Glossary entry (derived from question below)
русский term or phrase:
теплиться
английский translation:
linger on
Added to glossary by
Andrew Vdovin
May 18, 2007 12:03
17 yrs ago
русский term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: русский 
Works in: английский => русский, русский, русский => английский, and 2 more.
теплится
русский => английский
Искусство/Литература
Литература и поэзия
Сознания нет. Лишь теплится инстинкт самосохранения. А рядом особа женского пола с косой. Сдайся - и все закончится.
My own version:
"Only the instinct of self-preservation, though very faint, still remains."
My own version:
"Only the instinct of self-preservation, though very faint, still remains."
Proposed translations
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Alexander Demyanov
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Proposed translations
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12 мин
Alexander Demyanov
Native in русский
Specializes in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: русский
Works in: английский, русский, русский => английский, and 1 more.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: "the song is ended but the mel-o-dy lingers on...."
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Thanks, Jim!
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Simon Hollingsworth
: Very good. I thought of "to greenhouse". What do you think? Sorry, I was just messing about
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Thanks, Simon. I didn't know "greenhouse" as a verb. Wouldn't be alluding to something like the global warming? Or to something "sheltered"?//Now you make me feel really stupid for the joke being lost on me.
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Olga Arakelyan
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Thanks, Olga!
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The Misha
: I offered a different variant but then on second though changed my mind. Yours captures the meaning of the entire passage better
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Thanks, Misha! You mean, a variant of "lingers", or a different suggetion all together?
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David Knowles
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Thanks, David!
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Intrada
: Very good indeed!
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Thanks, Intrada!
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Tevah_Trans
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Thanks, Tevah!
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Andrew Sabak
: ...or "flickers"?
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Thanks, Andrew! I believe "to flicker" is to burn unsteadily, like a "candle flickering in the wind", and this doesn't seem to work for "теплиться".
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Olga Cartlidge
: I like "flickers" too, like in "a flickering hope".
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Thanks, Olga! I don't like "flickers" too much because, e.g. "flickering hope" is hope that sort of oscillates between dissapearing and appearing again, and I don't think this is the meaning of "теплится" here.
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Сергей Лузан
: To be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help Alexander!"
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