Comments on: MARAT SAFIN RETIREMENT WATCH: MARAT HONORED AT RUSSIAN CUP AWARDS

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:04:54 +0000

HE DOES have that post-retirement glow! It makes me happy (because he looks damn fine) and sad (because he’s gooonneee!). I miss him already

By: lorrie

lorrie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:46:57 +0000

yup, that’s definitely marat and oh so russian.

By: yyytubik

yyytubik — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:33:15 +0000

By man-feast, they mean a person, human-being who is always happy and cheerful and brings good mood (party mood) to others… In 2 words Marat Safin ))

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:37:46 +0000

Oh yes, agreed! It seems the russians love to give this kind of left and right award. I’m thinking the awards during Kremlin Cup and St Petersburg, just an excuse to throw a party? — not that I’m complaining

On the American side, I wish they just name it american award — not this “Sportman of the Year”

Just put “American Tennis Player of the Year” — I don’t think Blake would mind.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/sportsman/2009/11/03/chen.sportsman/index.html

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:14:17 +0000

Thanks Jess! Love Marat-worship, in all its forms!

Not to put down Marat’s accomplishments at Russia Cup, but I guess if you have a national tennis awards ceremony, you’re going to give your stars multiple awards. Like if the US had one, Andy Roddick would have quite a few extra trophies in his case!

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:12:08 +0000

Thanks MarK! I guess it takes a man-feast to know one, huh? (Sorry, I just love that google-invented phrase!)

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:50:22 +0000

This is his 5th Oscar — err awards.

“Triumph of the Year” 1998, 2000
“Team of the Year” 2002 (Davis Cup Team)
“Tennis Player of the Year”. 2004

Wow, this guy is Clooney+Pitt+diCaprio+etc for the russians.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:07 +0000

Man-feast works for me, too! But that is an interesting concept, Mark — a feast of a human being. What is the Russian word?

Marat in a suit with a bunch of flowers in his hand…I think he’s coming to my house….

By: MarK

MarK — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:41:20 +0000

The correct translation of your quote’s second sentence should be: “He was loved by PRACTICALLY everyone”, not ‘almost’.
The ‘man-feast’ part is hard to translate well, because it is an unusual expression even in the original Russian, but i think that “a feast of a human being” would probably be the closest. The word that is used there is definitely ‘a human being’, not ‘a man’. Sorry for making it less sexy, but i am just trying to be accurate.
The rest of the translation is fine.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:01:01 +0000

Hehe! I wonder what the translation was supposed to be. . . .

By: judy

judy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:09:05 +0000

man-feast. sweet. actually that part made me laugh out loud, but then i soon went back to my drooling. you really love us, don’t you ff?! congrats marat!

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