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English translation: respect towards privite property must be imbibed with mother\'s milk / learned from early childhood

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Russian term or phrase:	с молоком впитаться уважение
English translation:	respect towards privite property must be imbibed with mother\'s milk / learned from early childhood
Entered by:	Maria Rakovskaya

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06:56 Dec 8, 2011

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism

Russian term or phrase: с молоком впитаться уважение

По словам Александра Волошина, создание нормального инвестиционного климата в России по некоторым показателям займет целое поколение.
«Должно смениться поколение полицейских, судей, должно с молоком впитаться уважение к частной собственности», - полагает он.

Maria Rakovskaya KudoZ activity Questions: 120 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 86
Local time: 05:13

respect towards privite property must be imbibed with mother's milk / learned from early childhood

Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 03:13

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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

respect towards privite property must be imbibed with mother's milk / learned from early childhood

Michael Korovkin

3 +3

they should be brought up to respect

L.E.E.

5 -1

Inborn respect

Andrei Gitch

innate sense of respect

splotnik

Cut their teeth on respect

erika rubinstein

respect must be inbred (with mother's milk)

Jurate Kazlauskaite

Discussion entries: 1

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

they should be brought up to respect

Explanation:
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L.E.E.
Native speaker of:

Georgian
PRO pts in category: 4

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Inborn respect

Explanation:
Cannot think of alternatives.

Andrei Gitch
Sweden
Local time: 03:13
Native speaker of:

Russian

58 mins confidence:

Cut their teeth on respect

Explanation:
Dict

erika rubinstein
Local time: 03:13
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

respect towards privite property must be imbibed with mother's milk / learned from early childhood

Explanation:
...

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 03:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 24

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Oleksiy Markunin: imbibed is good

1 hr

-> thanks Oleksiy

agree

Rachel Douglas: Yes, "to imbibe X with their mother's milk" is a nice idiomatic phrase in English, even if not used as much as in earlier times. But maybe try to get it out of the passive: "respect for private property is something they need to imbibe with their mm."

4 hrs

-> Yes, thanks, Rachel. I don't like PV either. I just gave the terminology. The rest would depend on how the rest of the phrase is...oops... on how the asker would translate the rest of the phrase :)

agree

Leigh Mosley: They're both good, but I might go with the second. Or even "at their mother's knee."

5 hrs

-> Thanks. Frankly, I'd just put: they must grow up in the new culture of respect for...

agree

MariyaN

12 hrs

-> Thanks, Mariya

agree

Irène Woodhead: also w/Rachel

1 day9 hrs

-> Thanks, Irène

agree

cyhul

1 day17 hrs

-> спасибо!

2 hrs confidence:

respect must be inbred (with mother's milk)

Explanation:
XXX

Example sentence(s):

Reference: http://books.google.lt/books?id=1cEOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA5...

Jurate Kazlauskaite
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of:

Lithuanian
PRO pts in category: 4

8 hrs confidence:

innate sense of respect

Explanation:
Врожденное чувство уважения.

splotnik
Local time: 21:13
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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