It always spills over the rim of every cup.
Russian translation: Нет в мире чаши не переполненной жизнью
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| 4 | она всегда переливается через край всякой чаши |
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| 4 | Нет в мире чаши, не переполненной жизнью |
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| it always spills over the rim of every cup. она всегда переливается через край всякой чаши Explanation: ona vsegda perelivayetsa cherez kray vsyakoy chashi -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2007-07-30 06:19:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- But the source is VERY important. There is a zillion ways to say this. |
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| it always spills over the rim of every cup. Нет в мире чаши, не переполненной жизнью Explanation: Since "it" = "life," as per: "What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup." phonetic -- Net v mire chashy, ne perepolnenoj zhizn'yu -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2007-08-03 18:21:12 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Daniella, Thank you :) But I do want to mention that this was more of a creative translation, rather than literal. It's literal translation is as follows: "There's not a cup in the world that can contain life." So, if you'd like to use a more literal translation of this quote, I'd suggest: "Жизнь всегда переливается через край" (ph - zhizn' vsegda perelivayetsa cherez kray) -- "life always spills over the rim" as the character is looking at the cup. I'd omit "of every cup," as that makes it sound a lot less poetic and contemplative in Russian. And it still preserves the allusion to Pasternak. Thank you and good luck! |
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