Translation question clarification

Paul B. Gallagher paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Mon Jun 18 20:32:19 UTC 2007


Maryna Vinarska wrote:

> "Zakaznaja stat'ia" means that the author is writing strictly
> according to the "party line" because he was asked to do this to
> promote the idea which may be absolutely false, although not
> necessarily. This is what Elena Gapova means. There must be smth in
> English.

OK, well, how about the old standby "propaganda" and its sister "agitprop"?

;-)

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Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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