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Quick translation question

Chordate - 23-9-2011 at 18:58

I'm looking at a reference right now that refers to "серняги", which I am pretty sure is a common russian name for something simple, but I'm having some trouble finding out what.

Anyone here know what it is?

watson.fawkes - 28-9-2011 at 02:52

A bit of hacking with Google Translate leads me to make the hypothesis that your original text may have a typo in it.

Nicodem - 28-9-2011 at 12:57

As far as I know, серняги is a slang name for cерная кислота, better known as sulfuric acid in English.

Mixell - 28-9-2011 at 13:39

I speak Russian, and that word doesn't ring a bell, probably a typo. Sulfuric acid is "серная кислота" and the slang for that is "серняга".

Chordate - 29-9-2011 at 01:44

This most certainly is the answer. Thank you!