Pride and Prejudice opening sentence in Russian

[Sentinel76 Astrakhan]

Brilliant, Robert!
 
The original does say "in WANT," but "нуждается" can be interpreted as "need" and "want" at the same time.
 
If you want to make it more colloquial:
 
Всякому известно, что обладающий состоянием холостяк наверняка нуждается в супруге.
 
Vadim

 
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:27:47 +0200
> From: rmcleminson at POST.SK
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Pride and Prejudice opening sentence in Russian
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
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> I can't resist either.  
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> Истина сия повсеместно признаваема, что неженатый господин, добрым состоянием обладающий, непременно нуждается в супруге.
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