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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

have people's lives woven into them

English answer:

(Within/)In the patterns of this carpet are woven the tales of people's lives, one day at a time.

Added to glossary by KathyT
Jul 26, 2005 13:59
18 yrs ago
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English term

have people's lives woven into them

English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature children's literature
The patterns of this carpet have all the people's lives, day by day, woven into them.

Dear native English speakers!
Please advise on the phrase. Is the idea clear here? It's hard for me to be sure since I'm no NES.
Also, I'm not really sure where I should put the 'day by day' part to make the sentence sound smoother.

The goddess's carpet is in fact the whole world with all people's lives woven into it.

This is my translation from Russian.
Thank you!
Responses
3 +4 (Within/)In the patterns of this carpet are woven the tales of people's lives, one day at a time.
4 +3 That's fine
5 Day by day, all the peoples' lives are woven into the patterns of this carpet.

Discussion

juvera Jul 26, 2005:
It can be knitted into it. You could weave it into the knitted material afterwards, but they don't really do it. Knitting is realively strechy because of the loops, weaving into it makes it less so. Well, I'll stop being awkward, it is a tale after all.
Jack Doughty Jul 26, 2005:
Would it not be better to post this question in the Russian-English pair?
Non-ProZ.com Jul 26, 2005:
Well, she does use knitting needles to make the carpet itself, but can't there be patterns woven into it as well?
juvera Jul 26, 2005:
Is she knitting or weaving? It is not the same thing at all.

Responses

+4
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(Within/)In the patterns of this carpet are woven the tales of people's lives, one day at a time.

another suggestion...
HTH ;-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Nick Lingris : Most definitely!
1 hr
Many thanks, Nick :-)
agree NancyLynn : smooth!
1 hr
Many thanks, Nancy :-)
agree jennifer newsome (X)
3 hrs
Thanks, jennifer :-)
agree Saiwai Translation Services
12 hrs
Thanks, STS :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Kathy, I think your version is better. Thanks everybody!"
+3
7 mins

That's fine

Your translation seems very good to me.
Peer comment(s):
agree David Copeland
5 mins
Thank you.
agree Tony M : Except I'm worried about "all THE people's lives..." --- WHICH people's? Or does it mean 'the lives of everyone in the world'?
31 mins
Thank you.. I think the latter. Maybe "...have everyone's lives woven into them day by day..."
agree jennifer newsome (X)
3 hrs
Thank you.
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16 hrs

Day by day, all the peoples' lives are woven into the patterns of this carpet.

Another suggestion. This is how I would arrange these particular words, without changing any of them. The way you wrote it was fine, but to my ear, this is smoother, more typical and doesn't change your word choices. (This also puts the alliteration of the d's right up front emphasizing that soothing, rhythmic sense of days and patterns and lives interweaving.)

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Note added at 16 hrs 4 mins (2005-07-27 06:03:55 GMT)
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Or \"people\'s\", whatever is more applicable.
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