translation question
Krystyna and Nory Steiger
steiger at CAN.ROGERS.COM
Sun Jul 20 22:55:07 UTC 2008
Dear SEELANGERS,
I'm working on a translation of Viacheslav P'etsukh's novella Novaia moskovskaia filosofiia due to be published early next year, and am having trouble with a few things even at this late date. My submission today has to do with 2 different military terms.
The first is a reference to what is likely the Soviet defensive on Sept. 30, 1941 against the German offensive against Leningrad. The context is this: a pedantic but humorous narrator suggests Russians take their literature for truth. After citing a paragraph from Crime and Punishment he insists that "even if there had been [a young man such as Raskol'nikov] he never walked out of the yard toward evening in the direction of K- bridge, and even if he had, then it wasn't 'as though in a state of indecision' but, on the contrary, ???????? ????? [nemetskim shagom] ... out of quarters in the Izmailovskii Regiment, early in the morning of September 30."
I thought it was "goose-step," which I've seen since is ??????? ??? [gusinyi shag], and have tentatively settled for "in a military step." Any other suggestions?
Also, would "Artillery Warrant Officer" be the proper translation for ????????? [praporshchik ] in the Russian Imperial Army?
Thanks so much in advance and warmest regards,
Krystyna
steiger at can.rogers.com
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