translation help

[Will Ryan]

Ljutor izhe liut is a sarcastic pun by Ivan 
himself, one of two in this text (the other is 
kaznodei/koznodei) - see the edition and 
translation of the text by Valerie Tumins, Tsar 
Ivan IV's reply to Jan Rokyta, The Hague/Paris, 
1971, pp. 42-3.
Ljutor is standard in Russian of the period  for 
both Luther and Lutheran. The phrase means 
'Luther, who is/which means savage' (or malign, 
evil etc). The pun, like most puns, is not really 
translatable (Luther the looter?).

Will Ryan

Panorama of Russia wrote:
> Dear SEELANGers,
> 
> I am trying to translate the title of a book by Nikoletta Marchalis into 
> English. ?????? ??? ????. ?????? ? ???? ???? ????? ???????? ? ???????? 
> ???????. The best I can manage is Cruel of the cruel. The argument about 
> faith between Tsar Ivan the Terrible and pastor Rokita. My native 
> Russian speaking colleague doesn't accept it, but can't improve it.
> 
> Can anybody set me straight?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Michael Braun
> 
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