palach

[bela shayevich]

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On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Hugh McLean <hmclean at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Robert Chandler wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Why not just 'whipper'?
>>
>
> Hugh
>>
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