⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Hi Larissa! It looks like this is already translated. Is one of them the original?
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🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkasked for translation 4 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)
Сильный восточный ветер гонит волны от берега. Удивительное зрелище! У кромки вода совсем спокойная. Волны убегают вглубь моря, будто великан дует на «блюдце моря».
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The strong wind from the East is driving the waves away from the shore. An amazing view! At the edge, the surface looks becalmed. The water swells are running towards the sea expanse as if a giant is blowing upon “the saucer of the sea”.
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A strong east wind is driving the waves away from the shore - an amazing sight to behold! At its edge, the water is completely calm and there are swells running seaward as if a giant were blowing on a saucer of sea.
Translator's comment
◉ WIND FROM THE EAST is good, but not as concise as AN EAST WIND ◉ a VIEW gives you the opportunity to look out, like from a hotel room; a SIGHT or SPECTACLE is something fascinating/horrifying to see ◉ this view can be described differently depending on the emotion it evokes: if it's unexpected in its force, it's AMAZING; if it's beautiful at the same time, it's MAGNIFICENT; if it's almost scary in its scale, it's AWESOME ◉ AT THE EDGE isn't bad, but AT ITS EDGE(S) is a little more descriptive ◉ BECALMED normally describes boats that can't move because there's no wind ◉ SWELLS don't need the descriptive "water" and they're not a standard feature of a seascape, so we don't normally refer to THE SWELLS as we would, for example, to THE WAVES. Normally we say "there are swells" or "swells have built up" (no article) ◉ I love your SAUCER OF SEA, but it doesn't need quotation marks because the giant is already mythical, so the saucer of sea will also be taken in the right spirit.
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Discussion (34)
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
Hi Uly! Yes, actually both of them are. I’ve written in Russian and translated into English.
I wanted to be sure it was correct.
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
So the Russian was written by you, and the English was translated by you?
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
*I WROTE the Russian and...
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
“*I WROTE the Russian and...” - thank you!
Yes, that's right.
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Wow! Very impressive. It’s perfectly understandable and well written, but there is room for improvement and I’m writing something for you right now.
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
Oh, this is what I need. Thank you so much! )
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
*THAT’S (just) what I need 😉
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
🤗
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Beautiful writing! I hope you'll continue to regale us with your story)))
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
Спасибо за огромную пояснительную работу!
Это супер 🙌
Да, наверное, буду. У меня ещё много вопросов ))
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
А как можно сказать: «вода спокойная как в штиль»?
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
the water is calm, like on a windless day
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
My pleasure!! Your English is amazing 🤩
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
Спасибо! Краснею от удовольствия 😊 ))
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
😀
Russ Sadded a comment 4 years ago
Uly, your translation ends with "...blowing on a saucer of sea."
Why there is no THE before sea? It's asking to be there, no?
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Nope 👎 a glass of milk, a piece of sky, a ray of sun, a sliver of ocean, a saucer of sea
Russ Sadded a comment 4 years ago
Yes, your examples are general and look good without THE. However, in our case the author/speaker talks about this particular sea that already has been mentioned previously in text (water, shore, seawards, swells, waves). Since we know what sea we are talking about it's asking for THE. Does it make sense?
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
It doesn’t matter that she’s alluded to it. OF THE SEA is normally used for things that can be found in the ocean that are compared to something else. For instance, a shell that’s shaped like a dish could be called “the saucer of the sea” or a shark can be described as the “lion of the sea.” Here, we’re using the saucer contains an actual piece of sea with ripples, shimmers, bubbles, etc. to be disturbed by the breath of the giant.
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Russ Sadded a comment 4 years ago
thanks. confusing sometimes.
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
I know))) That’s why I try to explain everything.
🇷🇺 Larissa Skylarkadded a comment 4 years ago
Wow, even more clarification! It was very interesting to read 👍
Thank you!
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Anytime)))
Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 4 years ago
Uly, "one section of road" follows the same pattern, right?
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
yes
Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 4 years ago
Needs to be digested...
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Sometimes you just refer to a section of road without it being definite: We found our dog as a puppy, walking down a section of road in the desert just outside of Phoenix.”
Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 4 years ago
Ok, but in that post, that was a unique situation with a particular road. Or I didn't catch something? What if I said "one section of THE road was..."? Like in "of THAT road...
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
That would be correct too, if you were talking about a particular road. However, you corrected a PIECE OF ROAD to a PIECE OF THE ROAD, as if the former were incorrect and it isn’t.
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
“When I got tired, Alex drove for a piece of THE road, and I took a nap in the back seat.”
Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 4 years ago
Now I got it! Thank you, Mr. Surprise!
⦿ ULYadded a comment 4 years ago
Anytime, killah!)))