Translation help

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Carol Ueland wrote:

> I have a senior who is translating two skazki as an honors project.
> One of them is entitled "Suvorushka" from the collection "Sibirskie
> skazki" collected by I.S. Korovkin and published in Novosibirsk in
> 1973.  There is one word which has us stumped, even our resident
> native speakers.  It is "na fatere" and occurs in the following
> context: "A gde Druzhevna Korolevna?  Ona vot na fatere u babushki.
> Togda vse troe poshli tuda".  Any suggestions would be gratefully
> appreciated!
>                                                             Carol

An apartment or home, according to Blatnoy Slovar:
<http://www.bratok.com/dictionary/dictionary.htm#21>

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Paul B. Gallagher
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"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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