translation from 1920s (Vertov)

[Wilkinson, C]

"Step it up, Soviet" changes the meaning quite considerably.

The film was made at the behest of the Executive Committee of the Moscow
Soviet as an "information film" about forthcoming elections. This probably
best conveyed in the film's French title, "Le Soviet de Moscou dans le
présent, le passé et l'avenir" (see
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017372/other names/akas).

IMDB (see above link) gives 2 English versions: "Forward, Soviet!" or
"Stride, Soviet!"

I would hazard to suggest that you could also try "Step Forward, Soviet!" to
give the notion of putting oneself forward for selection/election.

Regards, C. Wilkinson

2008/6/11 Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at uiuc.edu>:

> Dear colleagues with a knack for Russ.-Engl. translation:
>
> Dziga Vertov, the arty ("formalist") director of Soviet documentary films
> (including "Man with the Movie Camera"), made one film in 1926-'27
> entitled "Shagai, Soviet!"
>
> Literal and quasi-literal translations somehow sound a bit awkward
> in English.  "Stride, Soviet"?  "Pace, Soviet"?  "Step, Soviet"?  "March,
> Soviet"?  Etc.
>
> Finally the following possibility occurs to me:
> "STEP IT UP, SOVIET!"
>
> Does that work any better in English than the more literal renditions?
>
> Gratefully,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
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