You should be impressed that I didn't use google translate for any of this ;)
You will notice a different style of writing from my own - which is arguably the beauty of translation. I've tried to keep as much of the Russian syntax as possible, so I hope you will get an insight also of how amazingly musical this language actually is.
Also, for you Russophones who will understand the original comment - I apologise if this is shoddy, I'm not the best at translation!
"Dear Fliss, Hello,
"In Russia we have different attitudes and you will certainly know this.
Men and women are different, but together they make up one whole. In the meaning of life, there is motion and progress, "the law of unity and the struggle of opposites". In China, this is Yin and Yang.
"If everything was identical, then life and society would stagnate and die. You would like to become a man, but why? Because as a woman, you have the greatest blessing and happiness. You are superior beings and own the world, direct it.
"In Russia there is the saying: "In a family, the man has the head, but the woman has the neck". She not only holds the head up, but directs it where she wants. In Russia this is considered harmony. Many foreigners coming to Russia to work say that the woman becomes more of a woman, and the man more of a man.
"None of this means that the woman should have less of a right, but that they are simply different and the woman makes her own way in life. And men have less biological abilitiy - they cannot give life.
"It seems that nature has given you more abilities than us - so we should have more rights as we are damaged. Just kidding. :-)
"By the way, you may not know that the question of women's equality with men for the first time in the world started during the Soviet Union - studies, work, science, culture, sport, social work. So Russia is the pioneer :-)
"Good luck to you, dear Fliss
Mikhail. "
You will notice a different style of writing from my own - which is arguably the beauty of translation. I've tried to keep as much of the Russian syntax as possible, so I hope you will get an insight also of how amazingly musical this language actually is.
Also, for you Russophones who will understand the original comment - I apologise if this is shoddy, I'm not the best at translation!
"Dear Fliss, Hello,
"In Russia we have different attitudes and you will certainly know this.
Men and women are different, but together they make up one whole. In the meaning of life, there is motion and progress, "the law of unity and the struggle of opposites". In China, this is Yin and Yang.
"If everything was identical, then life and society would stagnate and die. You would like to become a man, but why? Because as a woman, you have the greatest blessing and happiness. You are superior beings and own the world, direct it.
"In Russia there is the saying: "In a family, the man has the head, but the woman has the neck". She not only holds the head up, but directs it where she wants. In Russia this is considered harmony. Many foreigners coming to Russia to work say that the woman becomes more of a woman, and the man more of a man.
"None of this means that the woman should have less of a right, but that they are simply different and the woman makes her own way in life. And men have less biological abilitiy - they cannot give life.
"It seems that nature has given you more abilities than us - so we should have more rights as we are damaged. Just kidding. :-)
"By the way, you may not know that the question of women's equality with men for the first time in the world started during the Soviet Union - studies, work, science, culture, sport, social work. So Russia is the pioneer :-)
"Good luck to you, dear Fliss
Mikhail. "
Hey Fliss,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Made me reminisce about my own year abroad in Colombia and then Italy, loved it! I'm now casting for an MTV documentary about sex and relationships for MTV, and I'm looking for young people from Russia and France who would like to take part. It's proved really difficult so far. Wondering if you know anyone who may be interested? Do you have an email address where I could send you some more information?
Best,
Rachel