Russian term
обрасти преданиями и легендами
Apr 1, 2006 08:38: Peter Shortall changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Legal / Business / Government
Native in: English
Works in: Romanian to English, Russian to English, French to English
(stories and legends) grew up around
"Why exactly does the history of a 5th-7th Celtic Briton chieftain and the legend that grew up around him still fire our collective imaginations today?"
"In time, a legend grew up around U-166, which was told and retold wherever fisherman and divers gathered to swap tales."
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-02-09 23:30:05 GMT)
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So the full sentence would be:
"Stories and legends grew up around the house."
Translating since 1984.
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
many stories and legends became associated with the house
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-02-09 19:25:12 GMT)
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Or
the house brought forth many stories and legends
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Jack Doughty
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Henry Schroeder
: yes, you were a little quicker, I see, "became associated" is not particularly poetic, but I agree with the rest
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United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
legends and stories enveloped the house
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
the house/building is wrapped in stories and legends
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Note added at 38 mins (2006-02-09 19:52:35 GMT)
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I'd use "house" for a single family house; "building" for an apartment building, museum, business, etc.
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
A number of versions…
became surrounded by tales and legends
became enrobed (cloaked) in tales and legends
Christmas is surrounded and overgrown with legends, especially about this night and this moment. If you go back to the ancient scriptures and the ancient ...
www.ctkph.org/homilies/homilies2005/homily122405.htm
the Knights templar later became surrounded by legends concerning secrets and mysteries handed down To the select from ancient times. ...
wikipedia.pavelreich.com/Templar
... or those who managed to return had completely lost their senses. So as a result, the forest was abandoned and became enrobed in dark legends [myths]. ...
www.l2center.com/news/c4glimpse_pf.html
These items became cloaked in the legends of the people of Windfall, the name of this damp, forested world, and what would have been perfectly common to the ...
comp.uark.edu/~sbabb/fs.html
During AROChytus' life his career became "encrusted with legends", centering upon his lofty morals, gentle kindness, self-control and a rigorous asceticism, ...
members.ync.net/pdunn/macgab/lexicon/lex-hers.htm
Armenia
Winning mix of math&linguistic thinking
Native in: Armenian (Variant: Eastern)
Works in: English to Armenian, Armenian to English, Russian to Armenian, and 3 more.
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