Thread: Мемориал перерос в площадку

"The memorial degenerated into a fairground." oder "Die Gedenkst

Originally Posted by ingberlin

"The memorial degenerated into a fairground." oder "Die Gedenkst?tte ist zu einem Rummelplatz verkommen."
I got "Мемориал перерос в площадку."

Where have you got this? It sounds ok and very natural.

Originally Posted by ingberlin

But the Oxford dictionary says:
перерожденние
1. regenerate
2. degenerate
That is quite the opposite.
And площадка is too week.

Too week?

Originally Posted by ingberlin

Any better russian phrase for this?

Originally Posted by ingberlin

"The memorial degenerated into a fairground."

I'd say "Мемориал выродился в торговую площадь."

Originally Posted by ingberlin

But the Oxford dictionary says:
перерождение
1. regeneration
2. degeneration
That is quite the opposite.

I agree. I guess this Oxford Dictionary needs to be updated.

1. regeneration - возрождение, восстановление.

2. degeneration - вырождение.

Originally Posted by Cocos

Originally Posted by ingberlin

"The memorial degenerated into a fairground."

I'd say "Мемориал выродился в торговую площадь."

Originally Posted by ingberlin

But the Oxford dictionary says:
перерождение
1. regeneration
2. degeneration
That is quite the opposite.

I agree. I guess this Oxford Dictionary needs to be updated.

1. regeneration - возрождение, восстановление.

2. degeneration - вырождение.

Перерождение can indeed mean either regeneration or degeneration depending on context. The Oxford Dictionary is right. The word means literally a second birth of something/somebody, it can become better or worse. "Мемориал переродилстя в ярмарку" sounds fine (from the grammatical point of view I mean), may be too bookish. The words "переродился" и "перерос" are different and "перерос" doesn't fit the context.