Strakh pered sodeiannym i liutye teni vcherashnikh razguliavshikhsia..

English translation: Terrified by what had been done...

11:08 Jul 4, 2004

Russian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Russian term or phrase: Strakh pered sodeiannym i liutye teni vcherashnikh razguliavshikhsia..

Ugrium Reka

"Strakh pered sodeiannym i liutye teni vcherashnikh razguliavshikhsia strastei-stradanii naglukho prikhlopnuli vsiu zhizn' v sele."

This is after days of wild revelry and violence in the village.
I am struggling to unravel this sentence.

Emily Justice KudoZ activity Questions: 1375 (10 open) (4 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 62 United Kingdom
Local time: 17:14

English translation:Terrified by what had been done...

Explanation:
Terrified by what had been committed and haunted by the wild passions and horrors of yesterday's revelry, the villagers did not show any sign of life.

Selected response from:

Larissa Dinsley
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:14

Grading comment

Thanks to both. Both answers were helpful. This one is particularly good. I am going for "...the revelry of the day before, the villagers were cowed".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

Terrified by what had been done...

Larissa Dinsley

4 +2

Fear before what was done in the past and savage shadows of

Umutay Midinova

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Fear before what was done in the past and savage shadows of

Explanation:
of passions and grieviences which had gone into full sweep yesterday clapped tight whole life in the village.

Umutay Midinova
Kyrgyzstan
Local time: 22:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Terrified by what had been done...

Explanation:
Terrified by what had been committed and haunted by the wild passions and horrors of yesterday's revelry, the villagers did not show any sign of life.

Larissa Dinsley
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 74

Grading comment

Thanks to both. Both answers were helpful. This one is particularly good. I am going for "...the revelry of the day before, the villagers were cowed".

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