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Here's a dialog from a Japanese tutorial:
A: Слушай, зай, принеси нам кофе, а?
B: Сейчас всё брошу и побегу! Видишь, у меня фильм начинается.
“Сейчас всё брошу и побегу!” is literally translated as "I will throw everything and run!" but I suppose that really it means something else and I have no idea what exactly.
Here "все брошу" would be better translated "I'll drop everything". While "бросать" does mean "to throw" it doesn't necessarily mean to throw like one would a ball. It often is used in senses closer to "throw away", "drop", "get rid of", or "leave". Here it is used metaphorically to mean to suddenly abandon an uncompleted activity as if one dropped the materials on the ground and left.
I suspect the utterance is this dialog is sarcastic. I would translate as:
Sure, I'll just drop everything and run off and get that. `Cause you know my movie is about to start.
The motion verb "побежать" means to set off running. It is often used to mean that the person is leaving suddenly to do something such as answer the phone or stop children from doing something bad.
Cause my movie is about to start." means "Sure, I **will not** just drop everything and run off and get that. Cause my movie is about to start." in Russian?!
Mar 21, 2021 at 17:36
What does “Сейчас всё брошу и побегу!” mean?
When person A sarcastically responds «Сейчас всё брошу и побегу!» to B's request, it means that
It is rather unlikely, but still possible that there is no meaning-reversing sarcasm in that phrase. E.g. a boss can say «Так, бросили всё и бегoм на медосмотр!» We know it's not the case as A mentioned that the movie is about to start, but if it were A would mean that
“Сейчас всё брошу и побегу!” is literally translated as "I will throw everything and run!" but I suppose that really it means something else
Translation (as usual) heavily depends on the context and translator's goals. As a translator you have to prioritize multiple things like
The choice would be influenced by the expected reader audience familiarity with expressions, understanding the original culture and cross-cultural differences. E.g. if you need to simplify to the maximum, a translation can indeed be
You're kidding, right?
Though this is a bit too far from the original: the reverse translation will turn «Сейчас всё брошу и побегу!» into «Ты, конечно же, шутишь?».
One can try to preserve the original wording and pick closer idioms. However и побегу part implies too much and has a slim chance to survive the translation undamaged without becoming too vague and/or clumsy. I'd probably go with something along these options
Right, like I gonna drop everything and get your coffee!
Oi! As if I gonna drop everything and fetch that!
Oh, should I just drop everything and do as you say?!
Don't you see my film starting?!
Literal translation would be completely meaningless here. A better somewhat direct translation would be something like "I will stop whatever I am doing now and get going for it". But this is a sarcasm of course and it should not be translated directly. You should try to create a new sentence with as much close of a meaning as possible in your language. What is best to choose heavily depends on the context and on the translator itself and his awareness of traditions of the speakers.
And always remember that languages are not precise science. You can not completely depend on rules and dictionaries. They are just rough guidelines created to make it easier for you to start feeling the vibe of it. For Russian it is especially true.
"Сейчас всё брошу и побегу" означает:
Братуха, имеется ввиду что "ага заняться мне больше нечем"when russian say "сейчас всё брошу и побегу" he thinks f#ck you
