Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

причаститься к тайне

English translation:

to become initiated (into a mystery), to become privy to...

Added to glossary by Montefiore
Mar 4, 2003 02:52
21 yrs ago
Russian term

причаститься к тайне

Russian to English Art/Literary
мы - люди, причастившиеся одной большой тайны

Proposed translations

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We are the people who are privy to/have partaken of one big mystery

Depends on the context, of course, and on the desired effect.

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Note added at 2003-03-04 03:01:37 (GMT)
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or -

if you need a literal or a more religious meaning -

... who have been initiated into that one big mystery
... who have experienced a communion with the one big mystery
...who have been confirmed in one big mystery (like \"confirmation\")

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Note added at 2003-03-04 03:03:26 (GMT)
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..who had a communion with one great mystery

make it \"great\", instead of \"big,\" depending on the tone of the text
Peer comment(s):

agree Irene N : Love the second one! Should some pathos be welcome, I'd go with 'enigma'
3 mins
I love the word "enigma" myelf, Irene! only the tone of the text is not known, nor the overall meaning intended - but thank you!
agree JoeYeckley (X) : partaken of -- that keeps the religious allusion since people "partake of Holy Communion."
22 mins
thanks, Joe, yes, exactly
agree Mark Vaintroub
1 day 20 hrs
thank you, Marc!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you everybody! I like "who have been initiated into that one big mystery" the best"
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5 mins

privy to a secret

I think this is the expression you're looking for
Peer comment(s):

agree Montefiore : privy to a mystery
3 mins
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8 mins

to communicate with mystery

Ольга, я не уверена насчет предлога!


Пример:

... pray, and some don't. Some see ritual or magic as the form of communication with deity, the idea being that if we want to communicate with mystery, we should ...
http://home.earthlink.net/~delia5/pagan/sgw/sgweb-faq1.htm

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Note added at 2003-03-04 03:34:14 (GMT)
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Ольга, вот, я нашла что искала - выражение \"причаститься святых тайн\" - to communicate in the sacrament

Вот примеры:

The Westminster Larger Catechism
... the receiver, no less truly and really than the elements themselves are to their outward senses [h]; so they that worthily communicate in the sacrament of the ...
http://www.epc.org.au/wlc/wlc-15.html


The Eucharist and Contemplation
... The Sacred Canons order that someone is not to be include among Catholic who does not share in (communicate) in the sacrament of the body of Christ, unless by ...
http://english.op.org/scotland/edinburgh/talks/ eucharist/contemplation.html

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Note added at 2003-03-04 03:50:31 (GMT) Post-grading
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И вот еще нашла, в словаре:

причаститься святых тайн === to receive the Sacrament

И тоже куча примеров находится в Интернете, вот например:

... Let us set the record straight: the “unloving” people are really those unionistic people who permit anyone to receive the Sacrament unworthily. ...
www.ourredeemerlcms.org/jrbreal.htm

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
... 1306 Every baptized person not yet confirmed can and should receive the sacrament of Confirmation.[121] Since Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist form a unity ...
http:/www.christusrex.org/www1/CDHN/confirm.html

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Ольга!
Я так упорно ищу выражение из религиозной тематики, потому у Вас в оригинале это есть. По-русски так не говорят - \"причаститься к тайне\", это явно перифраз церковного \"причаститься Тайн\".
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