translation question
Jack Kollmann
jack.kollmann at STANFORD.EDU
Wed Mar 22 22:46:30 UTC 2006
Literally, "feeding," more descriptively, "provisioning,"
"upkeep," "maintenance," "subsistence," "subsidy," "support." There is no
single English word that covers the nuances of what "kormlenie" was as a
system for the support of regional officials (namestniki, volosteli,
voevody, etc.) in Muscovite times. If "ruga" occurs (usually in reference
to priests) in the same text, the translator is faced with the challenge of
distinguishing the two practices -- similar, but not identical -- in English.
A translation is like a mistress: if it's too pretty, it may not
be faithful; if it's faithful, it may not be very pretty. Take your pick,
but surely the literal "feeding" for "kormlenie" is awkward.
Jack Kollmann
Stanford University
At 09:47 AM 3/22/2006, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>what is the English term for the Russian "kormlenie"?
>
>("Kormlenie - oznachalo pervonachal'no sposob soderzhaniia dolzhnostnykh
>lits. Sud'i, vmeste s ispolniteliami ikh reshenii, poluchali ot mestnogo
>naseleniia vse neobkhodimoe dlia propitaniia kak ikh samikh, tak i slug
>ikh i dazheloshadei. Eto byl tak nazyv. korm v nature.")
>
>Your help will be much appreciated!
>Please reply off-list at tbuzina at yandex.ru.
>
>Thank you,
>Tatyana
>
>--
>Tatyana V. Buzina,
>Associate Professor, Chair,
>Dpt. of European Languages,
>Institute for Linguistics,
>Russian State U for the Humanities
>
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