Grossman - Mama - teryat' v vese

[Frans Suasso]

BBec also means authority or respect.  The sense of the paragraph is :they behave in such a way, that bthey loose all respect.


Frans Suasso

> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:07:33 -0500
> From: sandstrc at VERIZON.NET
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Grossman - Mama - teryat' v vese
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> 
> In this case, "теряют в весе" is just a neutral way to say "they lost
> weight."  But keep in mind this was not a desirable result.  The translation
> should reflect that these were all bad things that happened.
> 
> Carl Sandstrom
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Grossman - Mama - teryat' v vese
> 
> In Czech, ves can be village.  Could it be as simple as that?
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/1/10, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> >
> > The following is from the story 'Mama'.  The story was probably written in
> > 1960, but this section is set in the mid- or late-1950s.
> >
> >   Говорили, что в домах отдыха  некоторые  девушки позволяют  себе
> лишнее,
> > гуляют по ночам,  теряют в весе,  а в мужских комнатах народ
> > пьянствует,  не
> > соблюдает мертвый час, режется в карты.
> >
> > I am not sure how literally to understand 'teryayut v vese'.
> >
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