# Russian translation?

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**Created:** [March 2, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-translation/747701 "2016-03-02T03:19:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-translation/747701/1 "2016-03-02T03:19:08Z")

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Unfortunately, I don’t have the movie in front of me anymore, so I can’t attest to what I transliterated, but it was approximately: _Gospitl’ Skoroi Pomoshi_. I got the idea it was some kind of hospital or medical facility.

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-translation/747701/2 "2016-03-02T03:33:48Z")

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-translation/747701/3 "2016-03-02T03:40:10Z")

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_Skoroj pomoshchi_ is the plural of _Skoraya pomoshch`_, which means ambulance.

Or so Google Translate claims.

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-translation/747701/4 "2016-03-02T03:41:19Z")

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госпиталь. скорая помощь

Hospital. Ambulance.

In words that sound alike in English and Russian, an initial English “h” sound is often replaced by an initial Russian “g” sound.

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-translation/747701/5 "2016-03-02T12:59:12Z")

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Thanks!