حماسه‌ی سیاسی و حماسه‌ی اقتصادی

12:23 Apr 17, 2013 

My humble view is that Khamanei in using حماسه‌ی سیاسی و حماسه‌ی اقتصادی is reaching for something more rhetorically charged than 'epic' or 'heroic' conveys in English. Ehsan is on to something when he suggests the word valor, but for these sorts of highly charged political slogans we have to think a little more Churchillian: I suggest 'indomitable politics and economics" or 'dauntless politics and economics'. Both convey the implication that huge challenges lay ahead, but that Iran's political class and its economy will eventually overcome them - in epic fashion.

17:41 Mar 20, 2013 

Thank you, Edward!

16:54 Mar 20, 2013 

I don't know if that is possible...not to worry...next time, wait a day or two to see how many people answer. You can go back to that page and see if it is possible.

Personally, I don't think it is a good idea to let the community choose the answer...if you have selected one, then that is the one that should get the points, even if the "community" disagrees...more than once my answer was chosen by the Asker but the "community" chose a different one...this has happened to others, too.

16:44 Mar 20, 2013 

I don't suppose changing the "most helpful" is possible... Is it?

16:36 Mar 20, 2013 

Everyone is quoting the same source :)

16:13 Mar 20, 2013 

But plenty of sites confirm "political epic and economic epic":
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="Year of Political Epi...

Including IRIB.IR:
http://english.irib.ir/news/political4/item/108653-leader-na...

15:21 Mar 20, 2013 

This is not a particularly good translation here. To convey the idea better, we could use "heroism".
As a noun "epic" is normally used for somthing like the Shahnameh or Beowulf.
If we use it as an adjective, we need to add a noun such as "action/performance/results".

11:36 Mar 20, 2013 

Yes, and it's used here:

http://www.irna.ir/en/News/80590326/All_News/Supreme_Leader_...