Elonka wrote:
] As I dug through the files, I found a lot of the usual stuff:
] price lists, articles, pictures, exhibition catalogs and
] whatnot, but then ran across something that I *wasn't*
] expecting to see: A classified KGB document!

Wow!

] I also have to admit that I was amused by the formal language
] of the KGB document. For example, it ends with a final
] paragraph which reads, "As a result of measures taken, the
] hostile plans of the adversary have been foiled." So now I
] and my friends are using that line in daily speech. Like if
] we go to a restaurant and argue about what to get on the menu,
] someone will call out, "The hostile plans of the adversary
] have been foiled!" :)

Elonka: Do you have the original Russian of this phrase? I would very much like to use this in normal speech, and I doubt I can translate it back and maintain the soviet flair.

ÏÐÈÍßÒÛÌÈ ÌÅÐÀÌÈ ÑÏËÀÍÈÐÎÂÀÍÍÀß ÏÐÎÒÈÂÍÈÊÎÌ ÂÐÀÆÄÅÁÍÀß ÀÊÖÈß ÁÛËÀ ÑÎÐÂÀÍÀ.
If the text there is illegible for some reason, click here:
http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/pdfs/sakharov/kgb82-2.pdf

Jello wrote:
] ] I also have to admit that I was amused by the formal
] language
] ] of the KGB document. For example, it ends with a final
] ] paragraph which reads, "As a result of measures taken, the
] ] hostile plans of the adversary have been foiled." So now I
] ] and my friends are using that line in daily speech. Like if
]
] ] we go to a restaurant and argue about what to get on the
] menu,
] ] someone will call out, "The hostile plans of the adversary
] ] have been foiled!" :)
]
] Elonka: Do you have the original Russian of this phrase? I
] would very much like to use this in normal speech, and I doubt
] I can translate it back and maintain the soviet flair.

Mindraker2 wrote:
] ÏÐÈÍßÒÛÌÈ ÌÅÐÀÌÈ ÑÏËÀÍÈÐÎÂÀÍÍÀß ÏÐÎÒÈÂÍÈÊÎÌ ÂÐÀÆÄÅÁÍÀß ÀÊÖÈß
] ÁÛËÀ ÑÎÐÂÀÍÀ.
] If the text there is illegible for some reason, click here:
] http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/pdfs/sakharov/k
] gb82-2.pdf
]

Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd like to use the phrase too!

Elonka :)

PRINYATIMI MERAMI SPLANIROVANNAYA PROTIVNIKOM
VRAZjDEBNAYA AKTSIYA BWILA SORVANA.

Elonka wrote:
] Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd like
] to use the phrase too!
]
] Elonka :)

Mindraker2 wrote:
] PRINYATIMI MERAMI SPLANIROVANNAYA PROTIVNIKOM
] VRAZjDEBNAYA AKTSIYA BWILA SORVANA.
]
]
] Elonka wrote:
] ] Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd
] like
] ] to use the phrase too!

Cool, thanks! I posted a quickie MP3 of my first shot at pronunciation here: http://elonka.com/foiled.mp3 .

Let me know what I need to improve, or even better, post your own sound file so I can emulate?

Thanks,

Elonka :)

Elonka wrote:
] Mindraker2 wrote:
] ] PRINYATIMI MERAMI SPLANIROVANNAYA PROTIVNIKOM
] ] VRAZjDEBNAYA AKTSIYA BWILA SORVANA.
] ]
] ]
] ] Elonka wrote:
] ] ] Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd
] ] like
] ] ] to use the phrase too!
]
] Cool, thanks! I posted a quickie MP3 of my first shot at
] pronunciation here: http://elonka.com/foiled.mp3 .
]
] Let me know what I need to improve, or even better, post your
] own sound file so I can emulate?
]
] Thanks,
]
] Elonka :)

Dear Ms. Elonka (and Memestreams):
Considering I have a very bad headcold, I would sound like someone drowning right now. :) However, my knowledge of Russian pronunciation is not sufficient enough to critique others -- I do have a serious question, however, when I took a Russian class I trilled my R's perhaps a little overenthusiastically because of my experience with other foreign languages. I don't hear you actively trilling your R. What is the proper pronunciation for the Russian R? Does this vary from region to region? Or from country to country?
-Wilson
PS I tried getting the phonetic alphabet for the transcription, but I figured, if the Cyrillic didn't work in memestreams, phonetic alphabets probably wouldn't either. It was easier to fake it the way I did anyway. :D

Elonka wrote:
] Mindraker2 wrote:
] ] ÏÐÈÍßÒÛÌÈ ÌÅÐÀÌÈ ÑÏËÀÍÈÐÎÂÀÍÍÀß ÏÐÎÒÈÂÍÈÊÎÌ ÂÐÀÆÄÅÁÍÀß ÀÊÖÈß
]
] ] ÁÛËÀ ÑÎÐÂÀÍÀ.
] ] If the text there is illegible for some reason, click here:
]
] ]
] http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/pdfs/sakharov/k
]
] ] gb82-2.pdf
] ]
]
] Can someone give a shot at posting it phonetically? I'd like
] to use the phrase too!
]
] Elonka :)

No cyrillic on this PC... and I could not find the phrase in that pdf document. Chort!

Edit: Ah, there is a second page. I am braindead and not used to using linux on this notebook.

Rough phonetics lacking accent specification (which would really be neccesary for someone to understand you, but this can be read okay):

Drinyatimi merami splanirovanaya protivnikom vrazhdebnaya aktsiya bila sorvana.

Although

] I also have to admit that I was amused by the formal language
] of the KGB document. For example, it ends with a final
] paragraph which reads, "As a result of measures taken, the
] hostile plans of the adversary have been foiled." So now I
] and my friends are using that line in daily speech. Like if
] we go to a restaurant and argue about what to get on the menu,
] someone will call out, "The hostile plans of the adversary
] have been foiled!" :)

Elonka: Do you have the original Russian of this phrase? I would very much like to use this in normal speech, and I doubt I can translate it back and maintain the soviet flair.