Russian translation

[Andrea Gregovich]

I did this assignment as an undergrad -- pick a rock song and translate it
into Russian.  I think I did REM's "Everybody Hurts".  Frankly, I think
it's one where you just do your best and learn from it the impossibilities
of translating slang and colloquial stuff into a foreign language.

My one suggestion is to consider the word "баба" for baby.  If I recall,
that problem came up when my class did the assignment!  Obviously you
wouldn't say "ребенок" in this sort of instance.

-- Andrea Gregovich


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Sarah Hurst <sarahhurst at alaska.net> wrote:

>  I wouldn't even say that this is slang. It's mainly Americanisms. Plus I
> don't think just finding a couple of random slang words in a dictionary -
> eg for "blue" - is going to convey the feel of this song if you don't have
> a good idea of how to convey these thoughts and feelings in Russian. ****
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