Glossary entry

Czech term or phrase:

Nedej zahynouti nám ni budoucím.

English translation:

Do not let us or our descendants perish.

Added to glossary by Marek Buchtel
Jun 20, 2005 20:20
18 yrs ago
Czech term

Nedej zahynouti nám ni budoucím.

Czech to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
St. Wenceslas
Change log

Jun 22, 2005 08:55: Gabriela Verešová changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Marek Buchtel, Sarka Rubkova, Gabriela Verešová

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Proposed translations

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45 mins
Czech term (edited): Nedej zahynouti n�m ni budouc�m.
Selected

do not let us or our descendants perish

I prefer this version
"St Wenceslas, leader of the Czech lands, do not let us or our descendants perish" (see reference 1)

And there is another version, also nice :-)
"Saint Wenceslas, duke of the Czech land, prince of ours, don't let wane us nor the prospectives" (reference 2)
Peer comment(s):

agree Sarka Rubkova
7 hrs
thank you!
agree Ondrej Tomsu
10 hrs
thank you!
agree plha
11 hrs
thank you!
agree Gabriela Verešová
14 hrs
thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Czech term (edited): Nedej zahynouti n�m ni budouc�m.

"don't let us die, or our successors"... >>>

" St Wenceslas, Duke of the Czech Lands, don't let us die, or our successor..." these are the words of the most famous Czech hymn, the so-called St. W. Chorale which dates back to the 13th c.
Peer comment(s):

agree Klara Hurkova : Klara Hurkova
19 mins
Thank you, Klara.
disagree Sarka Rubkova : Even if you quote an atricle, zahynout does not mean simply dying
7 hrs
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6 hrs

Let neither us perish nor future generations.

... for a variety's sake :-)
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