| Is ar an tríú nó ceathrú uair le déanaí a chonaic mé an uimhirchlár “CCCP” agus mé ar mo bhealach abhaile inné. Greamaithe de BWM 750 Li a bhí sé, de charr a bhfuil costas breis is €60,000 air. |
Today on the way home I saw the license plate “CCCP” for third or fourth time recently, perched on the back of a BMW 750 Li, a car that costs over $85,000. |
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| An bhfuil géarchúis dhomhain le tabhairt dúinn ag mo dhuine taobh istigh na bhfuinneoga dhorcha sin? An bhfuil ann ach íoróin shuarach searbh? Níl mé cinnte cad a thuiscint as gan an scéal iomlán a bheith agam. |
Does this person have some deep insight to give us from behind those tinted windows? Is it nothing more than cheap irony? I don’t know what to think without the full story. |
| Tá mé in ann go maith scéil a chumadh, áfach: Reaganite bródúil as an bua na gcaipitlí ar na Sóivéidí agus ag ag bualadh a sciath; dochtúir a fuar a cuid oideachais sa Rúis sna 70s agus dá bhrí sin faoi rath anois; ollamh cumhach ag dul in aois a raibh an-díograis aige, tráth. |
However, I certainly am able to make things up: a proud Reaganite flaunting the capitalist victory over the Soviets; a doctor who is now prospering due to her Russian education in the 70s; an aging, wistful professor who was once a true believer. |