italki - Sententence translating I'm rewriting the previous entry. I rushed and made some mistakes. So the se

Simona Aruxandei

Sententence translating I'm rewriting the previous entry. I rushed and made some mistakes. So the sentence is: "Потому что к чему бы он ни призывал, о чём бы ни мечтал - о Прекрасной Даме или о Музыке Революции, - ничего не свершилось, ничего не сбылось."

Sep 17, 2014 11:39 AM

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Because, whatever he had been calling for, whatever he had been dreaming about -- the Beautiful Lady or the Music of the Revolution -- nothing happened, nothing came true.

September 17, 2014

Lidiya, да, это правдо.

September 19, 2014

Thank you very much, Dolvet :) So it was the phrase in the beginning that put me in difficulty. Now it's all clear.

September 19, 2014

"Мудрствовать лукаво" means to intentionally spend time on wise/philosophical arguments which have nothing to do with reality or cannot solve the problem in hand. Basically, to waste time. What I am trying to say is that "there is practically nothing special left in this subject which deserves wasting time". Some examples: http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/michelson_new/6178/%D0%BD%D0%B5

September 19, 2014

"Тут мудрстовать лукаво" - "Here, to get wiser vixenly", "особо не о чем" - "nothing special about (it)" ? "There is nothing special to get wiser about, here"? This is what I don't understand :)

September 19, 2014

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