translation from 1920s (Vertov)

[Kenneth Brostrom]

Since in this instance one can assume that the speaker includes 
himself in this imperative, perhaps "Let's Go, Soviet" might work.

Ken Brostrom



>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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Kenneth Brostrom
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Dept. of German and Slavic Studies
Wayne State University
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