акула пера - в 18-й раз

[twinsanity]

помогите, пжл, перевести идиомку "акула(ы) пера"...

[Yan]

Consider: elocutionists

[Slava]

Помню, это было в книжке Ильфа и Петрова, так что с них спрашивать. Может, в сети где-то есть перевод 12 стульев? Тут ведь вещь немного замороченная, это относится, имхо, не просто к профессиональным авторам, но к мастерам пропаганды.

[twinsanity]

elocutionists ... все-таки не совсем, по-моему, подходит.
может, feather sharks? 8=)

[Yan]

feather sharks не подойдет однозначно. Лучше уж что-нибудь типа "pen masters". Еще лучше - спросите у Kath.

[twinsanity]

а как найти Kath?

[kath]

Good morning!

Elocutionist strikes me as someone who is a powerful speaker.
I believe that akuly pera came from Wall Street Shark, originally.
There's 'word shark' but it's more like word-building.

Perhaps: pen meister/word master/wordsmith

Also, as usual, depends on context :)

[twinsanity]

well, thank you anyway. i consider "wordsmith" to be the most appropriate variant. however, it's a trademark so i can't actually refer to any context...
thanks again
g'luck!

[kath]

If it's going to be a name of a product then you have a lot more freedom. You can introduce an expression, start a trend :)

[twinsanity]

how do you react so swifly on the messages, i wonder?

[kath]

I'm not sure I understand the question? If you're asking how I'm responding so quickly, then it's because I'm done with my massive translation and have nothing better to do than chat on this forum. Sad but true! That said, I do have to leave now - it's nearing noon and I promised to bake a cheesecake for tonight. :)