Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
исполняли многочисленные дополнительные молитвы и посты
English translation:
They recited many additional prayers and kept fasts/ they did many additional prayers and fasts
Russian term
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Spanish to Russian, and 3 more.
исполняли многочисленные дополнительные молитвы и посты
Jan 15, 2010 10:47: Yuliya UA Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
They recited many additional prayer services and kept fasts
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Note added at 25 мин (2010-01-12 16:23:12 GMT)
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Или же " they said many additional prayers and kept fasts", если совершались одним человеком
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Note added at 32 мин (2010-01-12 16:30:16 GMT)
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"a number of fasts", as "additional" refers to both prayer services and fasts.
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Note added at 3 час (2010-01-12 19:17:30 GMT)
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Кстати, вот нашла пару ссылок, где говориться что both prayers and fasts can be DONE
Why Do Muslims Fast? http://www.sunnah.org/ibadaat/fasting/fast.html
This article has discussed some reasons why Muslims DO Ramadan fast. It is not intended to delve into the subject of fasting but to help Muslims answer...
http://islam.about.com/od/prayer/ht/pray.htm
There are five daily prayer timings. Formal prayers can be DONE during a window of time between the start of one prayer and the start of the following prayer.
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Note added at 3 час (2010-01-12 19:18:52 GMT)
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В таком случае можно и так: "They did many/ a number of additional prayers and fasts"
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David Knowles
: I'd prefer "recited many additional prayers", and "kept" is just right. It needs two verbs in English.
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Thank you, David.
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Judith Hehir
: with David, though you also might use "observed...fasts"
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Thank you, Judith.
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They made numerous additional prayers and fasts
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Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
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Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 5 more.
they ministered some additional non-mandatory prayers and fasts
Discussion
"Standing with hands folded over chest, recite the first chapter of the Qur'an in Arabic. Then recite any other verses of the Qur'an that you would like".....