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Глядя в будущее и опираясь на опыт прошлого, живите сегодня

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06:56 Sep 28, 2009
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / New Year Greetings
Russian term or phrase: Глядя в будущее и опираясь на опыт прошлого, живите сегодня
Здравствуйте.
Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести поздравления для открытки на Новый Год. Я так понимаю, что это чья-то цитата.

Глядя в будущее и опираясь на опыт прошлого, живите сегодня

Спасибо за помощь
Aliona Bor
Local time: 13:05
English translation:Цитаты:
Explanation:
Learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the present - Petra Nemcova

"Learn from the past, live for today and look forward to the future"
— Albert Einstein
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Margarita
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Local time: 06:05
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7Цитаты:
Margarita
4 +1looking ahead, keep what you had. Today - is all above said.
Andrey Belousov
4profit from yesterday, look forward to tomorrow, live (fully) today
Michael Korovkin


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
profit from yesterday, look forward to tomorrow, live (fully) today


Explanation:
an exercise in triteness... byt what else should one expect from a greeting card?

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 12:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 60
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
looking ahead, keep what you had. Today - is all above said.


Explanation:
Чёрт меня побери.... вот так я это вижу. Сорри, если не в тему.

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Note added at 30 mins (2009-09-28 07:26:59 GMT)
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По-ходу, это будет МОЯ цитата.
Хорошего вам дня, Алёна!

Andrey Belousov
United States
Local time: 06:05
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 126
Notes to answerer
Asker: спасибо. Отлично звучит, даже лучше чем оригинал


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yana Soboleva: Красиво!
5 mins
  -> Пасибки!
neutral  Rachel Douglas: I realize you were trying to rhyme it, but I don't think this is comprehensible. "Keep what you had" would refer to something you no longer have, and "is all above said" sounds like a string of words with no meaning.
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Цитаты:


Explanation:
Learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the present - Petra Nemcova

"Learn from the past, live for today and look forward to the future"
— Albert Einstein

Margarita
United States
Local time: 06:05
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrey Belousov: Привет, Марго! Сто лет тебя не видел - слышал.... Отпиши в личку, плиз!
37 mins
  -> Привет, Андрей! Действительно, годы летят! Сейчас напишу.
agree  Susan Welsh: Either one, but I like the Einstein quote better.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Susan.
agree  xxxAlarick
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Rachel Douglas
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Rachel.
agree  Mark Berelekhis: Interestingly enough, on this one I'd go with Nemcova over Einstein.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Mark.
agree  Judith Hehir: They're both good in my book.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Judith.
agree  A O Fisher: I'd go with the Nemcova - it has a nice ring to it with the most important marker at the end
13 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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