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Interesting context. I'm very curious now what the exact translation is. Machine translation that I get says:
Like this part in particular, I wonder what it's like in Russian, in context:
Because in English, that could have multiple meanings. It could mean things like: "it is illegal to repeat it", "it is a failing on our part to repeat it"/"it is wrong of us to allow ourselves to reach a point where we would have to repeat it", "it is wrong of us to repeat it". The last one would be the most revolution-adverse as a matter of fundamentally opposing revolution even if necessary, but is that actually the meaning?
I tried prompting an LLM about it, which I'm aware is not to be taken at face value, but as perhaps a corroborative piece of information. Noting that I did not state my view on it, only asked for its interpretation of that line in the context of the previous paragraph, and that I first asked it to translate that part of the speech, which it did with similar results to Google Translate. The interpretation from it:
This more or less syncs up with how I'm inclined to take it in context. That he's not trying to say "revolution bad", but rather, "it would be shameful if the Russian people have to repeat it because you do such a poor job of ruling."
If anyone who is bilingual in Russian and English can weigh in though, that would be nice.