Pride and Prejudice opening sentence in Russian

[Olia Prokopenko]

Ooops! Apologies to Irina Gurova whose name I misspelled in my message.
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?
>
> --
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> pbg translations, inc.
> "Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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