foil

[Seth Graham]

The rest of us knew exactly what you meant, Lena, as your rejection of 
"антагонист" was all the context needed. Careless reading still exists, 
apparently. :)

As for "foil," "противник" and "немезида" don't work, either. I doubt 
there's a single word that will fit the bill.

Seth

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> 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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