another translation question

[Harlow Robinson]

thanks very much.

Harlow

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elena Ostrovskaya" <elena.ostrovskaya at GMAIL.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] another translation question


> 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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>> Paul B. Gallagher
>> pbg translations, inc.
>> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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