Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Ему шел первый год.
English translation:
(when) he wasn\'t yet a year old
Added to glossary by
Talli L
Nov 19, 2013 17:23
10 yrs ago
Russian term
Ему шел первый год.
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
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Proposed translations
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(when) he wasn't yet a year old
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Note added at 12 mins (2013-11-19 17:36:36 GMT)
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depending on the context...could use some more acutally
examples: even though, he wasn't yet a year old....
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Note added at 12 mins (2013-11-19 17:36:36 GMT)
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depending on the context...could use some more acutally
examples: even though, he wasn't yet a year old....
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Rachel Douglas
: Depending on the rest of the sentence, it might also be, "Before he was a year old..."
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
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English
Specializes in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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It was his first year of life
Would be the literal rendering. However, Mikhail is right that it sounds a bit off, so I would try and improve the flow by combining it with another sentence, i.e. "In his first year of life, he..."
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skymir
: Or one might say "stil in his first year of life"
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Leigh Mosley
: I like "in his first year of life"
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Denis Gordeychuk
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
If I can't translate it, nobody can.
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, French to English, and 1 more.
At full blossom of his life's first year.
Oscar Wilde style.
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The Misha
: I am afraid you are about a hundred years late with this.
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
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United States
On time, on target, on budget.
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Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
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His first year rolled on.
Here is the whole year in one sentence, including the action word "roll."
Discussion
"Ему шел двадцать первый год".
Разница -- есть.