Apr 26, 2005 04:51
19 yrs ago
Russian term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
никто уже и не помнит когда
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
children's literature
- Очень и очень давно, никто уже и не помнит когда, - начал рассказывать Лорр, - нашего мира еще не было.
Подскажите, please, такую фразу, которая легко увязывалась бы с началом: 'A very, very long time ago'.
Подскажите, please, такую фразу, которая легко увязывалась бы с началом: 'A very, very long time ago'.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +8 | Once upon a time, so long ago no one remembers when and where. |
Tsogt Gombosuren
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Change log
Apr 26, 2005 07:47: Kirill Semenov changed "Field (write-in)" from "children\'s literature" to "children\'s literature "
Proposed translations
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8 mins
Tsogt Gombosuren
Canada
Canada
Canada
Professionalism and Integrity
Native in: Mongolian 
Works in: English to Mongolian, Mongolian to English, French to Mongolian, and 20 more.
Related KudoZ points
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Russian term (edited):
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Once upon a time, so long ago no one remembers when and where.
folktale openings, from Storytell
... A long time ago - and yet perhaps it wasn't such a very long time ago - there
lived. ... Once upon a time, so long ago no one remembers when and where. ...
www.folktale.net/openers.html - 15k
Storytelling Openings - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists
... 18) A long time ago, the old people say... 19) A long time ago, long ago, ...
112) Once upon a time, so long ago no one remembers when and where. ...
www.story-lovers.com/listsstorytelling openings.html - 30k
... A long time ago - and yet perhaps it wasn't such a very long time ago - there
lived. ... Once upon a time, so long ago no one remembers when and where. ...
www.folktale.net/openers.html - 15k
Storytelling Openings - Story-Lovers SOS Story Lists
... 18) A long time ago, the old people say... 19) A long time ago, long ago, ...
112) Once upon a time, so long ago no one remembers when and where. ...
www.story-lovers.com/listsstorytelling openings.html - 30k
Peer comment(s):
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Robert Donahue (X)
: Very strange...the encoding on this page doesn't work (for me obviously). I can see what Andrew posted on his "open kudoz" page so I can see that your answer is correct : )
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Yes, encoding doesn't work properly today. I have to set my encoding back to Cyrillic (Windows) whenever I go to other tabs, pages etc. Thanks Robert! :-)
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Anneta Vysotskaya
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Thank you Anneta! :-)
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Mikhail Kropotov
: I think there are some words missing in your translation, - it's ambiguous as is. I would add "so long ago *that* no one remembers" or something like that.
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possible, but not essential. Thank you Mikhail! :-)
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Jack Doughty
: I should leave out and where", as the asker suggests, even though "where and when" (or vice versa) is a common expression.
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Yes, "where" can be omitted here.Thank you Jack! :-)
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Kirill Semenov
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Thanks a lot, Kirill! :-)
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Larissa Dinsley
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Thanks a lot, Larissa! :-)
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Seger Bonebakker (X)
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Thanks a lot, Seger! :-)
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Marina Davidenko
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Thanks a lot, Marina! :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
Discussion
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