Handling "STROI" in "Kotlovan"

[Timothy Sergay]

Dear Robert and all,

I would think about "formation" rather than "column" in handling "stroi"
when the immediate contextual sense has to do with marching and ranks, as
in "razgovorchiki v stroiu" or here, "v meru obshchego stroia" (maybe "the
general formation"); when you "fall in" to ranks, whether standing or
marching, you're "in formation" and so on. I agree with the relevance of
the words/concepts of "order" and "organization" for the more generalized
valence of "stroi"; the Latin idea of formatio is also good for these, as
well as the related theme of building, construction--to form something is
not only to make it larger, it also means to impart order and organization
to it. Naturally it's hard to map the root STRO- onto a single English
root that is similarly productive of lexicon; it's hard to imagine
translating a long text with many thematically interrelated tokens of
STRO- without resorting to a menu of different English forms (build,
order, organization, form, formation, probably others).

Best wishes,
Tim

> Dear all,
>
> I didn’t quote enough of this passage to bring out the difficulty with
> ‘otdalivshis’’.  Here it is again:
>
> Âîùåâ ïðèîñòàíîâèëñÿ îêîëî êàëåêè, ïîòîìó ÷òî ïî óëèöå äâèíóëñÿ èç ãëóáèíû
> ãîðîäà ñòðîé äåòåé-ïèîíåðîâ, ñ óñòàâøåé ìóçûêîé âïåðåäè.
>
> Îðêåñòð ïèîíåðîâ, îòäàëèâøèñü, çàèãðàë ìóçûêó ìîëîäîãî ïîõîäà. Ìèìî
> êóçíèöû,
> ñ ñîçíàíèåì âàæíîñòè ñâîåãî áóäóùåãî, ñòóïàëè òî÷íûì ìàðøåì áîñûå äåâî÷êè;
> èõ ñëàáûå, ìóæàþùèå òåëà áûëè îäåòû â ìàòðîñêè, íà çàäóì÷èâûõ,
> âíèìàòåëüíûõ
> ãîëîâàõ âîëüíî âîçëåæàëè êðàñíûå áåðåòû è èõ íîãè áûëè ïîêðûòû ïóõîì
> þíîñòè.
> Êàæäàÿ äåâî÷êà, äâèãàÿñü â ìåðó îáùåãî ñòðîÿ, óëûáàëàñü îò ÷óâñòâà ñâîåãî
> çíà÷åíèÿ, îò ñîçíàíèÿ ñåðüåçíîñòè ñæèìàþùåéñÿ â íåé æèçíè, íåîáõîäèìîé äëÿ
> íåïðåðûâíîñòè ñòðîÿ è ñèëû ïîõîäà. Ëþáàÿ èç ýòèõ ïèîíåðîê ðîäèëàñü â òî
> âðåìÿ, êîãäà â ïîëÿõ ëåæàëè ìåðòâûå ëîøàäè ñîöèàëüíîé âîéíû, è íå âñå
> ïèîíåðû èìåëè êîæó â ÷àñ ñâîåãî ïðîèñõîæäåíèÿ, ïîòîìó ÷òî èõ ìàòåðè
> ïèòàëèñü
> ëèøü çàïàñàìè ñîáñòâåííîãî òåëà; ïîýòîìó íà ëèöå êàæäîé ïèîíåðêè îñòàëàñü
> òðóäíîñòü íåìîùè ðàííåé æèçíè, ñêóäîñòü òåëà è êðàñîòû âûðàæåíüÿ. Íî
> ñ÷àñòüå
> äåòñêîé äðóæáû, îñóùåñòâëåíüå áóäóùåãî ìèðà â èãðå þíîñòè è äîñòîèíñòâî
> ñâîåé ñòðîãîé ñâîáîäû îáîçíà÷èëè íà äåòñêèõ ëèöàõ âàæíóþ ðàäîñòü,
> çàìåíèâøóþ
> èì êðàñîòó è äîìàøíþþ óïèòàííîñòü.
>
> Âîùåâ ñòîÿë ñ ðîáîñòüþ ïåðåä ãëàçàìè øåñòâèÿ ýòèõ íåèçâåñòíûõ åìó,
> âçâîëíîâàííûõ äåòåé;
>
> They clearly otdalyayutsya from the depth of the town, but they have not
> gone into the distance from the perspective of the watching Voshchev.  It
> is
> a very odd use of ‘otdalivshis’’ indeed.
>
> As for ‘stroi’ - ALL of its meanings are relevant.  It is a key syllable
> for
> the book as a whole.  There are many, many occurrences of ‘postroika’,
> ‘ustroenie’, ‘nastroienie’ ‘ustarivat’’, etc.
>
> Pomogite!
>
> R.
>
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