translation help

ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET
Wed Dec 30 23:24:12 UTC 2009


At 04:38 PM 12/29/2009, you wrote:
>Season's greetings,
>I was hoping someone could help me translate the 
>following phrase from my P'etsukh text:
>
>"÷ ËÁÖÄÙÊ ÇÏÒÛÏË ÔÅÂÅ ÎÁÄÏ ÐÌÀÎÕÔØ"
>(V kazhdyi gorshok tebe nado pliunut')
>
>The person being addressed is an idealist and a 
>bit of a pessimist/alarmist.  For instance, when 
>one of his fellow-tenants disappears from their 
>communal apartment, he suspects foul play right 
>off the bat, which prompts the phrase in question from another neighbor.
>Any ideas would be great.
>Thanks in advance,
>Krystyna

If the pessimist were a woman, my father would 
have instantly said "Calamity Jane!"
That is probably too amerikanskij kolorit to work 
in a translation of a Russian setting.
Jules Levin

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