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за здравие или за упокой

English translation: Long live or rest in peace

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Russian term or phrase:За здравие или за упокой
English translation:Long live or rest in peace
Entered by: MariyaN (X)

13:21 Jun 1, 2013
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore / тосты
Russian term or phrase: за здравие или за упокой
То ли пить за здравие, то ли за упокой.
kergap --
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:40
Long live or rest in peace
Explanation:
Мне кажется, можно что-то сделать с вот этим выражением - если, конечно, в оригинале речь не идёт и питии в прямом смысле.
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MariyaN (X)
United States
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Long live or rest in peace
MariyaN (X)
5Perhaps a toast to health, or maybe to the dead.
Olga Kuchuk
5a toast to health or for the peace of those who passed away
LilianNekipelov
4What to drink for health, or just for the dead.
Alexander Grabowski


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
What to drink for health, or just for the dead.


Explanation:
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Alexander Grabowski
Ukraine
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Perhaps a toast to health, or maybe to the dead.


Explanation:
If you try to translate "за упокой" more closely to what it originally means, the phrase will become too long. I think this is short and relays the message well.

Olga Kuchuk
Local time: 22:40
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Long live or rest in peace


Explanation:
Мне кажется, можно что-то сделать с вот этим выражением - если, конечно, в оригинале речь не идёт и питии в прямом смысле.

MariyaN (X)
United States
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Спасибо!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Korovkin: excellent! Wins hands-down over all that long-winded stuff! Даже если - особенно если! - речь идет о питии: To toast "long life" or "rest in peace". Luckily, in Englsh one can "subjectivise" anything – even the whole expressions!
15 hrs
  -> Да, действительно; спасибо за объяснение насчёт тоста - у меня в голове как-то крутилось, но не формулировалось.
agree  Oleksiy Markunin
15 hrs
  -> Спасибо!
agree  cyhul
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Спасибо.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a toast to health or for the peace of those who passed away


Explanation:
I would translate it this way.

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 22:40
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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