another phrase

Fri May 21 19:50:44 UTC 2010

Maybe because the term 'falcon' doesn't have the same implicature in English in that the birds symbolise different meanings in each language.  I came across another interesting translation re: birds.  It was a documentary about Yuri Gargarin.  The teacher addressed the class of would-be astronauts with the phrase, 'Prevet, sovyolochki'.  It was transalated as 'Hi, eagles'.  I'm not fully aware of the implicature of nightingales and would welcome any comment. 

> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:25:24 -0400
> From: edseelangs at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] another phrase
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
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> Sorry for this belated remark, but I am wondering why Constance
> Garnett used "hawk" instead of "falcon" in this translation.
> Any idea?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Edward Dumanis
> 
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Sarah Hurst <sarahhurst at alaska.net> wrote:
> > Thanks everyone who pointed out that this phrase is in "Anna Karenina". Here's the translation by Constance Garnett:
> >
> > That had happened to him in this matter which is said to happen to drunkards--the first glass sticks in the throat, the second flies down like a hawk, but after the third they're like tiny little birds.
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