Translation question

[Alexandra Smith]

"net khudshego metaniia svinskogo korma pered
> chelovekami, chem to, chto tshchitsia l'stit' dobrodeteli, budto ee   
> nedostoiny ee zhe sobstvennye istoki, no ei neobkhodima   
> rodoslovnaia...").---

Why not to be more bold and say: stoit li metat' biser pered  
svin'iami? eto podobno..., etc.?....

All best,
Alexandra




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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Lecturer in Russian
School of European Languages and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EX8 9JX
UK

tel. +44-(0)131-6511381
fax: +44- (0)131 650-3604
e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk

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