Nazdrovya!

[Bob]

Okay, kids, here's me having a beer and screwing around with Photoshop. Next up out of my brewery is a red ale, so I was trying to develop a label for it.

Whattaya think?

(Try to ignore the "delicious" bit; so I'm biased. )

Cheers,

Bob

 

[cowgo]

Okay, kids, here's me having a beer and screwing around with Photoshop. Next up out of my brewery is a red ale, so I was trying to develop a label for it. I know I misspelled "Krasnaya Zvezda"; I didn't get round to spell-checking it until later. Good thing I saved the PSD!

Whattaya think?

(Try to ignore the "delicious" bit; so I'm biased. )

Cheers,

Bob

That's pretty darn cool. If I remember my Cyrillic though the first word translates: KRDZPCH

 

[Bob]

Thanks for the kind words!

The "Cyrillic" is actually a font called "Worker Poster" I might mess about with Cyrillic later on; what I really wanted was something understandable to the Western reader.

Cheers!

Bob

 

[Iordz]

So what does it mean?
"Something" Star, right?

 

[gruntingfrog]

AWESOME!!!!

Don't change a thing!!!

 

[Sea]

I like it,.... a lot.

 

[vmpolesov]

As spelled it's nonsense. he means красная звезда (red star), but spelled with cyrillic characters that look similar to latin characters. Like replacing R with Я

пока,

Виктор

 

[vmpolesov]

You've gone to this much effort, might as well make the final effort to fix minor mistakes. You wouldn't want to look like a 'two pizza' now, would you?


http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Ten-Things-Never-to-Say-or-Do-in-Russia.id-4197.html

Don't toast with "Na Zdorov'ye!"

People who don't speak Russian usually think that they know one Russian phrase: a toast, Na Zdorov'ye! Little do they know that Na Zdorov'ye! (nuh zdah-rohv'-ee; for health) is what Russians say when somebody thanks them for a meal. In Polish, indeed, Na Zdorov'ye! or something close to it, is a traditional toast. Russians, on the other hand, like to make up something long and complex, such as, Za druzhbu myezhdu narodami! (zah droozh-boo myezh-doo nuh-roh-duh-mee; To friendship between nations!) If you want a more generic Russian toast, go with Za Vas! (zuh vahs; To you!)

 

[Bob]

I didn't know that! I'll have to change it.

For some reason, I can't get Cyrillic to work in Photoshop, not even pasting directly from Character Map. Thus the goofy pseudo-Cyrillic font I found free on teh Intarwebs.

See? This is why we post our stuff to HBT! Thanks!

Bob

 

[PseudoChef]

That's awesome, I really like, lost in translation or not.

 

[vmpolesov]

You're pretty good natured about my kidding!

I think you can do it with the font you've got. The letters k, a, c, are the same in latin and cyrillic.

After reading your other post I see you want it to be readable to english speakers but want a few cyrillic characters that look like backwards verions of latin characters for effect (not worrying about what it actually spells in Russian), you're on the right track, I would change it just slightly to something like КЯАSИАЧА ZVЭZDА. There are a lot of variations you could use

 

[Bob]

You're pretty good natured about my kidding!

Hey, I understand kidding. I dish out enough of it, I ought to know how to handle it when it comes my way.

I think you can do it with the font you've got. The letters k, a, c, are the same in latin and cyrillic.

After reading your other post I see you want it to be readable to english speakers but want a few cyrillic characters that look like backwards verions of latin characters for effect (not worrying about what it actually spells in Russian), you're on the right track, I would change it just slightly to something like КЯАSИАЧА ZVЭZDА. There are a lot of variations you could use

Thanks for being understanding! My trouble is that I can't get the Cyrillic characters to work in Photoshop. Cutting and pasting isn't working. I don't think Photoshop is recognizing the characters.

Cheers,

Bob

 

[Iordz]

The reason I asked was because I'm Bulgarian and I couldn't understand what the lable said.

 

[MVKTR2]

Great beer label... if you're a goose stepping commi!

Just kidding, Great label, really captures the feel of communist people's art.

Schlante,
Phillip

 

[mrbowenz]

Awesome label , totally RED , completely cool

 

[kush]

In Polish, indeed, Na Zdorov'ye! or something close to it, is a traditional toast

You are correct. My grandmother was from poland and taught me some polish and she would always toast saying that.

Wyrabiają większa ilość piwo. (Make more beer)

 

[Grimsawyer]

You just have to fit the phraise "FOR THE MOTHERLAND!!!" in there somewhere, heheheheh hehehe, lable rocks!!

 

[aekdbbop]

Gav Gav, ya ceboka, ya chevou ce crashnoi shapuchkoi

ha, two years of russian and thats about all i remember..

I like the label.. would be cool if they were holding up pints instead of the hammer and sickle.