English translation: the essential rather than the everyday
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Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase:бытийный, а не бытовой
Надеюсь, что на страницах журнала и форумах сайта XXXX мы вместе с вами сумеем сформулировать интересующие всех нас ***бытийные, а не бытовые***, вопросы о будущем и попытаемся дать ответы на них.
Explanation: An option that preserves a little of the alliterative element of the original text. Essential is proposed here in the philosophical sense - that which relates to the essence - rather than the common meaning of 'mandatory'.
I hope that, on the pages of the magazine and the forums of the website, we can, together, formulate, and indeed find answers to, questions about the future which go beyond the mere everyday and touch on the nature of our existence.
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I hope that, on the pages of the magazine and the forums of the website, we can, together, formulate, and indeed find answers to, questions about the future which go beyond the mere everyday and deal with the essential.
in that particular phrase, it works... just about... but has a quite different meaning from the one suggested by the Russian. In your phrase, it means the questions become more and more pointed, demanding of an answer.
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +6
existential and not simply mundane
Explanation: existential and not simply mundane issues concerning the future
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peer agreement (net): +6
