нет места на Земле

English translation: [had] no place on Earth

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Russian term or phrase:нет места на Земле
English translation:[had] no place on Earth
Entered by: Alexander Grabowski

02:38 Oct 18, 2018
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology / психиатрия�
Russian term or phrase: нет места на Земле
она думала, что ей нет места на Земле

Спасибо!
Alexander Grabowski
Ukraine
[had] no place on Earth
Explanation:
She thought that she had no place on Earth...

OR

She thought that there was nowhere on Earth where she would be welcome...

OR

She felt like she didn't belong anywhere...
______

It really depends on what the text is trying to say. Is it being whimsical or did the character genuinely think that?
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Sofia Gutkin
Australia
Local time: 00:29
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3 +4[had] no place on Earth
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
[had] no place on Earth


Explanation:
She thought that she had no place on Earth...

OR

She thought that there was nowhere on Earth where she would be welcome...

OR

She felt like she didn't belong anywhere...
______

It really depends on what the text is trying to say. Is it being whimsical or did the character genuinely think that?

Sofia Gutkin
Australia
Local time: 00:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Спасибо!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  Vladyslav Golovaty
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  Michael Korovkin: yeah, yeah, stuck in the world she didn't make, and all that... :))
7 hrs
  -> Thanks :)

agree  IrinaN: Но я бы чуть-чуть переделала there was no place FOR HER on Earth. "No place on Earth" мучительно перекликается с "no place like...", всегда в положительном смысле
12 hrs
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