question about Akhmatova's Requiem

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear Inna:

May I offer my interpretative translation of the Requiem as a 
supplementary version. Here is the URL:

http://www.websher.net/srl/requiem.html

Yours,

Benjamin

Inna Caron wrote:
> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> Sometimes the translator's faithfulness to the poet's language results in
> slight awkwardness of expression, and by extension, lessening of the impact.
> Ideally, I would like the student reaction to the above poem to range from
> solemn silence to uncontrollable weeping. Which English translation would
> you recommend for use in an undergraduate class, where most students are not
> Russian and/or literature majors?
>
> Replies off- or on-list will be equally appreciated.
>
> Inna Caron
> The Ohio State University
>
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