Translation help

[Sarah Hurst]

How about "the main thing was not to do this in a church - not to lift their
legs in such an obscene way in their wild dance, not to..." - or even
eliminate the negative altogether with "the main thing was not to do this in
a church - lift their legs in such an obscene way in their wild dance, or
to..." 

 

Sarah Hurst

 

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Elena Gapova
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 12:26 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Translation help

 

Dear list members,

 

I am suffering over how to translate the following phrase into English
without loosing too much of the emotion the speaker put into it: 

 

<главное, чтобы в церковь с э т и м не заходили..- чтобы ноги не задирали
самым похабным образом в диком танце своем, чтобы не корчились в масках на
амвоне - святом месте для православных, куда верующие взгляд поднимают с
благоговением...>

 

What bothers me most of all is  "чтобы... не.." What would the comparable
English structure be?

 

Elena Gapova

 

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