Apr 2, 2009 10:12
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Russian term
В советское время историю принято было заглушать.
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In Soviet times it was customary to suppress history
I assume this is what the speaker has in mind
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sukirat anand
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The Misha
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Chris R
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Aleksey Chervinskiy
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In Soviet times the practice was to hush up events of history
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Alexandra Goldburt
: По-моему, to hush up звучит лучше, чем suppress, и лучше отражает то, что делалось в Советскок время.
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Thank you, Alexandra!
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it was the practice to hush up history back in Soviet times
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In the Soviet period, historical aspects were omitted or deemphasized.
(Translation of expanded text offered by Asker to Answerers 1:52 hours later.)
This is an idiomatic rendering based on context.
This is an idiomatic rendering based on context.
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It was quite common to silence the history in Soviet times
It is how would I put it.
Discussion
Вы не в курсе, что имел в виду интервьюируемый, говоря про заглушение истории? История переписывалась неоднократно, как всегда и везде, это общепринятая практика, но вот заглушать ее - это как-то непривычно звучит.