on to "vicarious"

[Edward M Dumanis]

I thought about the same term "oposredovannyj" but it seems that in this
context Kenneth Katzner's dictionary has a better solution. It gives
"chuzhoj" as the translation of "vicarious."  Then "Vicarious Catastrophe"
becomes "Chuzhaja avarija."

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Alina Israeli wrote:

> Depends on the context. I am not that sure about the catastrophe, but in
> some context "oposredovannyj" might fit.
> 
> >
> >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.
> 
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