английский

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Уважаемые,
я вот в ступоре. Хотела сказать на английском " ты выдержан, как дорогой коньяк" и поняла, что не получается ничего. Как это сказать да ещё и так,чтоб меня поняли.
и раз уж я уже тут, как сказать "губы обжигает терпкий вкус" harsh to the taste flavor burns my lips?

Спасибо Вам заранее

Comments

[varera.livejournal.com]

you are mature as an expensive cognac :-)

[awwwwwwww.livejournal.com]

а может лучше generous нет?

[xgrbml.livejournal.com]

нет :)

[varera.livejournal.com]

в смысле благородный? нет. будет звучать как "великодушный", "нежадный" для носителей языка

[basil-n.livejournal.com]

+1 щедрый

[ptitza.livejournal.com]

Отлично просто! Редчайший феномен совпадения нескольких значений многозначных слов.

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

You are reserved as a reserve wine :)

[basil-n.livejournal.com]

Reserved = uncommunicative, unsociable ;)

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily:

reserved = 3. Averse to showing familiarity; slow or reluctant to reveal emotion or opinions; cold or distant in manner, formal; reticent, uncommunicative.

[basil-n.livejournal.com]

"Выдержан" и "сдержан" в русском - разные слова.

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

Во всяком случае, один из возможных синонимов.

[wordbuff.livejournal.com]

Not a bad idea:
"You are as reserved as a French wine"
"You are like French wine, all reserved and totally dry"

Sounds OK to me. Would look good in a Bond movie

[enigmata.livejournal.com]

You've improved with time, like a fine wine.

[wordbuff.livejournal.com]

You cannot say that in English because the second sense of "выдержан"=сдержан (~reserved, controlled) is absent in the English equivalent.

But would you believe it, they, too, have a quite popular (and rather corny) saying, as "mature" allows for a similar ambiguous usage in English (Google: "Quote by Richelle Mead: “I'm like a fine wine. I get better with age" - i.e. "mature")

So you'll have to find some roundabout way to say it, reinventing the play on words.
One can try to squeeze something from "Apellation d'origine contrôlée" which is stamped on French wine bottles, e.g.
Your emotions are like expensive French wine, "contrôlée" at their origin, (and this does not seem to improve with age, dear)

Which is not a bad line, AFAIC

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

> Your emotions are like expensive French wine, "contrôlée" at their origin, (and this does not seem to improve with age, dear)

An interesting fancy interpretation although hardly a complement :)

[clittary-hilton.livejournal.com]

You are well tempered, like Bach's clavier
Astringency stings my lips

[misha-b.livejournal.com]

You are discreet, like the charm of the bourgeoisie.

[pharmazevt.livejournal.com]

терпкий tart
tart taste burns my lips

по первому - возможно balanced
well balanced like an expensive brandy