Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
первоучители
English translation:
the first Slavic apostles [educators] [teachers]
Added to glossary by
Rachel Douglas
Dec 18, 2009 02:27
14 yrs ago
Russian term
also an attorney with AML background
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English
первоучители
Russian to English
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Religion
Is there a "set phrase" for this expression?
TIA!
The author is discussing the XI-XII century archbishop Theophylact of Ohrid and his opinion on Cyril and Methodius.
Он хвалит славянских первоучителей Кирилла и Мефодия за то, что они создали �азбуку, соответствовавшую грубости болгарского языка."
TIA!
The author is discussing the XI-XII century archbishop Theophylact of Ohrid and his opinion on Cyril and Methodius.
Он хвалит славянских первоучителей Кирилла и Мефодия за то, что они создали �азбуку, соответствовавшую грубости болгарского языка."
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Dec 25, 2009 14:44: Rachel Douglas Created KOG entry
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Rachel Douglas
United States
United States
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Excellent English from Russian originals
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, US)
Works in: Russian to English
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the first Slavic apostles [educators] [teachers]
I've seen all three of those versions, but always with "Slavic" or "Slavonic" in between "first" and whatever the noun is. You could change your word order accordingly.
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Judith Hehir
United States
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early church fathers
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Olga B
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svetlana cosquéric
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Thank you, svetlana.
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Rinnel
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gutbuster
: Saints Cyril and Methodius were ab. 800 years away from the early church era
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True enough. I imagine that's why the author attached the adjective славянский. Thank you, gutbuster.
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Oxana Snyder
United States
United States
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United States
professional, accurate and fast
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Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
pioneer/ trailblazer
Cyril and Methodius are often referred to as pioneers. In your case they are "pioneers in creating the alphabet/who created the alphabet". May be?
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Note added at 53 mins (2009-12-18 03:21:52 GMT)
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to preserve the part about their teaching, maybe something like "educators and pioneers" will work in the context?
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Note added at 53 mins (2009-12-18 03:21:52 GMT)
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to preserve the part about their teaching, maybe something like "educators and pioneers" will work in the context?
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tschingite
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Russian Federation
Treu dem Job & ergeben der Fremdsprache
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premier slavic enlighteners
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gutbuster
: легенда, конечно, а как без них жить!
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Что ж делать, не мною придумана. Спасибо!
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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first canon setters
the blokes who first set the slavic canon thus cursing the cyrillic users with permanent marginality in Europe! :)
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