Thread: По своему складу

Can you check my translation please:

По своему складу характера Анна вполне могла бы работать сестрой милосердия.

Anna has such a way about her that she could easily have been a nun.

Анна имела такой склад характера, что легко могла бы быть монахиней.
My version of that sentence

Sorry. I didn't make it clear. I am trying to translate the Russian sentence into English. The Russian is the original. So my English sentence is what needs checking.

What is a sister of charity if it's not a nun?

I said "easily" to compensate for the sense of вполне

Thanks

Originally Posted by Mandy

Sorry. I didn't make it clear. I am trying to translate the Russian sentence into English. The Russian is the original. So my English sentence is what needs checking.

What is a sister of charity if it's not a nun?

I said "easily" to compensate for the sense of вполне

Thanks

My English is too bad for checking your translation up in this language... But a sister of charity is a really nun as far as I know . For my humble sight, I see no serious mistakes in this translation way...

Please, correct my mistakes in English if you found any

Thanks Scrabus for your humble opinion. It was difficult to translate.

Originally Posted by Mandy

Anna's nature was such that she could easily have been a nurse.

"Easily" is fine here.
"Сестра милосердия" is an outdated phrase meaning a (hospital) nurse. Nowadays, we just say "сестра". By the way, it is totally official job title. "Старшая сестра" is a head nurse.

Thanks translations.nm.ru.

I did wonder if sister could mean a nurse because nurses here were "sisters" too.