2 More questions about Bazhov, Gorny master

[Rafael Shusterovich]

Elena's explanation is excellent, but just one thing to be added: in "ЧТО
КАМЕННОЙ СДЕЛАЕТСЯ!" there is a clear taste of bitterness.

Happy New Year,
Rafael

2011/1/1 Elena Ostrovskaya <elena.ostrovskaya at gmail.com>

> Dear Robert,
>
> 2011/1/1 Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>:
>
> > - ЛАДНО, - ОТВЕЧАЕТ, - ЧТО КАМЕННОЙ СДЕЛАЕТСЯ!  ДЛЯ ТЕБЯ ГОВОРЮ - ЧТОБ
> ОСТУДЫ У ВАС НЕ БЫЛО.
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that the first sentence could have had a question
> mark at the end of it?  And that it means something like "Don't worry.  What
> does it matter to someone who is made of stone?  (i.e. to someone LIKE ME
> who is made of stone!)
>
> Yes, you are right. The question mark is not really meant, though, I'd
> say, as что мне сделается! = it's nothing to me. I mean it is not even
> a rhetoric question anymore.
>
>
> >
> > What I find most difficult is the  ДЛЯ ТЕБЯ. Does it mean "for your
> sake'?  Or is it simply 'to you'?  And does the whole sentence mean "I'm
> telling you all this so that the two of you don't have quarrels".  Or is it
> 'And what I say to you is "DON'T QUARREL!" ' ?
>
> It's 'for your sake' and остуда is not ссора, but "охладждение в
> отношениях", according to Ушаков, and marked as "regional or folk". So
> I would translate the whole thing as "I am saying it for your sake,
> Katya, so that the two of you did not FALL OUT OF LOVE". The
> capitalized part differs form the original in register as остуда, to
> my ear is really marked stylistically.
>
>
> Happy New Year! And thanks for bringing us back to work in this first
> day of the year!
>
> Elena Ostrovskaya
>
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