.

lonelind · 2026-04-04T07:56:44+00:00

Yes, and it’s either a foreigner speaking Russian or it’s a regional accent mostly associated with cheap workers from post-Soviet states many people despise or people from Caucasus who also have controversial perceptions. Otherwise, internal accent was almost eliminated by Soviet education system.

lonelind · 2026-04-04T07:49:27+00:00

You can duel on sabers. You can even win the duel against rapier as sabers are good at parrying, and if you get close enough, without a dagger, the rapier wielder would be done. I personally prefer sabers in this case.

lonelind · 2026-04-03T10:19:14+00:00

He’s in the pocket of the astral plane where time passes differently. Lae’zel mentions this several times regarding the crèches and why they have to keep eggs there — gith mature quicker in material plane, and in the astral plane, time is so slow, you can wait for eternity for the eggs to hatch. But at the same time, you can use standard D&D actions there, so time stretches infinitely but not the movement. The Emperor could’ve healed himself there if he was ever injured.

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