# Translation help? Russian?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-help-russian/787697>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-help-russian/787697 "2017-05-30T03:33:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-help-russian/787697/1 "2017-05-30T03:33:35Z")

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Image: [https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/404/20612273.5442c8dee5646.png](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/projects/404/20612273.5442c8dee5646.png)

Purports to be Russian but no online translator I used could parse it.

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-help-russian/787697/2 "2017-05-30T03:39:07Z")

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per Google Translate:

проект увечве = Project of mutilation

Were you typing in cyrillic when you searched before?

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-help-russian/787697/3 "2017-05-30T04:02:11Z")

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Nitpick: Looks more like увечье to me.

Is this anything to do with this project?

> **[Russian Rappers - old project.](https://www.behance.net/gallery/9407207/Russian-Rappers-old-project)**
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> In this project, a collection of my old work

Because I see that having a проект увечье caption on one image, and a “Project Mayhem” caption in English on another. Which may mean that the latter is what some translator thought was closest to the original intent.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-help-russian/787697/4 "2017-05-30T04:42:01Z")

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> [@Iggy](#):
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> per Google Translate:
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> проект увечве = Project of mutilation
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> Were you typing in cyrillic when you searched before?

Yeah, I think that’s it. I didn’t use Cyrillic, that was probably the issue. Thanks.