English to Russian Other Government / Politics

Доброго времени суток.

Building pluralism, making one out of many, a great American tradition, does not happen automatically or easily. Real pluralism never comes easy, because it has to be built not just on tolerance of the other but also on respect of the other, trust of the other. Like all such cultural encounters that have happened around America over the centuries, there was a fascination with and rejection of the “other,” attraction and repulsion, beautiful moments of understanding and painful moments of misunderstanding; there were crushes and breakups, intermarriages, divorces and remarriages. In any given week, I saw biases melt away and biases displayed. We dated each other, slighted each other, tolerated each other, quietly mocked each other and embraced each other—all at the same time. We worked on yearbooks and newspapers and sports teams and student councils together, and although we prayed at different buildings to different gods on different days in different ways, somehow through trial and error, we built a community—***but not without some broken emotional bones along the way***.

Спасибо.