foil

[Melissa Smith]

 FOIL: Rapier, sidekick, aluminum, thwart? Definitely multiple 
associations -- NOT Soviet thinking! I can't think of a context worthy 
of censoring.

Emoticons SHOULD be censored in scholarly discourse, however!

Melissa Smith


On 10/13/11 2:49 PM, Prokhorova, Elena V wrote:
> Oops!  I meant as a literary term.  
> 
> "Foil has many meanings and you do not want to give us context---Soviet
> thinking still exists."  
> 
> Not even a smiley face after this judgement? :)  And I have no idea 
what you mean by that!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Elena Prokhorova
> College of William and Mary
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Lewis B. Sckolnick [info at rectorpress.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:23 PM
> To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list; Prokhorova, 
Elena V
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] foil
> 
> Foil has many meanings and you do not want to give us context---Soviet
> thinking still exists.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/13/2011 12:14 PM, Prokhorova, Elena V wrote:
> > Dear SEELANGers,
> >
> > how would you translate "foil" into Russian?  "Антагонист" doesn't 
really capture the meaning.
> >
> > Please answer off-list to evprok at wm.edu
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Elena Prokhorova
> > College of William and Mary
> >
> > 
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Melissa T. Smith, Professor
Department of Foreign Languages and 
Literatures  
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
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