Мемориал перерос в площадку

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

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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."

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

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Originally Posted by ingberlin

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

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Too week? :?

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Originally Posted by ingberlin

Any better russian phrase for this?

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Originally Posted by ingberlin

"The memorial degenerated into a fairground."

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

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Originally Posted by ingberlin

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

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

1. regeneration - возрождение, восстановление.

2. degeneration - вырождение.

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Originally Posted by Cocos

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Originally Posted by ingberlin

"The memorial degenerated into a fairground."

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

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Originally Posted by ingberlin

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

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

1. regeneration - возрождение, восстановление.

2. degeneration - вырождение.

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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.