Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

школьные истины

English translation:

truths we learned from school

Added to glossary by Andrew Vdovin
Mar 22, 2008 06:18
16 yrs ago
Russian term

школьные истины

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Однако последующие десять лет жизни неизменно вводили "поправки" в школьные истины.

Имеются в виду "истины", привитые советскому человеку в школе.
Change log

Mar 30, 2008 04:27: Mark Berelekhis changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Poetry & Literature"

Proposed translations

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into the truths we learned / acquired / took away from school

I considered every possible synonym to "truth," but none of them quite fit (in my mind, at least).
Peer comment(s):

agree Irina Chamritski
3 hrs
Thank you, Irina.
agree Rachel Douglas : If the context is "нравственные установки" from the previous question, I vote for "the truths" here, but not necessarily with "into". Maybe "... amended the truths / made corrections to the truths we [he/they] _had_ learned..."
7 hrs
Thank you, Rachel. I had other words in mind, hence 'into,' but I'm perfectly fine with your choices.
agree Sandro C
11 hrs
Thank you, Sandro.
agree Iosif JUHASZ
14 hrs
Thank you, Iosif.
agree Mikhail Kropotov : I agree: the direct translation is best here
16 hrs
Thank you, Misha.
agree PoveyTrans (X)
16 hrs
Thank you, Simon.
agree Dorene Cornwell : corrections to
23 hrs
Thank you, Dorene.
agree Alexandra Tussing
2 days 20 hrs
Thank you, Rusinterp.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much for your help Mark! Thanks everybody!!!"
16 mins

Soviet school doctrines or Soviet school dogmas

Здесь истины в значении догматы, поэтому я бы так перевела:)
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+2
17 mins

values

Думаю, ценности, понятия.
Peer comment(s):

agree Olga Cartlidge : values or wisdom indoctrinated at school.
3 hrs
Thank you, Olga!
agree Vladimir Dubisskiy : values or "values"
22 hrs
Спасибо, Владимир!
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23 mins

values, inculcated at school

+1
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values learned in school

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7 hrs

...[life corrected] everything we'd been taught in school

...[life corrected] everything we were taught in school
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8 hrs

truisms

these can be Soviet truisms, whatever, any adjective that suits your content
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1 day 4 hrs

high school morals

может быть, даже high school truths - мне кажется, будет понятно
или Soviet school truths
есть выражение Sunday-school truth. Здесь оно не подходит, но можно обыграть
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