NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan

[Karen Tusack]

Chameleons?

Karen Tusack
Senior Instructional Technology Consultant
L&S Learning Support Services
UW-Madison, 1220 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706
608-262-4471 kltusack at wisc.edu

On 3/9/2011 11:46 AM, Stefani, Sara Marie wrote:
> shape-shifter?
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> From: SEELANGS: Slavic&  East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] on behalf of Edythe Haber [Edythe.Haber at UMB.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 11:53 AM
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan
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> Dear SEELANGtsy,
>
> I am having trouble finding the English equivalent for the word oboroten'.  Russian-English dictionaries I have consulted translate it as werewolf, but that clearly does not fit the context of the text I'm working on:  a 1938 play by Teffi, in which emigres are called oborotni, since they keep changing identities -- their names, nationalities, professions, etc.  Ozhegov defines the word as:  "chelovek, sposobnyi prevrashchat'sia v kogo-chto-n. s pomoshch'iu volshebstva" -- in other words,  not only into wolves.  I can't seem to come up with an English word denoting this.  I'd much appreciate your help.
>
> Thanks,
> Edie Haber
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> From: SEELANGS: Slavic&  East European Languages and Literatures list on behalf of Benjamin Rifkin
> Sent: Tue 3/8/2011 9:48 AM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan
>
>
>
> Dear SEELANGers:
>
> This article may be of interest to many in our community:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/arts/design/desert-of-forbidden-art-igor-savitsky-collection-in-nukus.html?_r=1
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> Best wishes to all,
>
> Ben Rifkin
> The College of New Jersey
>
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