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  1. December 21st, 2006, 06:34 PM #1
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    Holidays

    Hello. Would you please translate this?

    Hello everyone!

    We wish you a holy Christmas and a joyful New Year!

    Love,
    Oleg and Lisa.
    Thank you!
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by love.angel
    Hello. Would you please translate this?

    Hello everyone!

    We wish you a holy Christmas and a joyful New Year!

    Love,
    Oleg and Lisa.
    Thank you!
    Привет всем!
    Мы желаем вам счастливого Рождества и радостного Нового года!

    С любовью,
    Олег и Лиза.
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.
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  3. December 21st, 2006, 06:59 PM #3
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    Re: Holidays

    [quote=Оля]
    Quote Originally Posted by "love.angel":3sofhm3w
    Hello. Would you please translate this?

    Hello everyone!

    We wish you a holy Christmas and a joyful New Year!

    Love,
    Oleg and Lisa.
    Thank you!
    Привет всем!
    Мы желаем вам счастливого Рождества и радостного Нового года!

    С любовью,
    Олег и Лиза.[/quote:3sofhm3w]

    Why aren't you allowed to say святого?
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  4. December 21st, 2006, 07:04 PM #4
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by challenger
    Why aren't you allowed to say святого?
    We don't say "желаю святого Рождества" (btw "радостного Нового года" also not, but it's acceptably)
    Generally we say "Счастливого Рождества", "Счастливого Нового Года".
    In Russian, all nationalities and their corresponding languages start with a lower-case letter.
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  5. December 21st, 2006, 07:18 PM #5
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    Re: Holidays

    [quote=challenger]
    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    Quote Originally Posted by "love.angel":3mrvf904
    Hello. Would you please translate this?

    Hello everyone!

    We wish you a holy Christmas and a joyful New Year!

    Love,
    Oleg and Lisa.
    Thank you!
    Привет всем!
    Мы желаем вам счастливого Рождества и радостного Нового года!

    С любовью,
    Олег и Лиза.
    Why aren't you allowed to say святого?[/quote:3mrvf904]
    I think you're allowed to but, as Оля has said, it's not common. You're allowed to say so because it's grammatically ok but as far as style and collocations are concerned, things are not as good as the grammar.
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  6. December 21st, 2006, 09:39 PM #6
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    Re: Holidays

    The most common New Year greeting looks something like:
    Поздравляю с (наступающим) Новым Годом и Рождеством! Желаю (...) в новом году!
    "наступающий" is added then it is said before the holidays.
    Please, correct my mistakes, except for the cases I misspell something on purpose!
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  7. December 22nd, 2006, 02:18 AM #7
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    We don't say "желаю святого Рождества" (btw we also don't say "радостного Нового года" _, but it's acceptable)
    Generally we say "Счастливого Рождества", "Счастливого Нового Года".
    You're allowed to say so because it's grammatically ok but as far as style and collocations are concerned, they are not as good as the grammar.
    Did you mean "connotations"?
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  8. December 22nd, 2006, 05:35 PM #8
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    We don't say "желаю святого Рождества" (btw we also don't say "радостного Нового года" _, but it's acceptable)
    Generally we say "Счастливого Рождества", "Счастливого Нового Года".
    You're allowed to say so because it's grammatically ok but as far as style and collocations are concerned, they are not as good as the grammar.
    Did you mean "connotations"?
    "Collocations" makes perfect sense here.
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  9. December 23rd, 2006, 12:35 AM #9
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by challenger
    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    We don't say "желаю святого Рождества" (btw we also don't say "радостного Нового года" _, but it's acceptable)
    Generally we say "Счастливого Рождества", "Счастливого Нового Года".
    You're allowed to say so because it's grammatically ok but as far as style and collocations are concerned, they are not as good as the grammar.
    Did you mean "connotations"?
    "Collocations" makes perfect sense here.
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Quote Originally Posted by Оля
    We don't say "желаю святого Рождества" (btw we also don't say "радостного Нового года" _, but it's acceptable)
    Generally we say "Счастливого Рождества", "Счастливого Нового Года".
    You're allowed to say so because it's grammatically ok but as far as style and collocations are concerned, they are not as good as the grammar.
    Did you mean "connotations"?
    I meant collocations this word choice turned out ok in the end, didn't it?
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    Re: Holidays

    Quote Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
    Hello everyone!

    We wish you a holy Christmas and a joyful New Year!

    Love,
    Oleg and Lisa.

    I think you're allowed to but, as Оля has said, it's not common. You're allowed to say so because it's grammatically ok but as far as style and collocations are concerned, things are not as good as the grammar.
    If you'd noticed the original had HOLY there It also isn't common to say it in English, so I assume it is as uncommon to say it in Russian here.
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