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сияющий

English translation: newborn sunrise

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Russian term or phrase:сияющий восход
English translation:newborn sunrise
Entered by: Illa69

05:43 Feb 12, 2008
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: сияющий
Please help finding a good epithet to the word "sunrise". Even the sunrise has not necessary to be "shining", but with any other positive emotion. Good, if it would symbolize a beginning of something new at the same time. Though, the sunrise itself symbolizes one, so just a bright epithet is ok.
Alla_K
Local time: 09:48
newborn sunrise
Explanation:
A very modest proposal as compared with the others, yet...

I like this line - "it's the blaze of a newborn sunrise on a fast approaching horizon" (http://www.xanga.com/mercurysunblast/631793813/item.html) - a lot.
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Illa69
Local time: 16:48
Grading comment
It really perfectly suits! Thank you Illa.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3brilliant, luminous/luminescent, resplendent, glorious
Mark Berelekhis
4 +2golden / bright / blinding / dazzling / beautiful
Andrew Vdovin
5striking sunrise
Elena Sims
4glowing sunrise
Evgeny Terekhin
3 +1glaring sunrise
Zamira B.
4gleaming sunshine, scintillating sunshine
Andriy Yasharov
4splendid dawn
Alex Koudlai
4newborn sunrise
Illa69


Discussion entries: 2





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
glowing sunrise


Explanation:
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Evgeny Terekhin
United States
Local time: 08:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 40
Notes to answerer
Asker: It is nice, but for my case I need something not so strong, something more delicate, but not "чахлый" :) at all

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
brilliant, luminous/luminescent, resplendent, glorious


Explanation:
Sooo many options :)

These are just the ones that came to mind right away

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Note added at 38 mins (2008-02-12 06:22:28 GMT)
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Well, that eliminates some options. Here are a few two-syllable-accent-on-the-first-syllable ideas:

brilliant or gorgeous (from my previous suggestion, both still work), vivid, vibrant, dazzling, striking, lustrous, splendid, beaming.

Take your pick!

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 09:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 666

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Irene Akhalshenishvili: be resplendent - производить яркое впечатление
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Irene.
agree  PoveyTrans (X): resplendent
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Simon.
agree  Tatiana N. (X)
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, zyz.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
glaring sunrise


Explanation:
Glaring sunrise is to come, Perhaps it will bring me some Of its shine and loving light So the things were newly bright. Lost in sorrow and in woe, ...
rustiana.livejournal.com/ - 41k -


Zamira B.
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:48
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vanda Nissen
58 mins
  -> спасибо
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gleaming sunshine, scintillating sunshine


Explanation:
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Andriy Yasharov
Ukraine
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
golden / bright / blinding / dazzling / beautiful


Explanation:
The ice had a peculiar shade of blue or green coloration, and when a golden sunrise or sunset lit them up, it was a breathtaking event that made me happy to ...
daverichey.com/pMachine/weblog.php?/site/grant_me_a_gorgeous_sunrise_before_surgery

It's a bright sunrise A new day dawns Got sparkles in my eyes. Icy frost melts off barn and bough A new day dawns and I feel good now. ...
cedareden.blogspot.com/2005/03/bright-sunrise.html

It's like watching a blinding sunrise on Tatooine the with the sun glinting off your shiny bonce. Profile Card PM. Go to the top of the page ...
www.belmsford.com/index.php?showtopic=4241&pid=132939&mode=...

The two shades of coral glow together like a dazzling sunrise. Sparkling beads and sequins adorn the gown with a radiant glow. The strapless, fitted bodice ...
www.loralie.com/prom-dresses/pink/7485.html

Beautiful Sunrise. This is more of a picture of a beautiful sunrise, letting me know that each day is fresh and new.
www.thriftyfun.com/tf72639284.tip.html


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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-12 09:29:14 GMT)
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ALSO:

radiant / refulgent

Bring the beauty of a radiant sunrise to your own collection. If your ship has already come in, we will gladly sell you the ring with the natural mined ...
www.stauer.com/itemd.asp?ItemNo=13974 05

If a sunrise or sunset was especially spectacular, you could describe it as a refulgent sunrise. If a car was waxed, polished, and buffed to a high gloss, ...
wordsmithie.wordpress.com/2007/04/09

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-02-12 09:33:06 GMT)
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As for me, I personally prefer "golden" - very beautiful indeed!

In the golden sunrise came the faint, far crack of a rifle, and a stricken woman would throw up her hands on the distant edge of the village; in the noonday heat, men in the trenches heard the shrill sing-song and knew their deaths; or in the gray afterglow of evening, the dirt kicked up in puffs by the winking fires.
(Jack London, The Sunlanders)

Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 20:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tatyana Kovalenko
30 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Henry Schroeder: dazzling for me
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Henry, I like it too.
neutral  Mark Berelekhis: Except I already suggested 'dazzling' :)
9 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
splendid dawn


Explanation:
Like in Homer's "Odyssey" (translated by R. Fagles)

Alex Koudlai
United States
Local time: 09:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mark Berelekhis: Except I already suggested splendid :)
7 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
newborn sunrise


Explanation:
A very modest proposal as compared with the others, yet...

I like this line - "it's the blaze of a newborn sunrise on a fast approaching horizon" (http://www.xanga.com/mercurysunblast/631793813/item.html) - a lot.


Illa69
Local time: 16:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
It really perfectly suits! Thank you Illa.
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
striking sunrise


Explanation:

I think the phrase "striking sunrise" reflects the feelings people experience while admiring the process of sunrising.

Elena Sims
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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