Dec 10, 2002 09:57
21 yrs ago
русский term
Julia
Все новое - хорошое забытое старое
Non-PRO
русский => английский
Искусство/Литература
I would like to know if there is the equivalent of this proverb in English.
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5 час
Larissa Boutrimova
Канада
Канада
Native in русский
Канада
Accuracy and Style
Native in: русский 
Works in: английский => русский, русский, русский => английский
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708
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The new is the long-forgotten old
Words attributed to Mlle Bertin, Marie-Antoinette's dress-maker, although her memoirs are a literary forgery (I. Walshe, V.Berkov, Russian-English Dictionary of Winged Words)
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Strange ... I can\'t type Russian when answering KudoZ question. Or is it my computer this time?!!! Oh, no ...
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Strange ... I can\'t type Russian when answering KudoZ question. Or is it my computer this time?!!! Oh, no ...
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Teresa Pearce
: It's interesting to know who said it, although personally I'd go for the Bible here...
37 мин
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Thank you, Teresa. Probably I would too, though the words attributed to this Mlle are a better match to the Asker's question.
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xeni (X)
: a perfect match!
2 час
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Isn't it? Thank you, Ksenia
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Natalia Olshanskaya Robinson
1 дн 15 час
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Thank you, Natalia
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Nikita Kobrin
1 дн 19 час
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Thank you, Nikita
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
+6
45 мин
см. ниже
может быть, так:
nothing new under the sun
all the future exists in the past
history repeats itself
My two cents.
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Lessons from the past, lessons for the future
nothing new under the sun
all the future exists in the past
history repeats itself
My two cents.
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Lessons from the past, lessons for the future
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Irene Chernenko
: "History repeats itself" and "Nothing new..." say it well.
3 час
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Thanks, Irene
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Larissa Boutrimova
: That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. (The Bible, Ecclesiastes, 1, 9-10)
4 час
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Thanks for the reference, Larissa :)
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Teresa Pearce
5 час
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Thank you
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Emil Tubinshlak
: Agree with the Bible
6 час
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Thanks
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Alexandra Tussing
13 час
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Спасибо!
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Libero_Lang_Lab
: history has a habit of repeating itself
14 час
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Thanks, Dan
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48 мин
David Knowles
Native in английский
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: английский
Works in: русский => английский, английский, украинский => английский
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5172
Out with the old, in with the new!
Often quoted at the new year
2 час
Yuri Smirnov
Native in русский
Daily Translation since 1992
Native in: белорусский 
, русский
Works in: английский => белорусский, английский => русский, французский => русский, and 10 more.
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922
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago
Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
The Bible. Ecclesiastes 1:10
The Bible. Ecclesiastes 1:10
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3 час
Nikita Kobrin
Литва
Литва
Native in русский
Литва
Translator/Journalist/Voiceover Pro
Native in: русский (Variants: Standard-Russia, Standard-Latvia, Standard-Lithuania, Standard-Belarus, Standard-Ukraine)
Works in: английский => русский, русский
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244
The most trendy girls dress the way their great-grandmas did.
As far as I know there is no equivalent of this proverb in English. The above is simply my try to render not the form but the essence.
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Elizabeth Adams
: that would be difficult and probably not very healthy!
2 дн 6 час
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Why?
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4 час
long forgotten - as good as new
that which is forgotten is as good as new
Может быть, так? :-)
Может быть, так? :-)
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