Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago
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Mikhail Petrovasked for translation 5 years ago
How to translate? (en-ru)
The music is a universal language of the world. - Артикли здесь правильно расставлены?
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⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
Mikhail, two things (1) In English, we don’t use an article for abstract things like LIFE, LOVE, SUCCESS... as well as things referred to in an abstract, general way like MUSIC, MONEY. (2) When there is only ONE of something, we use the definite article: THE president of the United States, THE Eiffel Tower, THE sun, and here THE universal language because there’s only one in the universe.
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago
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Mikhail Petrovadded a comment 5 years ago
Well, I see. I was influenced by "go to THE theatre" (an art, too), and supposed that there are several universal languages (including English) and music is ONE OF them. Not right?
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
The problem there is that UNIVERSAL implies one for the whole universe.
Г Ladded a comment 5 years ago
Если речь идет о конкретной музыке то правильно будет THE music или THIS MUSIC.
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
Спасибо за информацию, ГL, но вот в этом посте речь, казалось бы, идет о музыке в общем.
Mikhail Petrovadded a comment 5 years ago
ОК. Понял, спасибо.
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
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