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здраво и набито тяло

English translation: Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build

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Bulgarian term or phrase:здраво и набито тяло
English translation:Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build

14:12 Aug 11, 2015
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-08-15 13:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Bulgarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Children's Lietrature
Bulgarian term or phrase: здраво и набито тяло
Здравейте, деца, дяволчета - любители на детската литература!

Как бихте превели следното изречение?

"Второ, никаква дреха не можеше да стои върху набитото и здраво тяло на Ян Бибиян здрава и чиста повече от един ден."

Моите предложения:

"Also, no clothing could remain clean and untorn on Yan Bibiyan’s [xxx] body for more than a day."

[xxx] tough and lean
[xxx] strong and lean
[xxx] robust and healthy
[xxx] tough and sound
[xxx] healthy and fit
[xxx] muscular and tough

текст: http://chitanka.info/text/220#textstart
ivotdimitrov
Local time: 12:09
Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build
Explanation:
Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build
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Emilia Delibasheva
Local time: 13:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build
Emilia Delibasheva
5fit and sturdy
Efrosina Perry
4fit and muscular body
Yavor Dimitrov


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build


Explanation:
Sturdy/stout and thickset/ stocky/ stumpy body/build

Emilia Delibasheva
Local time: 13:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lina Nicolova: sturdy "physically strong and healthy" and thickset "having a strong heavy body" convey the meaning of Bulgarian набит "здрав/як" better than stout-(of a person) rather fat, stumpy-(disapproving) short and thick, stocky-short, with a strong, solid body
28 mins
  -> Благодаря!
agree  Efrosina Perry
3 hrs
  -> Благодаря!
agree  Christo Metschkaroff: също и с: heavyset - in: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/heavyset
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Благодаря!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fit and muscular body


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 24 mins (2015-08-11 14:36:43 GMT)
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or
a strong and stocky build

Yavor Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Local time: 13:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 30
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fit and sturdy


Explanation:
Also, I would change the grammar of the sentence:
"no clothes/clothing would last a day clean or ... on his(Yan Bibiyan's) fit and sturdy body"...

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2015-08-12 17:46:21 GMT)
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You are welcome!
Sorry you don't like sturdy but it is used and corresponds to the Bg.

Efrosina Perry
United States
Local time: 04:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: I like the fit part. Sturdy, to me, evokes the image of a fine piece of furniture (a table or a three-stool chair) and doesn't exactly fit with the image of a child/young adult. I did like and adopt the grammar suggestion. Thanks, Efrosina!

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