"Na der'mo soshla" (from Platonov's FRO)

Robert Chandler kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM
Mon Mar 5 08:10:01 UTC 2007


Dear all,

Can anyone suggest a translation for this:
ŒNu, na der¹mo soshla!¹ tikho skazal otets i udalilsya proch¹.

I have no idea how strongly to pitch this.  The father is speaking of a
daughter who he seems, on the whole, to be fond of, although he is somewhat
cross at this minute.

Existing translations include ŒThe miserable bitch!¹, ŒWell, she¹s in a bad
way¹ and ŒWell, she¹s become decadent¹.   (!)

Vsego dobrogo,

R.

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