Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
всю жизнь переезжать из страны в страну
English translation:
spend his whole life moving from one country to another(to the next); constantly move(keep moving) around from one country to the next all his life(his entire life)
Added to glossary by
Voloshka
Apr 7, 2006 20:17
18 yrs ago
Russian term
всю жизнь переезжать
Russian to English
Other
Journalism
Родители всю жизнь переезжали из одной страны в другую.
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Proposed translations
+3
2 hrs
David Knowles
Native in English
Works in field
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
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39
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Their parents spent their whole life moving from one country to another.
"the parents" is possible, but I suspect "their/his/her parents" would be better. "spent their life" sounds to me more natural than the other variants offered.
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“They’ve spent their whole life moving to new places and figuring out how to fit in,” Thompson says, “so They’re quick to pick up on cues—even office ...
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“They’ve spent their whole life moving to new places and figuring out how to fit in,” Thompson says, “so They’re quick to pick up on cues—even office ...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Спасибо большое за помощь всем-всем! Peer comments чрезвычайно полезны тоже! Варианты Simon Hollingsworth и David Knowles схожи, я выбрала ответ, который стоит отдельно, хотя концовку взяла "to the next". Спасибо ещё раз!"
+5
3 mins
The parents constantly moved around from one country to the next all their lives
I think adding "constantly" helps the meaning a bit
Peer comment(s):
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Olga Cartlidge
: I would ve used kept moving rather than constantly but you are the expert here : - ))
6 mins
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Not really, I've lived in the same country all my life (so far :-)
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Peter Shortall
35 mins
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Kevin Kelly
49 mins
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Simon Hollingsworth
: ...spent their lives moving from one country to the next...
1 hr
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Natalia Gorobinskaya
: как насчет from one country to another
4 hrs
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3 mins
Olga Layer
Native in Russian
Works in field
Accuracy above all!
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
moving their entire life
The parents have been moving ... their entire life
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Забыла вставить "from country to country"
The parents have been moving from country to country their entire life
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Забыла вставить "from country to country"
The parents have been moving from country to country their entire life
2 hrs
Alexander Demyanov
Native in Russian
Works in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
throughout their entire life / all their life
the (or my/their/his/her, depending on your story) parents kept moving from one country to another
3 hrs
be on the constant move
my parents were on the constant move from one state to another
9 hrs
Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
United States
Native in Russian
Works in field
United States
UNSURPASSABLE EXPERIENCE
Native in: Russian , Ukrainian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 3 more.
were moving between countries all the time (all their lives)
as a variant
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