Pride and Prejudice opening sentence in Russian

[David Powelstock]

I completely agree about the two translations. It doesn't seem that Marshak
has made any attempt to capture the tone of the original. Shocking, really,
especially considering that it's the *first* sentence of the novel.

Cheers,
David P.

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David Powelstock
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
Director, Master of Arts in Comparative Humanities
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02453


On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:41 PM, William Ryan <wfr at sas.ac.uk> wrote:

> I'm inclined to agree. Also, Marshak's translation of this sentence is
> poor is several respects and entirely misses the jocular note of the
> original. The Gurova version is better.
>
> Will Ryan
>
>
> On 11/09/2013 21:19, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>
>> FRISON Philippe wrote:
>>
>>  Here is Marshak’s translation :
>>>
>>> Все знают, что молодой человек, располагающий средствами, должен
>>> подыскивать себе жену.
>>>
>>
>> Fascinating. I took the "must" in that sentence as speculative ("I'm sure
>> he will do this") and not imperative ("He has to do this").
>>
>> I know that Russian "должен" can sometimes have this sense, but I'm not
>> convinced it works that way here.
>>
>> Agree or disagree with these two points?
>>
>>
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