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Pink Peonyasked for translation 4 years ago

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Времена года сменяют друг друга

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1.
Seasons change.
translation added by Dmitry Artamonov
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2.
Seasons rotate
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The four seasons rotate in a never-ending pattern.
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translation added by grumbler
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Discussion (20)

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 years ago

The seasons follow one another.

grumbleradded a comment 4 years ago

seasons come one after another
Надо признать, встречается нечасто - https://www.google.com/search?q=%22seasons+come+one+after+another%22&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 years ago

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=seasons+alternate%2Cseasons+rotate%2Cseasons+follow+one+another%2Cseasons+change&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cseasons%20alternate%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cseasons%20rotate%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cseasons%20follow%20one%20another%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cseasons%20change%3B%2Cc0

grumbleradded a comment 4 years ago

Seasons change - это более широкое выражение
Seasons change, People too
Seasons Change and So Do We

В большинстве случаев это просто (с)меняются, с "друг друга" не переведешь

Pink Peonyadded a comment 4 years ago

Ясно, благодарю за помощь!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

“Seasons change“ is the only one that sounds natural. All the others are possible, but sound contrived.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

Grumbler: in A NEVER-ENDING pattern

Андриолли 1added a comment 4 years ago

Replace each other тоже не подходят? Сменяют друг друга

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=seasons+change%2Cseasons+alternate%2Cseasons+rotate%2C+seasons+replace+each+other&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cseasons%20change%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cseasons%20alternate%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cseasons%20rotate%3B%2Cc0

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

+++Dmitry

Андриолли 1added a comment 4 years ago

Улий, я видела эту диаграмму. Я говорю, что в русском языке чередуются- это не придуманный вариант, он существует.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

I’m just saying that just because something sounds good in Russian, it may not translate well into English. This is such a case. The vast majority of English-speakers would just say SEASONS CHANGE. It’s somehow too simplistic (and obvious) to say that one season replaces another.

Андриолли 1added a comment 4 years ago

Хорошо, буду знать)

Pink Peonyadded a comment 4 years ago

Uly, what do you thonk about
Seasons revolves
to highlight the passage of time and its reccurence?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

I don’t see anything wrong with “THE seasons revolve” as a description of how they pass. https://books.google.com/books?id=oPW_pTjpeCQC&pg=PA1789&lpg=PA1789&dq=%22the+seasons+revolve%22&source=bl&ots=gdQNxVunyr&sig=ACfU3U0fHkM7hjpFv8iJ7uGOzoqxgUWOaQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjE7fTE2sPqAhVLQ6wKHegrCy8Q6AEwCnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20seasons%20revolve%22&f=false

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

Grumbler’s ROTATE is also good.

Pink Peonyadded a comment 4 years ago

Merci🙂

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

👍🏼 😉

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 years ago

Только что встретила субстантивированный вариант: the passage of the seasons...

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

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