palach

[Lewis B. Sckolnick]

  Palach is an executioner or hangman and someone who most likely has a 
certain amount of judicial discretion. The word is from the Turkish. 
Palach is taken as a Jewish name in the Turkish world, thus Palache, 
Palaggi, Falaji, Palyaj related to Hazzan and there is of course Jan 
Palach from Prague. In this instant case context must be allowed to play 
a large role even if the resulting translation might not be as genteel 
as some might want it to be.

Lewis B. Sckolnick
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> Dear all,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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> tel. +44 207 603 3862
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Lewis B. Sckolnick
The Ledge House
130 Rattlesnake Gutter Road, Suite 1000
Leverett, MA 01054-9726
U.S.A.

Telephone 1. 413. 367. 0303
Facsimile 1. 413. 367. 2853
info at runanywhere.com

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