Po portretam

[Robert Chandler]

Yes, I think you're right.

Thanks!

R.




> Robert, why not translate it "from their pictures"? My guess is from
> posters in parades as well as wall newspapers.
> 
> Best,
> Margo
> 
> Quoting Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> This is a sentence from Grossman©ös story ŒMama©ö:
>> ŒKaganovicha, Molotova, Voroshilova ona znala po portretam.©ö
>> 
>> I suddenly feel sure about these Œportrety©ö.  Are they photographs in
>> newspapers, or could they be on placards and banners?
>> 
>> The subject of the sentence is the peasant nyanya to Yezhov©ös adoptive
>> daughter.  Whether or not she reads newspapers is unclear; she certainly
>> does not have much understanding of what is happening in the country.
>> 
>> Vsego dobrogo,
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
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