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помогла сберечь мириады цивилизационных, духовных нитей

English translation: helped preserve a multitude of cultural and spiritual ties


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08:41 Oct 4, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
Russian term or phrase: помогла сберечь мириады цивилизационных, духовных нитей
1 января 2012 года стартует важнейший интеграционный проект — Единое экономическое пространство России, Белоруссии и Казахстана.
Проект, являющийся, без преувеличения, исторической вехой не только для трех наших стран, но и для всех государств на постсоветском пространстве.
Путь к этому рубежу был непростым и порой извилистым.
Он начался двадцать лет назад, когда после крушения Советского Союза было создано Содружество Независимых Государств.
По большому счету была найдена та модель, которая **помогла сберечь мириады цивилизационных, духовных нитей**, объединяющих наши народы.
Maria Rakovskaya
Local time: 16:04
English translation:helped preserve a multitude of cultural and spiritual ties
Explanation:
I think "myriad" and "civilizational" are cognates that don't quite translate identically between the two languages, in the ways that they are used. Both sound odd to me when translated literally here.
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Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 08:04
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4helped preserve a multitude of cultural and spiritual ties
Susan Welsh
4helped to preserve the assemlies of civil and spiritual strands
Alexandra Taggart
4helped preserve myriads of civilizational and spiritual ties (among our peoples)Ivan Kolesov


  

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helped preserve myriads of civilizational and spiritual ties (among our peoples)


Explanation:
Очень буквально, но в оригинале, на мой взгляд, особой "химии" и не было.

Ivan Kolesov
Local time: 18:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Susan Welsh: "myriad" is usually used in the singular, since it means "a very large number"
32 mins
  -> thanks, I wasn't aware of that.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
helped preserve a multitude of cultural and spiritual ties


Explanation:
I think "myriad" and "civilizational" are cognates that don't quite translate identically between the two languages, in the ways that they are used. Both sound odd to me when translated literally here.

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 08:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Theodora OB
23 mins
  -> Thanks, Theodora
agree  The Misha: That was my first thought too, sans the multitude. But hey, you are the native here. Cheers, Susan.
2 hrs
  -> Cheers to you too, Misha
agree  Gennady Lapardin: i'd even omit the "multitude", at the best "many / a lot of", for 200 mln people
17 hrs
agree  cyhul
2 days20 hrs
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2 days5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
helped to preserve the assemlies of civil and spiritual strands


Explanation:
http://www.google.ru/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&sqi=2&ved=0CDg...

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
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