gender in translation

[Robert Orr]

http://www.litportal.ru/genre6/author3279/read/page/1/book15045.html


I recently found this version of C.S. Lewis "the Last Battle"  on line.
Shift, the Ape, is referred to as "обезьян", in order to preserve the gender
in the original text. "обезьян", however, seems to be a very rare  (I
hesitate to say "invented") form.

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