20 English words that are easy to translate incorrectly

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Sanal, heroine, preservative, list other words that mean is not what you might think.

Ilya Khomenko

Author Telegram-channel "Just about the complex». Tutor in foreign languages for children.

The English and Russian are so many similar words that are translated the same way. You are unlikely to go wrong in the translation of words text, information, secret Russian language - here and so everything is clear. But in English there is also a lot of guile, which translated is not the way you think. They are called false friends.

Absent

Not "absinthe" and "absent absent". If you want to order a drink, use the absinthe.

I was absent at that moment when she drank some absinthe and started to dance strip.

I did not have at the moment when she drank absinthe and started dancing striptease.

Bar

This is some kind of bar, board. Maybe even a bar. If you want to drink, it is better to go to the pub.

The bartender wiped the bar counter and helped the guard get the drunk one from the pub.

The bartender wiped the counter and helped to make the guard drunk from the bar.

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Brilliant

Bright, brilliant. "Diamond" in English diamond.

These diamonds would look brilliant on my wife's ears.

These diamonds would look excellent on my wife's ears.

Cabinet

Wardrobe with drawers, wardrobe, cupboard, but certainly not the workspace. It is better to tell office.

Put the vase on the cabinet in my office.

Put a vase on the sideboard in my office.

Canal

This channel, but only in the sense of "artificial channel." If you want to say about the TV or radio, use channel.

I turned on the travel channel. They showed a program about the Panama Canal.

I turned on the channel about travel. It showed a program about the Panama Canal.

Chef

Chef. It used it as the title of the profession. If you want to praise someone's culinary skills at a party, say, cook. The word "chief" in the meaning "Head" will be written in a different way - chief or boss.

The restaurant chef was fired by his own boss because customers complained about his soup.

Chef fired by his boss because customers complained about his soup.

Detective

This is only a man, detective. Book genre will be called crime story or detective story.

A police detective does not like detective stories because there are a lot of lies.

Detective police department do not like detective stories, there are a lot of lies.

Dynamic

Dynamics, dynamic. "Speaker" (column) will be speaker.

Young people love dynamic music and buy Bluetooth speakers to take music with them.

Young people like dynamic music and buys a Bluetooth-speakers to take your music with you.

Heroine

The heroine of the film or the book. "Heroin" in English - heroin or snow ( "Snow").

The main heroine of the film is a heroin addicted.

The main character of the film - a drug addict, a heroin user.

Intelligent

Smart, smyshlony. "Intellectual" as a representative of a social group will intellectual.

Intelligency is not loved in this country because they are too intelligent.

intellectuals do not like in this country, because they are too smart.

Jest

This is a joke, joke, mocking, but not "gesture".

I gestured to him that my middle finger was sore, but he decided that it was a jest.

I showed him a gesture that my finger hurts, but he thought it was a joke.

List

List, such as shopping or business.

I wrote a shopping list on this yellow piece of paper.

I wrote a shopping list on this yellow sheet.

Officiant

Leading wedding ceremony. This is a registry office employee from us or priest in the United States. "Waiter" in English waiter.

At the marriage ceremony the officiant told the story of the acquaintance of the newlyweds. He was a waiter and she was a guest.

During the wedding master of ceremonies told the story of love newlyweds. He was a waiter, and it is - the guest.

Paragraph

Passage without paragraph (article, section).

At this paragraph, someone drew an article mark.

In this paragraph, someone painted the sign section.

Preservative

A preservative for the preservation of the products, and not what you think. "Condom" will just condom.

We use natural flavors in our condoms and natural preservatives to keep the fresh smell.

We use natural flavors in our condoms and natural preservatives to keep the scent fresh.

Series

The series in general. Some definite series will episode.

The Game of Thrones series is very boring. Especially the episode, where everyone is killed at the wedding.

The series "Game of Thrones" is very boring. Especially that series where all killed at the wedding.

Silicon

Silicon. Some mistakenly called Silicon Valley, the US high-tech area, Silicon Valley, at the right - Silicon. "Silicon" in English will silicone, from e in the end.

Chemistry teacher with silicone breasts implants showed the silicon experiments.

Chemistry teacher with silicone breast showed experiments with silicon.

Surrogate

Proxies, for example, in the election campaign. The meaning of "Surrogates" is rarely used.

I am a surrogate of the company producing coffee substitutes.

I am a representative of the company for the production of coffee substitute.

Tourniquet

Tourniquet, by which stops the bleeding. The turnstile in the subway in English called the ticket barrier or turnstile.

He was injured when he jumped over the turnstile. I had to put a tourniquet to stop the blood.

He was injured when jumping over a turnstile. I had to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Utilize

Use. Hence the word "utility". The meaning of "disposed" is also used, but less frequently, it is better to use reclaim or recycle.

Utilize this acid for recycling organic waste.

Use this acid for recycling of organic waste.

It's not all such words, a lot of them. But not necessarily all of them to learn, look at the context. If the article is about Leonardo da Vinci, is unlikely in the words of the text artist It will be used as an "artist" and not an "artist." So be sure to specify the topic before reading the text - knowing it, you will no longer be confused. And if that is not always a shame to see the dictionary.