... in translation from French to Russian. 19th century Russian aristocracy was speaking French!
(E.g. a large portion of World and Peace by L. Tolstoy is written in French [even when published in Russian, -- with pages and pages of footnotes with the translation to Russian])
Cheers, Igor Stanley Halpin Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:59:55 -0700 wrote:
On Aug 16, 2017, at 2:19 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: It's the holiday period. My guess is that the people who read all the emails to see whether or not they're junk are sitting in deck chairs on a beach somewhere, reading 19th-century Russian novels in translation.
In translation!?! Shirley, you jest. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
