palach

[Lewis B. Sckolnick]

  Whipper gets us back to

Knoutoboi palach---whipper

Palach is a title in this case

Lewis
> 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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