perevod russkoi frazy

e-pismo · Post by **e-pismo** » 10 Jul 2001 15:20

Ja pishu sochinenie i hochu ispolzovat sovetskuu frazu. " Gerojami ne rozhdautsa, a gerojami stanovjatsa".
Anybody knows English version of this phrase?
Or can anybody try to write their's English translation of the above phrase.
Thnx

kysaya · Post by **kysaya** » 10 Jul 2001 15:53

Nobody is born a hero - necessity makes one [img:fd96102cce]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img:fd96102cce]

chaika · Post by **chaika** » 11 Jul 2001 01:38

epismo,

Interestingly enough, you have to go against the grain to say that in American English, because the standard saying is

"Heros are born, not made."

Just the reverse of your quote. Otherwise something like kysaya's would work, but I'd change the ending to: "you become one of necessity."

vanya_01's answer is wrong. I like YuriRB's, if it fits your context. But it is, at best, little known (seems to be a literary quote-- I have never heard of it), whereas the one I cited is a phrase that the proverbial "everyone" knows.

hth,

ChicagoVic · Post by **ChicagoVic** » 11 Jul 2001 01:50

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chaika:

Interestingly enough, you have to go against the grain to say that in American English, because the standard saying is
"Heros are born, not made."

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dear David,
I think you know us by now. It is our nature to go against the grain, and this is how we become a self-made heros. [img:a8616255fc]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img:a8616255fc] [img:a8616255fc]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img:a8616255fc] [img:a8616255fc]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img:a8616255fc]

Vic. [img:a8616255fc]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img:a8616255fc] [img:a8616255fc]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img:a8616255fc]

YuriRB · Post by **YuriRB** » 11 Jul 2001 02:01

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chaika:
 I like YuriRB's, if it fits your context. But it is, at best, little known (seems to be a literary quote-- I have never heard of it)
hth,<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The quote is from Hero aka Accidental Hero.
Dustin Hoffman is Bernie Laplante.

[img:92a7d54590]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img:92a7d54590]

[ 10-07-2001: Message edited by: YuriRB ]

YuriRB · Post by **YuriRB** » 11 Jul 2001 08:04

"We're all heroes if you catch us at the right moment. Even Bernie LaPlante." [img:cf30bf31c9]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img:cf30bf31c9]

vanya_01 · Post by **vanya_01** » 11 Jul 2001 08:26

The heroes are not born, the heroes become.
Интересно компьютер перевел эту фразу дословно. А такой вариант перевода существует в английском языке?