Grossman - translation question: obrashchennuyu

[Sasha Spektor]

it's "turned to"  from "оборачиваться"

Best,
Sasha.

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Grossman is writing here about an old Molokan villager he met in Armenia.
>  What does *обращенную *mean here?
>
> Эта душа, эта вера жила в неграмотном старике и она была проста, как его
> жизнь, его хлеб, без единого пышного слова, без высокой проповеди, и глаза
> мои наполнялись слезами оттого, что я прикоснулся к этой вере, оттого, что
> я вдруг понял ее силу, *обращенную* не к богу, а к людям, понял, что
> Алексей Михайлович не может жить без нее, как не может жить без хлеба и
> воды, и что он, не колеблясь, пойдет на крестную смертную муку, на самую
> страшную бессрочную каторгу ради нее.
>
> This soul, this faith was alive in a semi-literate old man, and it was as
> simple as his life and his daily bread, without a single high-flown word or
> moment of grandiose preaching.  Sensing his faith, reaching out and
> touching his faith, was enough to bring tears to my eyes, because I
> suddenly understood the power of this faith, as addressed?? / as it
> related?? not to God but to other people.  I understood that  Aleksey could
> not live without it, just as he could not live without bread and water and
> that, for the sake of his faith, he would not hesitate to subject himself
> to the torment of the Cross, or to the most terrible and unending penal
> servitude.
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Robert
>
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>
>
>
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