Sep 21, 2009 13:13
14 yrs ago
Russian term

продолжение рода

Russian to English Art/Literary Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Как перевести это словосочетание? Исходное предложение такое:
"Одно из предназначений людей есть продолжение рода".

Proposed translations

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perpetuation of the species

It's an idiom. Google will turn up many entries.
Peer comment(s):

agree DTSM
14 mins
agree Lina Episheva
27 mins
agree Jim Tucker (X) : Even more common: "propagation o.t.s", but fine
44 mins
agree Judith Hehir
4 hrs
agree Iosif JUHASZ
4 hrs
agree Anna Bordanova (Semyonova)
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
4 mins

continuation of humankind

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-09-21 13:18:42 GMT)
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On the other hand, this appeals to the principle of human continuity and vitality, according to which the continuation of humankind has to be ensured ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0521565022...
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8 mins

continuation of clan/generation

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Peer comment(s):

agree engltrans : generation - sorry, I didn't see your answer
5 hrs
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21 mins

sexual reproduction

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2 hrs

propagation of the human race (or procreation of the human species)

both suggestions are widely represented in the www.
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