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veronika grishkoasked for translation 6 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)

Ничто человеческое мне не чуждо

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  1. 1.

    Nothing human is alien to me.

    translation added by ⦿ ULY
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Discussion (13)

Leon Leonadded a comment 6 years ago

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am human, so nothing that is human is foreign to me. (Wikiquote)

⦿ ULYadded a comment 6 years ago

Terence answered to his neighbor, who told him to mind his own business: Homo sum: humani nihil a me alienum puto. - I am a man, nothing human is alien to me. Immigration is always a very curious issue to me. Especially in the Americas. As I write, I keep thinking that I´d simply not exist, as I know myself, had my ancestors been detained at customs. Those were other times,though. At that time, Europe was "exporting" its unwanted or extra people. https://bigthink.com/articles/nothing-human-is-alien-to-me

⦿ ULYadded a comment 6 years ago

The version most people cite in the English-speaking world is with ALIEN. I’ve heard it all my life.

Leon Leonadded a comment 6 years ago

We must collect all possible versions and give people freedom to choose among.))

⦿ ULYadded a comment 6 years ago

But as a native, I’m also in a position to give insights to those versions and help them choose the right one. Sometimes there are cultural and other factors at play that the reader may not know about, such as the Walt Whitman angle in this case.

Leon Leonadded a comment 6 years ago

Well, I believe you but still we have one thing to do to make the above Jeffrey Berman (Univ of Massachusetts Press) and others follow the mainstream! ))

⦿ ULYadded a comment 6 years ago

touché

Leon Leonadded a comment 6 years ago

... I must say, once I worked as an editor either (it was a Russian newspaper). I know how it feels. 😒

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