Deputat dumy

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Jerry Ervin wrote:

> How is "Deputat dumy" usually translated into English?
>
> "Deputy of the Duma"?
>
> "Legislative Deputy?"?
>
> Something else?

In my experience, "Duma" is left untranslated, like "Majlis," "Knesset,"
and "Diet."

Personally, I don't like "Deputy of the Duma" because it suggests a
subordinate relationship as in "Deputy Chairman," "Deputy Sheriff," etc.

Here are some results from an Altavista search. I have excluded Russian
sites because I don't trust their English; this only reduced the count a
few thousand from the 158,089 hits for <+deputy +duma>.

Search String                                    Hits
=============                                    ====
+duma +deputy -domain:ru                        153,760
+"duma deputy" -domain:ru                        47,575

+"deputy to the duma" -domain:ru                      7
+"deputy to the state duma" -domain:ru               25
+"deputy to the RF duma" -domain:ru                   0
+"deputy to the RF state duma" -domain:ru             0

+"deputy of the duma" -domain:ru                     22
+"deputy of the state duma" -domain:ru               90
+"deputy of the RF duma" -domain:ru                   0
+"deputy of the RF state duma" -domain:ru             0

As you can see, "Duma Deputy" accounts for nearly a third of the total
hits for <+duma +deputy>, and considering that many of these latter will
be documents containing "Duma" and "deputy" in separate places, it seems
clear that "Duma Deputy" is the most common rendition.

It looks like our colleague Helena Goscilo is right.

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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