Platonov translation problem

[DBH]

Dear Mr. Browne,
  It seems to me that there's no need for an 'epithet'
for the action of dying (die down/over/etc.).  The
phrase is completely non-standard in Russian -- you
don't want it to sound more correct in English.  This
is one of those happy moments where the literal
translation is best: "I'll be dying to you soon" or
"I'll die to you soon."
  I'm curious to see what you choose!
  J. W. Narins
  UCLA

--- Wayles Browne <ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU> wrote:

> At 09:52 -0500 11/12/04, Elena Gapova wrote:
> >In the original, it is the "spatial inclusion" into
> the place/space
> >where the father is now seems to be important.
> >I am not sure if the following is "grammatical"
> (but Platonov was
> >"ungrammatical"); this is just a suggestion:
> >I'll come and die into where you are.
> >
> >E.G.
>
> I'll die over to you.
>
> --
>
> Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics
> Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
> Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
>
> tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
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