on to "vicarious"

[Condee]

<< Baudouin de Courtenay once wrote "zaochnyj" for something you do at a
distance rather than in direct contact with reality. Can we have a bit of
context?>>

Well, it is for a piece I am writing for a Russian journal, so it concerns
the translation into Russian of the title, which is itself meant to jar the
reader: "Vicarious Catastrophe."  It has to do with television viewing
practices--implicitly, watching a catastrophe on television as a vicarious
experience.

I appreciate that the simplest solution is to change the title, but other
suggestions would be welcome.

Prof. Nancy Condee, Director
Graduate Program for Cultural Studies
2206 Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-7232


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Baudouin de Courtenay once wrote "zaochnyj" for something you do at a
distance rather than in direct contact with reality. Can we have a bit of
context?
-- 
Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

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>am I correct that there is no Russian equivalent for "vicarious"?
> "Kosvennyi" is not really an equivalent, but I do not see another easy
> alternative.  Any answer (on any topic other than Onegin) would be
> welcome.
>
> Respectfully,
> Nancy Condee
>

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