another translation question

[Melissa Smith]

 What about something like: "my Russian tongue informs my every 
utterance."

MelissaSmith

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> 
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> 
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> 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.
> >>
> >> --
> >> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> >> --
> >> Paul B. Gallagher
> >> pbg translations, inc.
> >> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
> >> http://pbg-translations.com
> >>
> >>
> >> 
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Melissa T. Smith, Professor
Department of Foreign Languages and 
Literatures  
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
Tel: (330)941-3462

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