"Я знаю, как использовать власть."

Translation: I know how to use power.

[dempl]

Yeah, just give me 5 minutes as a Duo Moderator... I would get all of you guys straighten out...

[va-diim]

Шта си мислиш, Демпљ?

[Martin135869]

Согласен, товарищ. Эти веселые интеллектуалы очень нужны на проекте строительства дороги в прекрасном сибирском регионе.

[feyMorgaina]

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton)

[H.Sch.2]

With great appointment often comes great disappointment

[Imnuts7]

That's what they all say.

[va-diim]

A direct quote from Vladimir Vladimirovicha :-)

[flootzavut]

but I have no idea why власть, of all words, is still one I remember...

[jake3389]

If I remember correctly, власть is the root-word used in the name Владимир, which happens to be the name of the most powerful person in Russia. There is also the city of Владивосток which means something like eastern authority.

[wyqtor]

There's also the southern city of Владикавказ, literally meaning 'ruler of the Caucasus'.

[Edward-Wallace-1]

Yes, it does stick, doesn't it.

[Jellei]

Any reason why it can't be 'the power'? The power that I just acquired?

[Kaens]

Report? Sounds possible.

[taffarelbergamin]

Could власть be used for other kinds of power? Like in "power source", "electrical power", etc.

[Martin135869]

No.

[taffarelbergamin]

Thanks!

[geneven]

I thought it was Donald Trump.

[va-diim]

От Доналда Фредериковича? :-)

[oxygen3]

"wield" power should be the default literary translation.

[Iris49007]

Regards, Cersei Lannister

[KH40bu]

This entire conversation is an argument about power strip electrical outlets, y'all just trippin'

[RikyUnreal]

Супермен

[Simo654427]

It would be better to use intelligence.

[Atropos2015]

Почему power без определенного артикля? Как можно использовать абстрактную власть?

[JANBOEVINK]

An interesting observation, Atropos. One could say: how he wielded the power he had, but the general statement, as here, goes without "the" or "a".

[huedor2077]

Nothing about giving power to someone in order to really know him.

[MaximeLate]

Dixit Stalin