"...krichali tsikady..."?

[pjs]

Brother and Sister Slavic Wizards (Russian Division)!

In a famous passage from "Dama s sobachkoi" ("V Orieande sideli na skam'e,
nedaleko ot tserkvi, smotreli vniz na more i molchali... and following),
as one auditory effect Chekhov has: "...krichali tsikady..."

Nabokov translates (in his essay): "the crickets chirped"

Pevear and Volokhonsky: "cicadas called"

I am not interested in the insect as much as the verb. Does it really come
across as that quiet or neutral?

Peter Scotto
Russian Department
Mount Holyoke College

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