Sentence from Afanasyev, 290 'Svinoy Chokhol'

[Alina Israeli]

Куда тебе! = It's not for you!

She went out into the open field, whistled, barked, not as a  
nightingale whisltes, but with her own young maiden voice, and a  
carriage appeared; she tossed off her pig hide case, put on a dress: ...

May 3, 2011, в 3:52 PM, Robert Chandler написал(а):

> Dear all,
>
> I don't know what to do with this sentence from a skazka (one that  
> is very similar to Cinderella)"В другой раз собрались к царю на бал.  
> Свиной Чехол просит позволения прийти посмотреть. «Куда тебе!» Она  
> вышла в чистое поле, свистнула-гаркнула не соловейским посвистом, а  
> своим девичьим голосом — явилась карета; скинула свой свиной чехол,  
> надела платье: на спине светел месяц, на груди красно солнышко!  
> Приехала на бал и пошла танцевать.
>
> My English translation seems odd - odd without being interesting or  
> expressive: "She went out into open steppe and let out something  
> between a shout and a whistle – her voice was not the voice of a  
> nightingale but the voice of a young maiden – and a carriage  
> appeared."
>
> I don't know what to do to make it work.  Probably it would be  
> easier if I could see the point of what I assume is an allusion to  
> the Solovei-Razboinik.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Robert
>
>
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>
> tel. +44 207 603 3862
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Alina Israeli
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LFS, American University
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