"гнать попсу"

English translation: crank out tacky art

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Russian term or phrase:"гнать попсу"
English translation:crank out tacky art
Entered by: Judith Hehir

22:26 Sep 23, 2009
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / figure of speech
Russian term or phrase: "гнать попсу"
Но палешане были мастерами высокого класса, а федоскинцы «гнали попсу»: переносили на кустарные изделия сюжеты известных картин.

While the Palekhians were top-rate artists, the Fedoskians _, copying scenes from famous paintings onto their handiwork.
Elizabeth Ashworth
Local time: 10:51
crank out tacky art
Explanation:
W. Burnett is actually a ghost name used by a Mexican sweatshop studio in Juarez. Their specialty is cranking out tacky tourist art with an ...

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Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 11:51
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4crank out tacky art
Judith Hehir
3to make/paint kitsch
Nadezhda O
1make cheap imitation
AndreyMelbourne


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to make/paint kitsch


Explanation:
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Nadezhda O
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
crank out tacky art


Explanation:
W. Burnett is actually a ghost name used by a Mexican sweatshop studio in Juarez. Their specialty is cranking out tacky tourist art with an ...

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id...

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 11:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  Mark Berelekhis: Nicely done.
3 hrs
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agree  Oleksandr Yastremskyi
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agree  Henry Schroeder: nice
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agree  sirgay (X)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
make cheap imitation


Explanation:
Как вариант. Не уверен, что он правильно отражает выражение "гнать попсу".

AndreyMelbourne
Local time: 02:51
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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