{"id":7432,"date":"2015-02-23T07:04:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T07:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=7432"},"modified":"2018-08-15T18:54:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T18:54:24","slug":"famous-quotes-in-russian-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/famous-quotes-in-russian-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Quotes in Russian Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>here are certain quotes (\u0446\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044b) from films, literature, folk sayings, and so on that have entered our everyday lexicon. This is the case with Russian, as well. Listed below are phrases originally said or written in languages other than Russian that are known to the vast majority of Russians. Can you finish these quotes? Hover over the underlined quotes to see the full phrase.<\/p>\n\u0417\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0443\u0301\u044e \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0439\u0434\u044f\u0301 \u0434\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0301\u043d\u044b…<\/span><\/strong><\/abbr>\n

This quote is from\u00a0The Divide Comedy<\/em> by Dante Alighieri (\u0414\u0430\u0301\u043d\u0442\u0435 \u0410\u043b\u0438\u0433\u044c\u0435\u0301\u0440\u0438<\/b>). There have been several translations of this work, but probably\u00a0most famous and critically acclaimed one belongs to\u00a0Mikhail Lozinsky<\/a> (\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438\u0301\u043b \u041b\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0301\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/b>). These are the first two lines, corresponding to “Midway upon the journey of our life\/I found myself within a forest dark” in Henry Longfellow’s translation<\/a>\u00a0or “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita\/mi ritrovai per una selva oscura” in the Italian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u041d\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u0435\u0447\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435\u0435\u00a0\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0435<\/span>…<\/strong><\/span><\/abbr>\n

This quote comes from the final lines\u00a0of\u00a0Romeo and Juliet (<\/em>\u0420\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043e \u0438 \u0414\u0436\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0442\u0430)\u00a0<\/b>by William\u00a0Shakespeare (\u0423\u0438\u0301\u043b\u044c\u044f\u043c \u0428\u0435\u043a\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0301\u0440).\u00a0<\/b>This particular expression is a slightly altered quote<\/a> from Nikolay Grekov<\/a>‘s translation (\u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0439 \u0413\u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u0432), “\u041f\u0435\u0447\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435\u0435<\/span> \u043d\u0435\u0442<\/span> \u043f\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span> \u043d\u0430<\/span> \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0435<\/span>, \u041a\u0430\u043a<\/span> \u043f\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/span> \u043e<\/span> \u0420\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043e<\/span> \u0438<\/span> \u0414\u0436\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0442\u0435<\/span>.” Shakespeare’s original<\/a> reads, “For never was a story of more woe\/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”<\/p>\n

This play is widely known in Russia and has inspired musical works by Tchaikovsky<\/a> and Prokofiev<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u041c\u044b \u0432 \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0445…<\/strong><\/span><\/abbr>\n

This phrase is often cited when talking about ethical treatment of pets. It comes from\u00a0The Little Prince (<\/em>\u041c\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0446)\u00a0<\/b>by\u00a0Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/a>\u00a0(\u0410\u043d\u0442\u0443\u0430\u0301\u043d \u0434\u0435 \u0421\u0435\u043d\u0442-\u042d\u043a\u0437\u044e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0301).\u00a0The French<\/a>\u00a0says, “\u0422u<\/span>\u00a0deviens<\/span> responsable<\/span> pour<\/span> toujours<\/span> de<\/span> \u0441\u0435<\/span> que<\/span> tu<\/span> as<\/span> apprivoise<\/span>.”<\/p>\n\u0416\u0440\u0435\u0301\u0431\u0438\u0439…<\/span><\/strong><\/abbr>\n

This is the Russian translation of the saying “The die is cast<\/a>” (Alea \u00edacta est), attributed to Julius Caesar<\/a>\u00a0(\u042e\u0301\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u0426\u0435\u0301\u0437\u0430\u0440\u044c). This, of course, refers to an important decision the speaker has made from which there is no coming back.<\/p>\n

Can you think of any other phrases that became famous in the Russian translation? I purposely did not include biblical quotes because you could say the whole book is one big quote. \ud83d\ude42 I’m especially curious about sayings\u00a0hailing\u00a0from non-Indo-European languages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are certain quotes (\u0446\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044b) from films, literature, folk sayings, and so on that have entered our everyday lexicon. This is the case with Russian, as well. Listed below are phrases originally said or written in languages other than Russian that are known to the vast majority of Russians. Can you finish these quotes? Hover…<\/p>\n

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