Platonov translation problem

[Robert Chandler]

NO, the original is WRONG, but it is not AWKWARD.  It is direct, concise and
fluent.  Sasha says exactly what he means to say; he just doesn't know that
this is not the way one is supposed to talk.

Robert

> It SHOULD be awkward - like the original.
>
> J. W. Narins
>
>
> --- joe phillips <jozio at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
>> <i>Papa, menya prognali pobirat'sya, ya teper' skoro
>> umru k tebe.</i>
>>
>> Perhaps, "I'll join you in death" or simply "I'll
>> join
>> you" might render the emotion...
>>
>> I thought about "I'll soon die to be with you" but
>> it
>> seems awkward.
>>
>>
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