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Originally posted by atbell By some wierd round about crap I've been looking into translation of Manderin, Portuguese, Hindi, and Russian. The words I'm interested in are: Jue (Mandrin) samajha (Hindi) Tvorchestvo (Russian) comprendo (Portuguese) If anyone knows how to speak these languages I'd appreciate thier opinion of what they might mean in English. Cheers AB

Tvorchestvo = creativity

Does it translate directly? That's what I found on some random site but I was suspect because words so rarely translate exactly.

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Originally posted by atbell Does it translate directly? That's what I found on some random site but I was suspect because words so rarely translate exactly.

That is the exact translation of the word... I asked my wife who is Russian and she said she most associates that word with creative literary figures/writers like Tolstoy, but doesn't exclusively reserve it for that association alone. I think guys in this forum like Magnetonium could offer a different perspective because he has a better command of the English language than my wife.

Hmmm ... tvorchestvo is a word that from my knowledge applies generally in the world of arts, design, poetry and such.

Tvorchestvo - creativity, ability to create something on a bigger scale of things (in world of arts/poetry - not in a construction of a building!), create a masterpiece, work a art. This applies to artists of particular skill and creativity. An artist who inspires and shows something. A collection, several or more items of creativity - tvorchestvo is not necessarily a one thing. Its a WHOLE.

Pushkin's tvorchestvo.

Hypothetically speaking, I cant picture using this word for my imaginary skills or poetic abilities. The word applies to a renowned artist, you just cant say atbell's tvorchestvo or mine. If you know what I mean.

Hope this helps. Not an easy word to translate, indeed.

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Originally posted by Magnetonium Hmmm ... tvorchestvo is a word that from my knowledge applies generally in the world of arts, design, poetry and such. Tvorchestvo - creativity, ability to create something on a bigger scale of things (in world of arts/poetry - not in a construction of a building!), create a masterpiece, work a art. This applies to artists of particular skill and creativity. An artist who inspires and shows something. A collection, several or more items of creativity - tvorchestvo is not necessarily a one thing. Its a WHOLE. Pushkin's tvorchestvo. Hypothetically speaking, I cant picture using this word for my imaginary skills or poetic abilities. The word applies to a renowned artist, you just cant say atbell's tvorchestvo or mine. If you know what I mean. Hope this helps. Not an easy word to translate, indeed.

lol... that clears it up for me a lot better. You should have seen the look on my wife's face when I wrote down "tvorchestvo" and showed it to her saying "what does this mean?" Total frustration over the lack of ease in giving a proper translation in English of that one word standing alone without context.

"Compreendo" in Portuguese stands for "I comprehend".

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Originally posted by The17sss lol... that clears it up for me a lot better. You should have seen the look on my wife's face when I wrote down "tvorchestvo" and showed it to her saying "what does this mean?" Total frustration over the lack of ease in giving a proper translation in English of that one word standing alone without context.

This seems to be a common issue with translation, especially when going to or from languages of dis-similar origins (latin to non-latin etc.)

Great explanaion of the word though, it fits the ideas I wanted better then I realized.

So, was my translation of any help?

I tried to be as brief as possible because it does translate directly (the word was just misspelled), but context often matters.

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