"...krichali tsikady..."?

[Russell Valentino]

To my ear, cicadas cry, which resonates with Chekhov's scene. Cicadas are
rarely quiet or neutral, in my experience.

At 07:36 PM 9/28/2004, you wrote:
> > 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?

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