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Subject: Дети лейтенанта Шмидта Hi. Any idea waht this means in the following sentence:они были просто самозванцы, дети лейтенанта Шмидта, однофамильсы, прилипалы, заокеанские родственники I understand that all must be some form of synonim of 'imposter', but...? thank you. |
| What I mean is, any ideas for similar in English? Translating Ilf and Petrov would be lost on most English speaking people. |
| con artists? |
| ИМХО Con artist is a masterful swindler. А дети лейтенанта Шмидта скорее nonentities, failures |
| Kath, I recall something similar was in "Gone with the Wind" but I don't remember how Margaret Mitchell called those who made money collaborating with Yankees |
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