Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

плохо или хорошо может быть только обоим

English translation:

One cannot feel well or unwell without the other.

Added to glossary by Judith Hehir
Jan 27, 2010 11:39
14 yrs ago
Russian term

плохо или хорошо может быть только обоим

Russian to English Art/Literary Other
Тело и сознание - неразрывный тандем, нечто вроде кентавра, плохо или хорошо может быть только обоим.
Change log

Feb 1, 2010 11:50: Judith Hehir Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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One cannot feel well or unwell without the other.

They are inseparable, in other words.
Peer comment(s):

agree tatyana000 : or "good or bad without the other"
38 mins
Thank you, Tatyana.
agree Deep-one : It speaks for itself. I'd change it for "good or bad" though.
1 hr
That would be my preference, too. Depends, I suppose, on audience and how "stuffy" the text needs to be
agree Anna Fominykh
2 hrs
Thank you, Anna and Victor.
agree Oleksiy Markunin
4 hrs
Thank you, Oleksiy.
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+2
12 mins

It can be good or bad only for both of them together

I think you need to add "together" in English to make it clear that both must be affected in the same way at the same time.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sergei Belay
1 hr
Thank you.
agree svetlana cosquéric
6 hrs
Thank you.
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+1
21 mins

they can only feel good or bad together

another option: "they experience the good and the bad together."
Peer comment(s):

agree engltrans : together only
10 hrs
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30 mins

only the two combined can feel well or unwell

well or unwell/ill

or perhaps:

only the two combined can "feel good" or "feel bad"

- these expressions are rather colloquial, so I'd be inclined to put them in quotes.
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1 hr

both of them will feel the same - either good or bad

Body and mind are inseparable companions, like a centaur; both of them will feel the same, either good or bad.
Just my 2 cents:)
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3 hrs

well or unwell may be only both of them

my 2 cents
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5 hrs

they compliment one another in both good and bad

Equal value,they are of "combined service" to one another.
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11 hrs

(whether)good or bad things both have to share at once

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