another translation question

[Elena Ostrovskaya]

To be absolutely honest, the quote itself sounds a bit strange to the modern
Russian ear. You can use 'slog' for style, yes, but you do not normally say
just 'I have a Russian style', since it does not make much sense. Even
within the longer quotation (as suggested by Google) it sounds a bit out of
date, much more so on its own. So, I would not try to take it out and would
translate the whole thing like that: "I have spoken Russian all my life,
have thought in Russian all my life, my manner [of speaking (expression?)]
is Russian".
THat is I would definitely prefer manner to style.
And if hte idea of translation is to make it smooth and impressive, "Russian
voice" seems great.
My two cents.
Elena Ostrovskaya

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Paul B. Gallagher <
paulbg at pbg-translations.com> wrote:

>
>
> Of these two additional senses, I would say the former is closer to the
> intended meaning (ranked from pedestrian to poetic):
>        I have a Russian style.
>        I have a Russian sound.
>        I have a Russian voice.
>
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