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А люди светлые, которым есть, что сказать, остаются.

English translation: But people with bright ideas come to stay.

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Russian term or phrase:А люди светлые, которым есть, что сказать, остаются.
English translation:But people with bright ideas come to stay.
Entered by: Nadezhda Golubeva

04:21 Aug 16, 2014
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: А люди светлые, которым есть, что сказать, остаются.
I have no idea what «которым есть, что сказать» means here. My only guess is «которым есть, что сказать» means "that have something to say", but I am in no way confident of that guess.

Here's the passage:

Порой кажется, что это проект нас ведёт, а не мы его. Люди, которые приходят просто ради денег, быстро отваливаются. Мотивация не та. А люди светлые, которым есть, что сказать, остаются.

The context is an interview with the heads of a video-mapping / light show studio.
BrianHayden
United States
But people with bright ideas come to stay.
Explanation:
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Nadezhda Golubeva
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:35
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5But people with bright ideas come to stay.
Nadezhda Golubeva
5While the bright people who have something to say/contribute stay with us
Prima Vista
2But enlightened people with a message to tell are staying here
AKhram


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
But people with bright ideas come to stay.


Explanation:
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Nadezhda Golubeva
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
43 mins
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agree  Mónika Földi
1 hr
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agree  P.L.F. Persio
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agree  MariyaN (X)
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agree  LanaUK
16 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
While the bright people who have something to say/contribute stay with us


Explanation:
The submitted above "bright ideas" variant also works.

Prima Vista
Russian Federation
Local time: 23:35
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
But enlightened people with a message to tell are staying here


Explanation:
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AKhram
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12
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