Aug 11, 2012 12:35
11 yrs ago
Russian term

......она была своя.

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
фраза из сказки Викторий Токаревой "Мои враги". Вот контекст:

Анька была противная, но она была своя. Что такое «своя»? Это когда силовые линии двух душ имеют одно направление.

The narrator is describing her granddaughter's nanny, who she considers to be an enemy. I think she means something like, '....but she and I were one of a kind/of one mind,' but would like to know what other people think.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +9 a kindred spirit/soul
4 soul mate
4 one of their/our kind
Change log

Aug 11, 2012 13:01: Yulia Savelieva changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Mark Berelekhis, kapura, Yulia Savelieva

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Proposed translations

+9
9 mins
Selected

a kindred spirit/soul

Normally this implies a degree of fondness, but not necessarily.
Note from asker:
Good, along the lines I was thinking, thanks.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sarah McDowell : absolutely. This expression is used quite frequently in Russian.
6 mins
Thank you.
agree RitaZ
22 mins
Thank you.
agree Jack Doughty
33 mins
Thank you.
agree Mikhail Kropotov : "One of ours" / "one of my own" may be an option
1 hr
I thought of that first, but it doesn't seem to fit the context.
agree Nathan Williams : Though in English a "kindred spirit" is generally used positively, the expression seems to leave room for this interpretation.
2 hrs
My thoughts exactly.
agree MariyaN (X)
2 hrs
Thank you.
agree Oleksiy Markunin
3 hrs
Thank you.
agree Olga Cartlidge
1 day 8 hrs
agree cyhul
19 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
2 days 11 hrs

soul mate

Alternatives:

allied heart
consonant essence

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2 days 13 hrs

one of their/our kind

They reckoned I was one of their kind.Back in the New Jersey days I used to spend a lot of time talking to the down-and-outs, I found them more interesting than ...
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