Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
перековать мечи на орала
English translation:
to beat swords into plowshares
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Robert Donahue (X)
Mar 24, 2005 01:16
19 yrs ago
Russian term
Robert Donahue (X)
перековать мечи на орала
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I need two things please. A translation and an explanation as to what the heck this means.
This is from the title of an article about an architecture museum.
Перековать мечи на орала
Музей архитектуры показывает, как из башни ПВО сделать музей
This is from the title of an article about an architecture museum.
Перековать мечи на орала
Музей архитектуры показывает, как из башни ПВО сделать музей
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| 5 +16 | to beat swords into plowshares |
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to beat swords into plowshares
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-03-24 01:20:12 GMT)
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This is a bible phrase, that was taken by communists and used for brainwashing. Bottom line is disarmament.
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-03-24 01:24:31 GMT)
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The United Nations garden contains several sculptures and statues that have been donated by different countries. This one is called \"Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares\" and was a gift from the then Soviet Union presented in 1959. Made by Evgeniy Vuchetich, the bronze statue represents the figure of a man holding a hammer in one hand and, in the other, a sword which he is making into a plowshare, symbolizing man\'s desire to put an end to war and convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind.
Copyright © 2001 United Nations
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/untour/subswo.htm
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-03-24 01:30:35 GMT)
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Personally, I believe in the following quote:
\"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.\" :-)
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Note added at 25 mins (2005-03-24 01:42:25 GMT)
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http://www.volcano.net/~pross/forumcgi/display.cgi?page=topi...
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-03-24 01:20:12 GMT)
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This is a bible phrase, that was taken by communists and used for brainwashing. Bottom line is disarmament.
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-03-24 01:24:31 GMT)
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The United Nations garden contains several sculptures and statues that have been donated by different countries. This one is called \"Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares\" and was a gift from the then Soviet Union presented in 1959. Made by Evgeniy Vuchetich, the bronze statue represents the figure of a man holding a hammer in one hand and, in the other, a sword which he is making into a plowshare, symbolizing man\'s desire to put an end to war and convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind.
Copyright © 2001 United Nations
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/untour/subswo.htm
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-03-24 01:30:35 GMT)
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Personally, I believe in the following quote:
\"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.\" :-)
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Note added at 25 mins (2005-03-24 01:42:25 GMT)
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http://www.volcano.net/~pross/forumcgi/display.cgi?page=topi...
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: The Bible, Isiah chapter 2 verse 4. (In UK English, "ploughshares").
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