Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and email activity

Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by ironMonkey on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:16AM (#28074036)

>- the 1st, sounding great in Russian, yet hard to translate, is "work energetically like f&cking or f&ck off"

it is a simple "work your ass out or walk your ass out" without the unnecessary slavic macho-bravade of foul words.

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by trhway on Thursday August 05, 2021 @04:42PM (#28079485)

thanks, it is definitely good translation, and i'll add it to my English.

In this case I intentionally tried (and looks like i succeeded :) to deliver the "slavic macho-bravade of foul words" (well put, you definitely have a way with words) as expressed by the CEO as it is a directly related to that harsh firing and very illustrative of the CEO part of the picture.

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Re:Xsolla fires 150 employees using analysis of chat and ema... by throwaway675309 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @01:33PM (#28108440)

Speaking as a former ESL teacher, I wouldn't. I've never heard such an English saying and it sounds rather unnatural. A more idiomatic equivalent would be, "shape up or ship out."

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