MOROZKO

[Iaroslav Pankovskyi]

Good translation, Olga!
Another possible suggestion for Robert:
перевернешься – бита, и не довернешься - бита, и в пору - бита.
... you turn more, you are beaten; you turn less, you are beaten; you 
turn just enough, again you are beaten.

Best,
Iaroslav.

* Olga Meerson <meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU 
[compose.cgi?enc=utf-8;4e0d;mailto=meersono%40GEORGETOWN.EDU]> [Thu, 2 
Sep 2010 09:24:38 -0400]:
> перевернешься – бита, и не довернешься - бита, и в пору -
> бита.
>
> =
> you turn all the way around--they don't like it and beat you; you turn
> just a little [not enough]--they don't like it and beat you; you do it
> just right -- they still beat you
>

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