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легкие штрихи

English translation: the light strokes (of real historic facts that...)


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Russian term or phrase:легкие штрихи
English translation:the light strokes (of real historic facts that...)
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14:52 Dec 17, 2011
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Russian term or phrase: легкие штрихи
Во всех якобы биографических фильмах о королевской жизни лирическая составляющая выражена настолько беспардонно ярко, что затмевает собой даже те легкие штрихи исторических реалий, которые, собственно, и послужили мотивом к созданию картины.

... that it eclipses even those slight features of historical realities which, in fact, were the inspiration behind the movie.
translato
Local time: 06:49
the light strokes (of real historic facts that...)
Explanation:
to keep a decidedly painterly allusion of the original...
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Michael Korovkin
Local time: 05:49
Grading comment
Thank you, Michael!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4rare glimpsesnevaeva
4 +1the light strokes (of real historic facts that...)
Michael Korovkin
2 +1faint traces
Serg Yefimov


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
rare glimpses


Explanation:
It's not a literal translation, but it conveys the original meaning well.

nevaeva
Local time: 13:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Douglas
53 mins
agree  Roman M
1 hr
agree  Oleksiy Markunin
1 day2 hrs
agree  cyhul
1 day13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
faint traces


Explanation:
faint traces

Serg Yefimov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:49
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alex Marshall
51 mins
  -> Thank you)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the light strokes (of real historic facts that...)


Explanation:
to keep a decidedly painterly allusion of the original...

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 05:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
Thank you, Michael!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Translator174: That's what I was thinking.
51 mins
  -> Thanks! There is a question about the whole phrase, anyway. So I stuck this in there as well, bar "real"... because, actually, a fact is real by the virtue of being a fact! :)
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