Feb 16, 2012 05:08
12 yrs ago
Russian term
критика / дрянь / косила.
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Other
МАЯКОВСКИЙ, Владимир Владимирович
I am trying to translate this part from «Столп» (1928)
Мы всех зовем,
чтоб в лоб,
а не пятясь,
критика
дрянь
косила.
И это
лучшее из доказательств
нашей
чистоты и силы.
The whole poem in Russian ( if anyone has a link to the English version, beer is on me):
http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Столп_(Маяковский)
I am trying to translate this part from «Столп» (1928)
Мы всех зовем,
чтоб в лоб,
а не пятясь,
критика
дрянь
косила.
И это
лучшее из доказательств
нашей
чистоты и силы.
The whole poem in Russian ( if anyone has a link to the English version, beer is on me):
http://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/Столп_(Маяковский)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | "but to criticise / and with scum / to fight" (c) A. Miller, D. Rottenberg |
Rachel Douglas
|
| 3 | critics/ decimate / dirt (dirt decimated by critics) |
Levis
|
Proposed translations
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Rachel Douglas
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"but to criticise / and with scum / to fight" (c) A. Miller, D. Rottenberg
We call on all
not to stand aloof,
but to criticise
and with scum
to fight,
and that alone
is the very best proof
of our purity
and our might.
http://books.google.com/books?ei=Bv88T8rzGKLc0QGF37nVBw&id=x...
Actually, I'm not sure if it's their translation, or if Alex Miller and Dorian Rottenberg quoted somebody else's in their book, because Google books gives only a snippet view.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2012-02-16 13:13:28 GMT)
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Here's the poster (with a clunkier, literal translation to the side):
http://www.redavantgarde.com/shop/goods-4004.html
not to stand aloof,
but to criticise
and with scum
to fight,
and that alone
is the very best proof
of our purity
and our might.
http://books.google.com/books?ei=Bv88T8rzGKLc0QGF37nVBw&id=x...
Actually, I'm not sure if it's their translation, or if Alex Miller and Dorian Rottenberg quoted somebody else's in their book, because Google books gives only a snippet view.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2012-02-16 13:13:28 GMT)
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Here's the poster (with a clunkier, literal translation to the side):
http://www.redavantgarde.com/shop/goods-4004.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you so much, Rachel!"
13 mins
critics/ decimate / dirt (dirt decimated by critics)
естественно расставить под ритм, сменить агенса с пациенсом, если необходимо ;-)
тут сослагательное наклонение надо учесть
тут сослагательное наклонение надо учесть
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