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| 15:54 Nov 14, 2018 |
| Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: beermatt Local time: 06:42 | ||||||
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the arms grow higher than your head and still even hold that head Explanation: an attempt |
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peer agreement (net): +1your arms are higher than your head, and that very same head is being held in those very same arms Explanation: "Nonetheless it is rather difficult to get your bearings, when your arms are higher than your head, and that very same head is being held in those very same arms." This is the most prosaic rendering I could come up with that reflects the absurdity of the situation, as seems to be implied by the original. I don't think translating растут here in any literal sense quite works. Hope that helps! |
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см. ниже Explanation: Obviously you won't be able to express this as concisely and spot-on as in Russian, particularly because of the "arms" and "hands". I've thought about it for a while, and this is what I came up with as a further suggestion which to me sounds all right and "native": "Orientation is rather difficult if your arms are sticking out /above/higher than/ your head and in addition to that, the hands at the end of those arms are carrying that head." Hope that helps you... |
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