Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Построить дом, посадить дерево, родить сына
English translation:
Build a house, plant a tree and father a son
Added to glossary by
Oleg Lozinskiy
Jun 26, 2018 13:16
5 yrs ago
Russian term
Russian Federation
Make. Sense.
Native in: Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Russian to Ukrainian, and 3 more.
Построить дом, посадить дерево, родить сына
Russian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Нужен эквивалент в английском. «Программа-минимум» на жизнь.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +7 | Build a house, plant a tree and father a son |
Oleg Lozinskiy
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| 5 | build a house, plant a tree, bring up a son |
Bea Hyde-Owens
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Change log
Jul 2, 2018 08:03: Oleg Lozinskiy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
There's No Limit to Perfection
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
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Build a house, plant a tree and father a son
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Tatiana Grehan
: there's a variation - "raise a son"
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Thank you, Tatiana. Though some people assert: "In Britain we do not use the tern 'raise' when speaking of children. We 'raise' pigs or chickens or sheep; we even 'raise' potatoes. But unlike Americans we do not 'raise' children. They are 'brought-up'".
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Vladyslav Golovaty
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Thank you, Vladys.
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Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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Спасибо, Турдимурод.
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Susan Welsh
: I don't think there is any equivalent EN expression, but this is perfectly clear.
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Thank you, Susan!
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Nina Chulak
: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/128856/build-a-h...
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Thank you, Nina!
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Yuri Larin
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Thank you, Yuri.
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Sarah McDowell
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Thank you, Sarah.
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Bea Hyde-Owens
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Linguist & literary specialist
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Russian to English, French to English, and 2 more.
build a house, plant a tree, bring up a son
I find 'bring-up' to be a gender-neutral equivalent to 'father'.
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