Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5159 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 145 of 199 26 February 2013 at 1:41pm | IP Logged |
Haha I didn't know he had that many books! I've read 1984 and Animal Farm so there're a
few novels left. Anyway, my first bilingual reading in Russian is likely to be The
Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, so that one will have to wait =D
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Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5049 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian*
| Message 146 of 199 26 February 2013 at 3:41pm | IP Logged |
zecchino1991 wrote:
So, I kicked my first Russian test of the semester's ass! 99%!
Which basically means I
made one real (mindless, brainfart) mistake and a couple minor things, like
punctuation.
She kind of just improvises with the percentages, I think...But that's ok with me! :)
The
mistake I made was that I wrote eto instead of etot, but like I said, it was just a
mindless mistake (kak po-russki "brain-fart"? haha). I just wanted to get out of there,
I
guess...I also got 100 percent on my диктант (spelling test). :)
Btw, I just found this. I think it's
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My congratulations!
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5251 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 147 of 199 28 February 2013 at 10:02pm | IP Logged |
@Mark: Spasibo! :)
@Expugnator: I have only read 1984. I think it would be interesting to read in Russian!
And I love Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I wonder how it would translate, though...If
I remember correctly there is a lot of word play involved. It would
be interesting to see how they manage to convey it in Russian. :)
Well my Russian class was cancelled again. Too bad! (not). So it looks like I'm on my
own. I have two sets of homework to do, so that should keep me occupied!
Edited by zecchino1991 on 28 February 2013 at 10:05pm
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5159 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 148 of 199 28 February 2013 at 10:28pm | IP Logged |
I don't know, but I hate repetition, re-reading, reviewing as I told you =D I'd rather pick up new information AS I learn Russian (or Georgian, for that matter). Still, I remember nothing about The Hitchhiker's Guide and I think nearly the whole series is translated into Russian, so, THAT'd be fun. Re the translation, for someone who read Harry Potter in Portuguese, I must say our translator managed to find better wordplays than Ms. Rowling did :)
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mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5219 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese
| Message 149 of 199 28 February 2013 at 11:28pm | IP Logged |
Expugnator wrote:
[...] I must say our translator managed to find better wordplays than Ms. Rowling did :) |
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And is Mrs. Rowling paying him for the improvements / ideas for another book, or suing him? ;)
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5159 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 150 of 199 01 March 2013 at 5:33pm | IP Logged |
Actually I don't think she is paying much attention to how the Harry Potter's names were translated into Brazilian Portuguese, but the translator himself might be wasting his talent at writing his own fantasy books.
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mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5219 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese
| Message 151 of 199 02 March 2013 at 10:23pm | IP Logged |
Yes, many a translator are frustrated writers who just couldn't find their ways into publishing their stuff. Even regular 'native' writers from everywhere have to knock on many doors to get anywhere themselves -- think Ms Rowling no less ;)
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5251 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 152 of 199 04 March 2013 at 11:14pm | IP Logged |
I just want to say, I haven't given up on Russian. I have just been taking care of some personal problems (it's
not that bad, I just don't know how to say that without it sounding really serious haha). Basically, I haven't
really been in the mood for languages. And plus I didn't have Russian class all last week.
Anyway, I want to tell a story in Russian :D
Вчера был мой день рождения. Теперь мне 22 года. Мы с моей семьей ходили в индийский ресторан.
Я очень люблю индийскую кухню. Я ела курицу и цветную капусту. Дома мы ели торт с мороженым.
Подарки я ещё не получила.
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