palach

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to translate 'palach', when his role is not to execute someone but to whip them?  Tis is a Bazhov skazka, and two miscreants are being punished for letting some cows stray off and be eaten by wolves. To call the man with the whip an executioner could seriously confuse the reader.

The Oxford English Dictionary does have the word 'whipster', which may well be the best solution.  But it certainly isn't a word I am familiar with.

Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

tel. +44 207 603 3862





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