Oct 19, 2019 07:55
4 yrs ago
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Russian term
Kazakhstan
Professional pharma/medical translations
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Spanish to Russian, and 4 more.
Голова пухнет
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Сленг
Кажется я переспал. Голова пухнет. Я собираюсь на речку. Хочешь пойти?
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David Knowles
Native in English
Specializes in field
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
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my head's bursting
possibly "my head hurts"
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IrinaN
: And considering that this is another dialog of two Neanderthals, I'd drop "My":-)
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Mark Berelekhis
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Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm, Tashkent, Ferghana valley) , Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
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I feel hungover / a "foggy brain" feeling
I feel hungover / I am experiencing a "foggy brain" feeling or my head is foggy
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We may say (to avoid alcohol meaning)
I have a feeling like hungover after oversleeping.
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Note added at 1 hr (2019-10-19 08:59:10 GMT)
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We may say (to avoid alcohol meaning)
I have a feeling like hungover after oversleeping.
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Boris Shapiro
: Sure, we may. And come off as an elderly professor of English literature, instead of a (presumably, underage) punk.
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
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I've got a splitting headache.
Idiomatic expression:
a pain you feel inside your head:
I've got a splitting (= severe) headache.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/heada...
a pain you feel inside your head:
I've got a splitting (= severe) headache.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/heada...
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Freaking headache!
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Turdimurod Rakhmanov
: I think this is what is meant, this is it. Your headache is in general, and freaking is also relevant.
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Thank you, Turdimurod. Unfortunately, my headache is very much personal:-)
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Sofia Gutkin
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Thank you.
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Katya Kesten
Native in English
Specializes in field
High-End Localization & Transcreation
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Russian to English, English
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My head's about to explode
Commonly used to reflect stress from being overwhelmed/mental exertion, but I'm not sure about this expression coming right after someone mentioned they've slept a lot...didn't they just get some much-needed respite? Did they wake up and find they didn't get any clarity and are still plagued by their problems, and they're going to the river to see if that would help? In that case, I feel like this needs to be clarified with something like I still feel like my head's about to explode. Or, are they now stressed because they've overslept and are now going to do something else because they've missed an event/appointment? Or, did the fact that they slept for a long time stress them out and they're now going to do something active to rectify this? In the latter context, anything having to do with heads exploding seems a little extreme while why one's "head hurts" isn't clear.
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If we're talking about feeling groggy, I'd say: "I'm groggy as fuck" ("hell" also works).
P.S. We can use the f-word on Proz, as long as it's constructive, right?
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If we're talking about feeling groggy, I'd say: "I'm groggy as fuck" ("hell" also works).
P.S. We can use the f-word on Proz, as long as it's constructive, right?
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David Knowles
: I agree with your sentiments, but all you can do in these circumstances is to translate fairly literally and neutrally, which is why I went for "bursting"!
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Sure, which is why I explored possible variations. Personally, I use "explode" more often, but "burst" can also work, depending on context.
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Angela Greenfield
: For an American your version will sound more natural. So I guess everything will depend on who the target audience is.
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Thanks, Angela!
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Discussion
No one says I'm "drunk from sleep", though. Regular people just say "I'm groggy as hell/fuck" while the more cultured ones say: "I woke up feeling a bit groggy".
The first meaning of this phrase in Russian Голова пухнет is I am stressed out, of course in other contexts, not this.
The second meaning is your feeling after a long sleep, oversleeping.
The first time I also thought that it is My head's about to explode or close to that versions,
Do native speakers say this after oversleep?
I thought We have different feeling , as if your mind feels foggy and clogged. You feel sluggish .
We say my head is about to explode, IMHO, in different situation, and of course, you head hurts, but it is not meant here. It is just feeling of the speaker. We all experienced that feeling, we don't say my head hurts or something like that. In my language, we say the same as Russian speakers, like my head is swelling (literal translation). I think we can use those versions when we are stressed out, or we have problems etc.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sleep hangov...
https://www.elitedaily.com/p/heres-why-you-feel-hungover-whe...
https://www.thesleepjudge.com/effects-of-oversleeping/