Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
им отведен короткий век
English translation:
their lives would be cut short
Added to glossary by
Natalia Potashnik
Jul 18, 2018 16:25
5 yrs ago
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Russian term
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
им отведен короткий век
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Старшие дети относились ко мне хорошо, тепло, по-братски - может, потому, что я был младшим, а может, они чувствовали, что им отведен короткий век.
(В дальнейшем все старшие дети погибли на фронте.)
(В дальнейшем все старшие дети погибли на фронте.)
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | their lives would be cut short |
Natalia Potashnik
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| 4 | they wouldn't be around much longer |
El oso
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| 3 | they have a short space of time |
Vladyslav Golovaty
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Change log
Jul 27, 2018 04:37: Natalia Potashnik Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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1 hr
Natalia Potashnik
United States
United States
Native in Russian
United States
English -> Russian
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your help Natalia! Thanks everybody!!!"
37 mins
they wouldn't be around much longer
например:
perhaps they knew that they wouldn't be around much longer
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Note added at 39 mins (2018-07-18 17:04:28 GMT)
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или такой вариант:
they knew that there wasn't much time left and wanted to make the most of it
perhaps they knew that they wouldn't be around much longer
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Note added at 39 mins (2018-07-18 17:04:28 GMT)
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или такой вариант:
they knew that there wasn't much time left and wanted to make the most of it
Peer comment(s):
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beermatt
: Don't think this is quite precise enough. "wouldn't be around" could simply mean that they would go somewhere else (geographically), while the Russian quite clearly means that they would die soon.
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You have a point. I'll stick with the other option then:"they knew that there wasn't much time left.."
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56 mins
Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Ukraine
Native in Russian
&
English
Ukraine
a top-rank. native English-Ukrainian-Rus
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Ukrainian (Variant: Standard-Ukraine) , Russian
Works in: English to Ukrainian, Ukrainian to English, Russian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
they have a short space of time
a short space of time
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/short
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-18 19:43:13 GMT)
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they have a short space of THEIR time LEFT
(OBJECTIONS TO ANY "for whats")
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/short
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they have a short space of THEIR time LEFT
(OBJECTIONS TO ANY "for whats")
Peer comment(s):
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beermatt
: "short space of time" for what? Once more: the Russian clearly means that their life will be over soon, so that must be addressed equally clearly in English. / но в этом контексте формулировка на русском (мне кажется) - ясна, а твой вариант не совсем.
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с таким же успехом, или не очень, короткий век для чего?
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Reference comments
1 hr
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Khorezm, Tashkent, Ferghana valley, Samarkand-Bukhara) , Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
Related KudoZ points
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31
Reference:
they were destined to have (live) short lifetime (left)
they were destined to have short lifetime (left)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-07-18 19:09:42 GMT)
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Старшие дети относились ко мне хорошо, тепло, по-братски - может, потому, что я был младшим, а может, они чувствовали, что им отведен короткий век.
Перевод
The eldest ones were lenient with me (treated well, warm and like a brother - maybe, they behave so, because I am the youngest, perhaps they had feeling as if they were destined to live or have short life)
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OR:
as if their death is close at hand.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-18 19:36:42 GMT)
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Corrected:
The eldest ones were lenient with me (treated well, warm and like a brother - maybe, they behaved so, because I was the youngest, perhaps they had feeling as if they were destined to live or have a short life)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-18 19:45:19 GMT)
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they had feelings
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-07-18 19:09:42 GMT)
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Старшие дети относились ко мне хорошо, тепло, по-братски - может, потому, что я был младшим, а может, они чувствовали, что им отведен короткий век.
Перевод
The eldest ones were lenient with me (treated well, warm and like a brother - maybe, they behave so, because I am the youngest, perhaps they had feeling as if they were destined to live or have short life)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-18 19:26:43 GMT)
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OR:
as if their death is close at hand.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-18 19:36:42 GMT)
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Corrected:
The eldest ones were lenient with me (treated well, warm and like a brother - maybe, they behaved so, because I was the youngest, perhaps they had feeling as if they were destined to live or have a short life)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-07-18 19:45:19 GMT)
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they had feelings
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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El oso
: You really need to get your tenses (and articles ) straight ;)
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tenses corrected
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Discussion
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предназначать судьбой - to (pre)destine (for)
"предназначен судьбой"-без упоминания "судьба" здесь было бы не очень правильным. Они заранее чувствовали что их судьба такая. they were (pre)destined for it...
There are so many cases in the "questions" forums where people shoot out the first possible answer that comes to their mind insanely quickly to make sure they're the first and thus pocket the Points...
Especially in the segment of literature and arts, there is rarely one or maybe two "correct" answer/s, it's a matter of offering suggestions which the asker and peers can then digest and think about and then maybe come up with an even better variety.
And of course if you really don't like what I suggest in the "discussion" section, you can always put me down there... ;)
If Andrew happens to like one or several of them, he can tell me so and then I can enter them "officially" as an Answer.
Generally I prefer such a procedure to making a big fuss with an Answer right away.
"that their lives would be over soon"
"that they did not have long to live"
"that their lives on Earth would not be long"
"that they only had a short time left to live"
I could think of quite a few more varieties if necessary...