P.S. about "boodishnick" [sic]

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues and Prof Bermel:

Belatedly it occurs to me that in the U.S., police jargon includes the 
term "beat" and the phrase "cop on the beat" [i.e., policeman on patrol].  
Not exactly the same meaning as "budochnik," but not totally dissimilar,
either.

If someone were preparing a literary translation, I suppose the translator 
might consider some invented colloquialism like " 'trolman' " or " 'tro'man," 
and add in brackets [ i.e., "patrolman"].  Just a thought...

Best wishes to all,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois (USA).
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Date: Sun 2 Dec 23:18:31 CST 2007
From: <LISTSERV at BAMA.UA.EDU>
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To: "Steven P. Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU> 

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:56:17 +0000
From: Neil Bermel <n.bermel at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK> 
Subject: Boodishnick 

Thanks to Olia Prokopenko, Olga Meerson and Svetlana Grenier for their 
responses!  I've passed them on to the person who sent me this query. 

Best,
Neil Bermel
Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies
University of Sheffield  Sheffield S10 2TN U.K.
Tel. +44 (0)114 222 7405  Fax +44 (0)114 222 7416
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