Two new translations of The Little Golden Calf

[jeff brooks]

Dear Paul Richardson,
This is nicely done. I am glad I was able to help.

Jeff

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Paul Richardson <paulr at russianlife.net>wrote:

> Ilf and Petrov's "The Little Golden Calf"
> One satirical novel, two seriously different versions
>
> It is rather unusual for two entirely new translations of a classic novel
> to be released within a month of one another. Since we have gotten several
> queries about the differences between our Russian Life Books version,
> published December 1, 2009, and the Open Letter version, published a month
> or so later, we have posted on our website:
>
> (1) a list of qualitative points of divergence that we have discerned;
> (2) a comparison of the two translations, based on a paragraph recently
> selected by a third party reviewer;
> (3) a letter from our translator, Anne O. Fisher;
> (4) some background information on our translation of the novel.
>
> Here is the link:
> http://www.russianlife.com/lgc_divergences.cfm
>
> We have also put up a digital version of our translation, and anyone can
> read the first 85 pages of the novel free here:
> http://bit.ly/bQLYIC
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul E. Richardson
> Publisher
> Russian Life books
> www.russianlife.com
>
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