Apr 1, 2015 08:10
9 yrs ago
Russian term
Israel
Bring in sense
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Красивую идею в землю не закопаешь
Russian to English
Marketing
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Речь идет о реализации нового технологического решения
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | You can't bury / there's no burying a beautiful idea |
Mark Berelekhis
|
| 4 +1 | You can't keep a great idea down |
Rachel Douglas
|
| 3 | You can't let a beautiful idea go to waste |
Mikhail Kropotov
|
Proposed translations
+7
8 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in Russian
&
English
Works in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
Related KudoZ points
:
467
Selected
You can't bury / there's no burying a beautiful idea
Not familiar with the saying in Russian, so I suppose it calls for a fairly literal translation.
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Mark! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
2 hrs
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Germany
Native in Russian
Works in field
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
Related KudoZ points
:
488
You can't let a beautiful idea go to waste
I like Mark's answer but I'll offer this too, just because I opened your question and gave it a thought :)
Note from asker:
| Thank you Mikhail! |
+1
5 hrs
Rachel Douglas
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
220
You can't keep a great idea down
The final word can be varied:
... from spreading
... quiet
... hidden
... from spreading
... quiet
... hidden
Note from asker:
| Thank you Rachel! |
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