Teffi's description of a leshii

[Helen Halva]

Maybe some element of "tangling" . . . .??

George Hawrysch wrote:
> The sense is all there. To me, "следы бурьяном заплести" echos some
> folkloric topoi about weeds choking one's life-path, so you may wish
> to describe thick creeping growth more than interwoven tendrils.
>
> "...and spread tangled weeds over any trace of his passing."
>
> I'm really speaking of style more than translation.
>
> George Hawrysch
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I know this is nowhere near being a satisfactory translation yet, but 
>> have I
>> at least got the basic sense of the last words?
>>
>>   Леший — о нем и упоминать страшно. Ухал в лесу, пугал, заводил в
>> непроходимую чащу, запутывал, ни одного доброго дела за ним не 
>> числилось.
>> Злющий был. Ему бы только запугать, сбить с пути, погубить человека и 
>> следы
>> бурьяном заплести.
>>
>> As for the forest spirit, you have to be feeling brave even to 
>> mention him.
>> He made wild hooting noises, he led people into impassable thickets, he
>> confused them.  There was not one good deed to his name.  He had an evil
>> temper.  All he ever wanted was to scare people, to lead them astray, to
>> lure a man to his death and cover even his last footprints with plaited
>> grass.
>>
>> Thanks, as always,
>>
>> Robert
>>
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