Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Нет повести печальнее на свете...
English translation:
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo
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diana bb
Jun 6, 2002 09:18
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Russian term
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Нет повести печальнее на свете...
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Romeo & Juliet
Нет повести печальнее на свете, чем повесть о Ромео и Джульетте.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +9 | For never was a story... |
diana bb
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| 4 +2 | chem muzyka Prokof'yeva na balete. |
GaryG
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Proposed translations
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For never was a story...
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
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chem muzyka Prokof'yeva na balete.
Supposedly Ulanova coined this, remarking on the "undanceability" of some of the composer's music.
I've even seen it translated (somewhat loosely) into
rhyming English:
"There's no sadder tale of woe
than Prokofiev's music to Romeo"!
I've even seen it translated (somewhat loosely) into
rhyming English:
"There's no sadder tale of woe
than Prokofiev's music to Romeo"!
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