Nov 19, 2010 00:10
13 yrs ago
Russian term
Нет такого многообразия, которое нельзя было бы объять единством…
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
I'm translating a Christmas card and really need suggestions on how to make these phrases sound artful!! It's for a PR firm, so it has some PR meaning hidden in there. You don't have to offer suggestions for the rest of it if you don't want to but they are welcome.
Here is the rest of it:
Нет таких
острых углов, которые
нельзя было бы сгладить…
Нет таких противоречий, которые
нельзя было бы примирить…
Here is the rest of it:
Нет таких
острых углов, которые
нельзя было бы сгладить…
Нет таких противоречий, которые
нельзя было бы примирить…
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
20 hrs
Rachel Douglas
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
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384
Selected
No things are so diverse that they can't be brought together
No edges are so rough that they can't be smoothed...
No clashes are so deep that they can't be reconciled...
No things are so diverse that they can't be brought together...
The last line takes liberties, but I have in mind that it's a corporate Christmas card, for Pete's sake, not a philosophical treatise in which one would write something ponderous like "There is no disparity so great, that it cannot be united in a single whole."
No clashes are so deep that they can't be reconciled...
No things are so diverse that they can't be brought together...
The last line takes liberties, but I have in mind that it's a corporate Christmas card, for Pete's sake, not a philosophical treatise in which one would write something ponderous like "There is no disparity so great, that it cannot be united in a single whole."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
2 hrs
there is no such variety which would be impossible to be unified
IT MEANS THAT THERE IS NO SUCH DIFFERENCE WHICH CANNOT BE BROUGHT TOGETHER. FOR EXAMPLE ALL FIVE FINGERS ON ONES HAND ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER IN EVERY WAY BUT IT IS NOT IMMPOSIBLE TO BRING THEM TOGETHER.
+2
2 hrs
no diversity that could not be brought up to unity
no diversity that could not be brought up to unity
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Dilshod Madolimov
3 hrs
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| agree |
tschingite
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Andrei B
: bring up to = объять?! Will you please give at least one example of this meaning taken from a text written by a native speaker
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Jim Tucker (X)
: agree w Andrei that "brought up to" is not right in this context. Also, "cannot" better than "could not" here. Why not just "cannot be made one" or "cannot be unified"?
7 hrs
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+1
4 hrs
any variety can be unified
any differences can be smoothed
any contradictions can be reconciled
any contradictions can be reconciled
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jim Tucker (X)
: right track
5 hrs
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Thank you. Yes, the choice of words is largely illustrative, I must confess. :)
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10 hrs
see explanations
The full text can be traslated as follows:
No entities are so diverse they wouldn't fit into a unity
No dissonance is sharp enough it couldn't be smoothed out into consistency
No conflicts are so violent they shouldn't be balanced into harmony
Remarks
Verse 1 can be slightly changed if either people or things are implied:
No things on earth are so diverse they wouldn't fit into a unity
No people on earth are so diverse they wouldn't fit into a unity
Verse 2 should be construed figuratively rather than literally:
In Russian, the meaning of острых углов которые ... сгладить is similar to that of points of sharp disagreement that can or can't be overcome
Its translation is as close to literal as possible
No entities are so diverse they wouldn't fit into a unity
No dissonance is sharp enough it couldn't be smoothed out into consistency
No conflicts are so violent they shouldn't be balanced into harmony
Remarks
Verse 1 can be slightly changed if either people or things are implied:
No things on earth are so diverse they wouldn't fit into a unity
No people on earth are so diverse they wouldn't fit into a unity
Verse 2 should be construed figuratively rather than literally:
In Russian, the meaning of острых углов которые ... сгладить is similar to that of points of sharp disagreement that can or can't be overcome
Its translation is as close to literal as possible
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