Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Благородный пансион
English translation:
Boarding School for the Nobility
Added to glossary by
Anton Konashenok
Mar 20, 2015 15:01
9 yrs ago
Russian term
Благородный пансион
Russian to English
Art/Literary
History
Hi, I'm translating a short text about Glinka, who was sent to the Благородный пансион при Главном педагогическом институте as a boy. I'm having trouble coming up with a good translation for the name of the school - if it's пансион для благородных девиц, I would choose "finishing school" or the like, but that's not appropriate here. And clearly it's a school for children of the nobility, but I can't very well write "Noble School". Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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Mar 23, 2015 17:23: Anton Konashenok Created KOG entry
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Native in Russian
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English
Czech Republic
Competing on quality, not on price
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
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Boarding School for the Nobility
This is both the meaning and a common way to translate it.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Anton. You and the other commenters are right, it does sound a bit strange, but it seems to be the best option. "
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Nadezhda Golubeva
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
Experience and Responsibility
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
Noble boarding school
See the reference.
Example sentence:
http://www.encspb.ru/object/2803909519?lc=en
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The Misha
: Ahem... For your own sake, I hope you realize that the link you gave is to a horrendously translated nonnative source.
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Tatiana Grehan
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Works in field
United States
EN>RU corporate,business,legal,finance
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
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20
boarding school for noble girls
Есть примеры именно такого перевода: см. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
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Вот конкретный пример: https://books.google.com/books?id=Yy-wQgYUtxQC&pg=PT121&lpg=...
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-03-20 15:12:34 GMT)
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С учетом замечания Олега: boarding school for noble boys. Примеры: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
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Note added at 7 mins (2015-03-20 15:09:23 GMT)
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Вот конкретный пример: https://books.google.com/books?id=Yy-wQgYUtxQC&pg=PT121&lpg=...
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Note added at 10 mins (2015-03-20 15:12:34 GMT)
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С учетом замечания Олега: boarding school for noble boys. Примеры: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
Peer comment(s):
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Oleg Lozinskiy
: Судя по вопросу, в данном контексте Глинка - мальчик. :-)
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Sorry, my bad!
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Oleg Lozinskiy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Native in Russian
Russian Federation
There's No Limit to Perfection
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
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16
boarding school for children of the nobility
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At the age of 13, Glinka went to the capital, Saint Petersburg, to study at a school for children of the nobility. Here he learned Latin, English, and Persian, studied mathematics and zoology, and considerably widened his musical experience. He had three piano lessons from John Field, the Irish composer of nocturnes, who spent some time in Saint Petersburg. He then continued his piano lessons with Charles Meyer, and began composing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Glinka
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At the age of 13, Glinka went to the capital, Saint Petersburg, to study at a school for children of the nobility. Here he learned Latin, English, and Persian, studied mathematics and zoology, and considerably widened his musical experience. He had three piano lessons from John Field, the Irish composer of nocturnes, who spent some time in Saint Petersburg. He then continued his piano lessons with Charles Meyer, and began composing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Glinka
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Donald Jacobson
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Thank you, Donald!
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Elena Bocharova-Booth
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Спасибо, Елена!
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Tatiana Lammers
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Спасибо, Татьяна!
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