Two passages from Platonov's HAPPY MOSCOW

[Alina Israeli]

But then you get rid of the opposition stand-lie.


On Nov 10, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Sentinel76 Astrakhan wrote:

> I wouldn't double the "still."  Instead, I'd make it the sentence as  
> succinct as possible:
>
> "It's still night and soon will be dew."
>
> In fact, translating Platonov, I'd do to English what he did to  
> Russian. :)
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:44:45 -0500
>> From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Two passages from Platonov's HAPPY MOSCOW
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>>
>> By adding words:
>>
>> "The night still stands still and soon the dew will be lying on the
>> ground"
>>
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Robert Chandler wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> We are revising our earlier (Harvill) translation for publication
>>> next year by NYRB CLassics.
>>>
>>> 1. At the beginning of chapter 7, Sartorius and Moscow Chestnova
>>> catch a late tram to the outskirts of Moscow. after getting off the
>>> tram, and not long before they lie down and make love, Sarorius  
>>> says:
>>>
>>> -- Товарищ Сарториус, что мы будем 
>>> теперь делать? -- спросила Москва. --
>>> Ведь ночь еще стоит и скоро ляжет
>>> роса...
>>>
>>> “Comrade Sartorius, what are we going to do now?” asked Moscow.
>>> “It’s still night, soon there’ll be dew on the
>>> ground.” (Harvill ed.)
>>>
>>> “Comrade Sartorius, what are we going to do now?” asked Moscow.
>>> “It’s still night, soon dew will be lying on the
>>> ground.” (revised)
>>>
>>> The play between 'stoit' and 'lyazhet' is, in the original, achieved
>>> with great delicacy. Any ideas as to how we might reproduce this?
>>>
>>> *

Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu

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