"...krichali tsikady..."?
pjs
pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU
Tue Sep 28 15:53:34 UTC 2004
Brother and Sister Slavic Wizards (Russian Division)!
In a famous passage from "Dama s sobachkoi" ("V Orieande sideli na skam'e,
nedaleko ot tserkvi, smotreli vniz na more i molchali... and following),
as one auditory effect Chekhov has: "...krichali tsikady..."
Nabokov translates (in his essay): "the crickets chirped"
Pevear and Volokhonsky: "cicadas called"
I am not interested in the insect as much as the verb. Does it really come
across as that quiet or neutral?
Peter Scotto
Russian Department
Mount Holyoke College
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