Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Арык выкопаешь - свет увидишь.
English translation:
Digging an irrigation ditch will open up the whole world. (Sort of like "You irrigation ditch is the gatetway to the world.")
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Dorene Cornwell
May 23, 2005 11:18
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Russian term
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Арык выкопаешь - свет увидишь.
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Folklore
proverb
И еще один совершенно изумительный нармудр (спасибо, Кирилл, слово-то как ко мне прицепилось). А если арык не выкопаешь, так дураком и умрешь...
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Dorene Cornwell
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Russian term (edited):
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Digging an irrigation ditch will open up the whole world
I like "нармудр," but are we sure this is really golk wisdom, not some quaint Soviet exhortaion?
Digging an irrigation ditch will open up the whole world. (Sort of like "You irrigation ditch is the gatetway to the world.")
Digging an irrigation ditch will open up the whole world. (Sort of like "You irrigation ditch is the gatetway to the world.")
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all! Dorene, you are close to the truth, the whole point of нармуд as explained by Kirill was that they were really created by some Soviet authors. It shows!"
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Andrew Vdovin
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DELVING into DETAIL
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Russian term (edited):
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Dig an irrigation ditch, then you’ll see life can be rich
Dig an irrigation ditch, then you’ll see life can be rich.
Моя потуга. Попробую еще подумать.
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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2005-05-23 12:42:12 GMT)
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Or more sarcastic and straight-to-the-point:
...then you\'ll see life is a b..ch (excuse my French) :-j
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Note added at 1 hr 54 mins (2005-05-23 13:13:17 GMT)
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Or more sarcastic and straight-to-the-point:
...then you\'ll see life is a b..ch (excuse my French) :-j
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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-05-23 13:14:01 GMT)
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Oops! sorry for the duplication - my blunder!
Моя потуга. Попробую еще подумать.
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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2005-05-23 12:42:12 GMT)
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Or more sarcastic and straight-to-the-point:
...then you\'ll see life is a b..ch (excuse my French) :-j
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Note added at 1 hr 54 mins (2005-05-23 13:13:17 GMT)
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Or more sarcastic and straight-to-the-point:
...then you\'ll see life is a b..ch (excuse my French) :-j
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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-05-23 13:14:01 GMT)
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Oops! sorry for the duplication - my blunder!
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Dorene Cornwell
: well, yeah, but at least put some lipstick on this pig. See below.
3 hrs
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
: I like this, its funny
11 hrs
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+1
6 hrs
Alexander Demyanov
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Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Russian term (edited):
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dig a dike and (you will) see the light
(as in getting enlightened)
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