Russian translation of 'compassionate conservatism'?

Alina Israeli aisrael at american.edu
Wed Oct 27 16:09:14 UTC 1999


>I agree with Edward.
>It should be translated also word-by-word: KONSERWATIZM S ^ELOWE^ESKIM
>LICOM "konservatizm s chelovecheskim licom"
>
>
>> I am sorry but I disagree.
>> Umerennyj konservatizm is not a right term.

You may be correct, but the conservatives may disagree because the
implication is that the conservatism of any other persuasion has an inhuman
face, which G.W.Bush is not claiming (after all his father is the
conservative of the older generation).

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