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Мы совершенствуем прекрасное!

English translation: We perfect excellence/the excellent!

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Russian term or phrase:Мы совершенствуем прекрасное!
English translation:We perfect excellence/the excellent!
Entered by: Viachaslau

13:17 Apr 7, 2010
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: Мы совершенствуем прекрасное!
Слоган с сайта стоматологической клиники. Под "прекрасным" подразумевается здоровье.

Спасибо!
Viachaslau
Sweden
Local time: 07:34
We perfect the excellence!
Explanation:
Как вариант.
Более дословно было бы We perfect the excellent! Можно тоже рассматривать как вариант, но я бы предпочел первое.
Звучит нормально, и, кроме того, excellent health - прекрасное здоровье.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-07 15:54:16 GMT)
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I agree with the correction by Jim: We perfect excellence!
Selected response from:

Andrew Kozlovsky
Canada
Local time: 01:34
Grading comment
This seems to work fine. Let's keep the orange as orange as it's in the source. :-) Thank you, Andrew.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3We perfect the excellence!
Andrew Kozlovsky
4 +2Enhancing natural beauty!
Eric Candle
4 +1We improve on the best!
Judith Hehir
4 +1You'll never be better!
John Farebrother
4We perfect the beauty!
Alexander Onishko
2 +1We improve on perfection!
Victoria Penrice
3You will be perfect practically in every way
Vladimir Alexandrov


  

Answers


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
We improve on the best!


Explanation:
I took the liberty of using the superlative:

MindMeister v4 continues to improve on the best web-based mind mapping application.
http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/mindmeister-4/

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 01:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 82

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Jack.
neutral  Alexandra Taggart: Honestly, I don't know...improving the superlative - what happens? a very fattening sickly sweet cake.
21 hrs
  -> Some think they do, Alexandra, though it makes no logical sense. Thanks.
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
We perfect the beauty!


Explanation:
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Alexander Onishko
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jim Tucker (X): no "the" here
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Jim!
neutral  Alexandra Taggart: the author's stillistical mistake could be improved -? Some translators agree that they're doing a double job.I think, my darling Alexander, you have that perfect beauty in you - to improve that "blasts" put there by some "линхвост" out of sheer pomposity
21 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alexandra :)
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
We improve on perfection!


Explanation:
I know, I know... This could be interpreted as "we are doing the impossible", but I still thought that this would make for quite a nice, daring statement (considering the original). Please don't disagree all at once. :o)


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Note added at 39 mins (2010-04-07 13:57:00 GMT)
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This is also a very common phrase in English, almost an idiom, I'd say.


    Reference: http://arsenalcolumn.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/how-pep-guardi...
Victoria Penrice
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James McVay: I just like the way this one sounds.
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Thank you, James! Me too... :o)
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
You will be perfect practically in every way


Explanation:
You will be perfect practically in every way

Vladimir Alexandrov
Local time: 08:34
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You'll never be better!


Explanation:
As it's to do with health, ie "never better"

John Farebrother
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
2 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
We perfect the excellence!


Explanation:
Как вариант.
Более дословно было бы We perfect the excellent! Можно тоже рассматривать как вариант, но я бы предпочел первое.
Звучит нормально, и, кроме того, excellent health - прекрасное здоровье.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-04-07 15:54:16 GMT)
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I agree with the correction by Jim: We perfect excellence!

Andrew Kozlovsky
Canada
Local time: 01:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
This seems to work fine. Let's keep the orange as orange as it's in the source. :-) Thank you, Andrew.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Bordanova (Semyonova)
1 hr
  -> Спасибо, Анна!
neutral  Jim Tucker (X): no "the" here with excellence (but there is with "excellent")
1 hr
  -> Can't but concur with the native speaker on this one -/ Andrew
agree  Alexandra Goldburt: Agree, without "the" before "excellence".
2 hrs
  -> Спасибо, Александра!
agree  Victor Zagria: with the adjustment for 'the'?
3 hrs
  -> Спасибо, Виктор!
neutral  Alexandra Taggart: масло масляное
20 hrs
  -> Не согласен, но спасибо, Александра, за комментарий.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Enhancing natural beauty!


Explanation:
инг-форма более динамична

Eric Candle
Local time: 01:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Smantha
46 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Alexandra Taggart: "We are the enhancers of natural beauty!"
9 hrs
  -> thank you
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