небожитель
English translation: celestial being
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| 05:21 Sep 17, 2002 |
| Russian to English translations [PRO] Anthropology / anthropology | |||||
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|  Selected response from: marfus United States Local time: 18:40 | ||||
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| 5 +4 | celestial being |
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| 4 | Olympian |
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| 4 | heaven inhabitants |
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4 mins confidence: 
Olympian Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-17 05:26:57 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \'world of NEBOZHITELEY\' may also be rendered as \'heavenly world\' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-17 05:34:44 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A note to Marfus\' note :-) The text is rather ironical, I presume, and in such context Olympian IMHO would perfectly fit. If however the author does seriously consider the ties between the supernatural world and the ours, we should indeed translate literally and then NEBOZHITEL\' is a \'heavenly being\' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-17 05:36:42 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or \'celestial being\' as suggested below by Marfus -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-17 07:47:54 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Ah yes, I\'ve simply took no notice of the previous question :-)) |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4celestial being Explanation: =v= -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-17 05:33:51 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- helpful alternatives: \"beings in the Upper World\" and \"Upper World\" could prove very usable when speaking in general terms or in polytheistic SETTINGS \"The beings in the Upper World had the bodies of humans but the heads of ravens...\" wings.avkids.com/Book/Myth/instructor/aadja-01.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-09-17 05:47:07 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- To Mr Tomara: I assume the Asker\'s source to be a scientific paper dealing with mythology, and thus the need for accurate descriptive terms, not those of metaphorical potential (if the latter IS the case i\'d support your serendipitous Olimpian thing, i really like it) Ru>en Dict.of Relig.Terminology (w/definitions). Moscow 2002 |
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