Pride and Prejudice opening sentence in Russian

[Olia Prokopenko]

 "Должен" is a good choice because of its two meanings: one of strong
probability "I'm sure he will do this" (as in "Он должен подойти с минуты
на минуту"), another one of moral imperative "He has to do this" (as in
"Теперь он должен жениться").
I like Gurianova's combination of "должен" and "нуждаться". It creates the
necessary comic effect (from the viewpoint of the parents of unmarried
daughters, "если богатый холостяк не моральный урод, ему должно
недоставать  женщины рядом" and he should start paying attention to those
available).
Olia


On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Paul B. Gallagher <
paulbg at pbg-translations.com> 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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> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
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