Dec 3, 2009 22:36
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I got the first part: I am from Tsargrad, Father...a visitor to your land?
Анонимная �Повесть о водворении христианства в Ростове� повествует о ранних событиях, но написана была в Х1У в.. В ней повествуется о том, как архиманрдрит Ростовского Богоявленского монастыря Авраамий (конец Х1 в.) долго боролся с идолом бога Волоса, но никак не мог его уничтожить. Однажды он повстречал некоего старца, который объявил о себе так:
Анонимная �Повесть о водворении христианства в Ростове� повествует о ранних событиях, но написана была в Х1У в.. В ней повествуется о том, как архиманрдрит Ростовского Богоявленского монастыря Авраамий (конец Х1 в.) долго боролся с идолом бога Волоса, но никак не мог его уничтожить. Однажды он повстречал некоего старца, который объявил о себе так:
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I am a native of Constantinople, Father, a foreign visitor to your land
In Medieval Rus', 'Tsar'grad' was a standard term for Constantinople;
Otche, as the vocative of Otec 'Father', typically means that one is simply addressinfg a priest.
"prishlets" -- an arrival, a visitor;
"strannyi" -- not 'strange', as in modern Russian, but 'from abroad', 'foreigner', 'traveller'
Otche, as the vocative of Otec 'Father', typically means that one is simply addressinfg a priest.
"prishlets" -- an arrival, a visitor;
"strannyi" -- not 'strange', as in modern Russian, but 'from abroad', 'foreigner', 'traveller'
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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AndriyRubashnyy
Native in русский
Quantity flatters, but quality matters.
Native in: украинский 
, русский
Works in: немецкий => украинский, английский => украинский, русский => украинский, and 7 more.
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I am form Tsargrad, dear Lord, I am a stranger in Your land
Maybe so
I am form Tsargrad, dear Lord, I am a stranger in Your land
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Note added at 7 Min. (2009-12-03 22:43:33 GMT)
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Sorry
I am fROm Tsargrad
I am form Tsargrad, dear Lord, I am a stranger in Your land
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Note added at 7 Min. (2009-12-03 22:43:33 GMT)
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Sorry
I am fROm Tsargrad
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Maria Fokin
: except not dear Lord but Father, since he is talking to a priest
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Thank you!
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James McVay
: I agree except for "dear Lord." That sounds like he's addressing God. Maybe just "Father?"
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Thank you!
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danya
: legal alien) w/colleagues re. Lord
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Thank you!
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Alexandra Taggart
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Native in: английский , русский
Works in: русский => английский, английский => русский, английский
I appear to you, father as stranger, because I was born in Tsargrad
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-03 23:41:59 GMT)
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Sorry for bad punctuation, should be comma after "father".
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-03 23:46:30 GMT)
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I think that not his appearance was the matter but his dialect.
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-03 23:41:59 GMT)
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Sorry for bad punctuation, should be comma after "father".
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-03 23:46:30 GMT)
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I think that not his appearance was the matter but his dialect.
Peer comment(s):
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Judith Hehir
: Just add the indefinite article before stranger :)
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Thanks!Yes, I've missed "a"
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danya
: wrong conclusion/ I know Russian well enough to see that you are wrong w/o looking at other answers
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!Of course, you decided that it differs a lot from answers of others.
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