"не думай о секундах свысока"

English translation: below please

13:31 Jun 16, 2005

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

Russian term or phrase: "не думай о секундах свысока"

Это не по работе. Просто стало вдруг любопытно, как это перевести (в приложении к kudoZ). Speed matters/seconds do matter вроде как не передает оттенка "свысока", то есть наплевательского такого отношения.

Kirill Semenov KudoZ activity Questions: 410 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 6119 Ukraine
Local time: 22:58

English translation:below please

Explanation:
- Let us treat each moment with our full attention.
- Let's treat treat each moment with curiosity, respect and attention.
- Let's treat each moment with carelessness.
- Let's treat each moment wisely and faithfully.
- Let's take care of each moment as though it were our own precious child.
- Let's treat each moment as if it was sacred.
- Let's treat each moment as if it were your last.
- Let's treat each moment like it's your last day.
- Let's treat each moment like the last moment never happened.
- Let's treat each moment of the present as though it is the moment you had been waiting for all your life.
- Let's treat each moment of every single day as a once-in-a-lifetime gift from our creator.
- Let's treat each moment as if it is a moment when we are at table together in the presence of the Holy One.
- Let's treat each moment as an unrepeatable miracle.
- Let's treat each moment very special/unique.
- Let's treat each moment like the treasure it is.
- Let's treat each moment like it's this magical event, (if that makes any sense).

Selected response from:

2rush
Kazakhstan

Grading comment

Ух, как много разных вариантов!

Всем огромнейшее спасибо :))
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

1 +7

below please

2rush

3 +1

don't underestimate a second/moment/ don't look down on seconds

Blithe

3 +1

Don't disrespect a second, denigrate!, Sometimes, in fact it can be more than great!

Simon Gregory

Don't think that seconds are just specks of time.

Andrew Vdovin

it's the seconds that make a minute / hour

tanyazst

Don't belittle seconds!

Andrey Belousov (X)

Don't think of moments as of mere ticks...

Nina Tchernova

don't look on seconds with an arr'gant air...

Yuri Geifman

seconds are nothing to sneeze at

AlanG (X)

Every second counts

Vladimir Chumak

don't think of seconds as a waste of time

Sara Noss

don't make a mountain out of a molehill

Dorene Cornwell

Answers

5 mins confidence:

не думай о секундах свысока it's the seconds that make a minute / hour

Explanation:
смысл вроде такой... как я его понимаю :)

tanyazst
Belarus
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

13 mins confidence:

Don't belittle seconds!

Explanation:
Just an idea

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 114

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

не думай о секундах свысока

below please

2rush
Kazakhstan
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 34

Grading comment

Ух, как много разных вариантов!

Всем огромнейшее спасибо :))

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

JoeYeckley (X): OK, can I vote for them in priority? :-) I like a variation -- "live each moment as if it were your last"

23 mins

-> I like it too. ; ) Thank you.

agree

Arthur Allmendinger: A great collection!

33 mins

-> Thank you

agree

koundelev: а не очепятка ли в №3?

56 mins

-> Да нет, думаю, всё ОК. Спасибо. Carelessness: the quality of not being careful or taking pains (Antonym of carefulness: the quality of being careful and painstaking) http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=careless...

agree

olganet: nice

56 mins

-> Thank you

agree

Pavel Pavlov

5 hrs

-> Thank you

agree

Dorene Cornwell: live each moment to the fullest

8 hrs

-> Thank you

agree

Vova

1119 days

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

don't underestimate a second/moment/ don't look down on seconds

Explanation:
варианты

Blithe
Local time: 15:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 19

1 hr confidence:

Don't think of moments as of mere ticks...

Explanation:
Чтобы размер соблюсти, нужно с ударениями очень специфически обращаться...

Nina Tchernova
Local time: 03:58
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

6 hrs confidence:

не думай о секундах свысока don't look on seconds with an arr'gant air...

Explanation:
Can't think of the next line ... :)
Relatively speaking, one should be able to see Eternioty in a second just as clearly as in an hour (I guess 'hour' rhymed better... but we'll never know for sure, will we)

Yuri Geifman
Canada
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English
PRO pts in category: 20

6 hrs confidence:

"не думай о секундах свысока" don't think of seconds as a waste of time

Explanation:
respect every second.

Just an idea.
Sara :)

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Note added at 7 hrs 14 mins (2005-06-16 20:45:41 GMT)
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no second is insignificant.

Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

9 hrs confidence:

не думай о секундах свысока don't make a mountain out of a molehill

Explanation:
...наплевательского такого отношения

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill

This is a guess in a completely different direction but it's an expression my mother uses a lot.

Dorene Cornwell
Local time: 12:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52

12 hrs confidence:

не думай о секундах свысока seconds are nothing to sneeze at

Explanation:
Idiom :) Like Russian "ne funt iz'yuma"

AlanG (X)
Native speaker of:

English

14 hrs confidence:

Every second counts

Explanation:
Every little second counts
Every little moment counts

Vladimir Chumak
Australia
Local time: 05:58
Native speaker of:

Ukrainian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 63

15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

"не думай о секундах свысока" Don't disrespect a second, denigrate!, Sometimes, in fact it can be more than great!

Explanation:
Don' disrespect a second, denigrate!
Sometimes, in fact, it can be more than great!
Sorry for low quality of home-made verses, I jointed to express my high respect to the Asker and colleagues

Simon Gregory
PRO pts in category: 3

1 day 18 hrs confidence:

"МЕ ДСЛЮИ Н ЯЕЙСМДЮУ ЯБШЯНЙЮ" Don't think that seconds are just specks of time.

Explanation:
Don't think that seconds are just (tiny или fleeting) specks of time.
Don’t regard seconds as mere trifles.
Don’t think that seconds are second-rate.

Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 02:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 88

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