Connections / Well-Connected

[RhoKappa]

This expression refers to human networking. For example, if I have a drainage problem I can get a good deal on repair because my brother is a plumber. Connections are everything, and I wonder if the Russian word связь fits the meaning exactly? Also, how do you refer to one who knows a lot of people and have many connections? Such people are of course well-connected.

1. Tanya likes Yuri because he has connections, but she wants Vova Putin because he is extremely well-connected.
2. Do you have a connection to that exclusive night club?

Как сказать по-русски?

 

[Rosett]

= (большие|хорошие) связи (pl.)

Usage: у него связи, он со связями.

A good deal on repair => (брат) починит бесплатно.

 

[Vovan]

2. Do you have a connection to that exclusive night club?

У тебя есть свои люди в этом/том элитном (ночном) клубе?

"Клуб" is most often perceived as "ночной клуб" in Russia, so you can safely omit "ночной" here to avoid unnecessary wordiness.
Example: Let's go to a night club! - Давай(те) сходим в (какой-нибудь) клуб!

 

[Q-cumber]

2. Do you have a connection to that exclusive night club?

I understand this question a bit differently, like 'do/did you work in that club', 'are you a (co-)owner of the club', 'do you supply something to that club' and so on....not just 'do you know a bouncer/doorman/barman from that night club'? Am I right? If so, then the translation would be....
Ты как-то связан с тем / этим элитным ночным клубом?

 

[Maroseika]

Связи из also used as иметь связи где-либо:
У него (хорошие) связи в министерстве/правительстве/плановом отделе/посольстве/университете.
But with ночной клуб it hardly works.
A slangy variant is иметь завязки где-либо:
У тебя есть завязки в приемной комиссии?

 

[Rosett]

Связи из also used as иметь связи где-либо:
У него (хорошие) связи в министерстве/правительстве/плановом отделе/посольстве/университете.
But with ночной клуб it hardly works.
A slangy variant is иметь завязки где-либо:
У тебя есть завязки в приемной комиссии?

For the admission board, it's still "связи".

 

[Maroseika]

For the admission board, it's still "связи".

Sure, it was just an example. Slangy word can be used in any context.

 

[Budspok]

име́ть "ру́ку"/ блат где-либо
To my mind it might have some similarity with "to ride on someone's coattails".