нижутся

English translation: fold one into the next

10:59 Apr 20, 2017
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: нижутся
This is from a memoir:

...Движутся, ***нижутся*** счастливые часы, струятся среди тишины и полумрака, тают в аромате ландышей...
tatyana000
Local time: 22:04
English translation:fold one into the next
Explanation:
If you don't like discrete objects strung together, you could could take liberties with the original and use a fabric image rather than a thready one. Don't know where in my memory this came from, but evidently I'm not the first person to have thought of such a phrase:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q="fold one into the n...
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Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 16:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1are strung together
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
4fold one into the next
Rachel Douglas
3см
Maria Kaverina


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
см


Explanation:
Happy hours are like threads

Maria Kaverina
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 7
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
are strung together


Explanation:
низаться → нижутся
http://www.morfologija.ru/словоформа/нижутся

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-04-20 12:13:02 GMT)
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Option 2:
happy hours ..... string themselves together

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 97

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tatiana Grehan: ...hours are strung together...
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Tatiana. Have a pleasant evening!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fold one into the next


Explanation:
If you don't like discrete objects strung together, you could could take liberties with the original and use a fabric image rather than a thready one. Don't know where in my memory this came from, but evidently I'm not the first person to have thought of such a phrase:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q="fold one into the n...


Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 16:04
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 384
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This sounds better! Thanks!
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