Aug 15, 2007 12:31
16 yrs ago
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Russian term
Не боги горшки обжигают
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Folklore
Folklore
Пословица
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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1 hr
Selected
It's not rocket science
Here's an American equivalent
Peer comment(s):
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Roman Bardachev
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Thanks
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Blithe
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Thanks
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Mikhail Kropotov
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Thank you, kind sir.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
10 mins
Joseph Kovalov
Israel
Israel
Native in Russian
Israel
Professional | Native Russian | Creative
Native in: Russian 
, Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, French to Russian, Ukrainian to Russian, and 3 more.
One doesn't need the divine spark to make pots
Ни на что не претендую, просто недавно наткнулся на ресурс....
http://www.amalgama-lab.com/proverbs/proverbs-n.htm
One doesn't need the divine spark to make pots / Not God but man makes pot and pan / It doesn't take gods to make pots / It's no gods who bake the pots / It is not as hard as that / Whatever man has done, man can do
http://www.amalgama-lab.com/proverbs/proverbs-n.htm
One doesn't need the divine spark to make pots / Not God but man makes pot and pan / It doesn't take gods to make pots / It's no gods who bake the pots / It is not as hard as that / Whatever man has done, man can do
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Luba Balyan
Armenia
Armenia
Native in Russian
Armenia
20 yrs in wildlife, nature, environment
Native in: Armenian , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, Armenian to English, English to Russian, and 1 more.
Not God but man makes pot and pan (?)
Кто-то уже постарался первести. Из всех вариантов приглянулся этот: God but man makes pot and pan (см. http://www.amalgama-lab.com/proverbs/proverbs-n.htm)
..Хотя возможно у англоязычных коллег будут варианты получше.
..Хотя возможно у англоязычных коллег будут варианты получше.
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30 mins
Whatever man has done, man may do.
http://www.answers.com/topic/whatever-man-has-done-man-may-d...
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Note added at 40 mins (2007-08-15 13:11:21 GMT)
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еще вариант:
Miracles don't grow on gooseberry bushes.
http://www.lilabar.com/index.php
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Note added at 40 mins (2007-08-15 13:11:21 GMT)
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еще вариант:
Miracles don't grow on gooseberry bushes.
http://www.lilabar.com/index.php
Peer comment(s):
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Andrey Rykov
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Спасибо!
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The Misha
: It's a matter of personal taste, of course, but I don't think your version conveys the same meaning.
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Every man to his taste
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it can't be that hard; you can do anything you can put your mind to
These are both translations given in Lubensky's R>E Dictionary of Idioms
3 hrs
Tetyana Plakuta
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
Translating Power
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Ukrainian, Ukrainian to English
any man can do what another man has done
не боги горшки обжигают — any man can do what another man has done
Lingvo 12.0
Lingvo 12.0
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