Day 45: A Baby Named Luchezar
At the registry office in Ryazan, a young father has come to register his newborn son, and the baby's grandfather has come along too.
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Dialogue
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A
Проходите, присаживайтесь. Так, государственная регистрация рождения: мальчик, родился третьего числа. Какое имя вносим в актовую запись?
Come in, have a seat. Right, state registration of a birth: a boy, born on the third. What name are we entering in the register?
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B
Лучезар. Лучезар Андреевич Смирнов, по-моему, звучит гордо.
Luchezar. Luchezar Andreyevich Smirnov, it has a proud ring to it, I think.
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A
Звучит, безусловно... ярко. Закон такое имя не запрещает, однако позвольте спросить: вы не опасаетесь, что в школе его задразнят?
It certainly has a ring... a bright one. The law doesn't forbid such a name, but may I ask: aren't you afraid he'll be teased at school?
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C
Вот и я о том же, всю дорогу ему твержу! Андрюха, ну какой Лучезар в Рязани? Назови Степаном, в честь прадеда.
That's just what I've been telling him the whole way here! Andryukha, what kind of Luchezar in Ryazan? Name him Stepan, after his great-grandfather.
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B
Пап, мы это сто раз обсуждали. Степанов у нас в роду и так пруд пруди, а Лучезар будет один.
Dad, we've discussed this a hundred times. The family is already teeming with Stepans, and there'll be only one Luchezar.
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A
Я бы на вашем месте подумал и о потомках: им ведь с отчеством жить, Лучезарович, Лучезаровна.
In your place I'd also think about his descendants: they'll have to live with the patronymic, Luchezarovich, Luchezarovna.
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C
Лучезаровна! Слышишь? Правнучка моя будет Лучезаровна, язык сломаешь, пока выговоришь.
Luchezarovna! Do you hear that? My great-granddaughter, Luchezarovna, you'll tie your tongue in knots saying it.
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B
Зато благозвучно. Лучезар, от слова «лучезарный», имя славянское, у болгар оно и сейчас в ходу.
But it sounds lovely. Luchezar comes from 'luchezarny', radiant: it's a Slavic name, and the Bulgarians still use it.
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A
Мы, как вы понимаете, не в Болгарии, но решать, безусловно, родителям. А супруга ваша, простите, как к этому относится?
We're not in Bulgaria, as you understand, but of course it's the parents' decision. And how does your wife feel about it, if I may ask?
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B
Так это Катя и придумала, я поначалу сам за Степана ратовал.
Well, it was Katya who came up with it, at first I was all for Stepan myself.
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C
А, ну раз Катя... Тогда вписывайте Лучезара, имя светлое, звучное. Я всегда говорил, что у невестки безупречный вкус.
Oh, well, if it's Katya... Then write in Luchezar, a bright name, a resonant one. I always said my daughter-in-law had impeccable taste.
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