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Dear Don,
Neither Waldo Frank, nor his book, is mentioned in "Drugie berega" (it
is
possible, though, that "Zarya v Rossii" occurs in S. Il'yin's
translation of
"Speak, Memory"). I wonder if "Dawn in Russia" doesn't become "Night in
Germany" one day (via "Dusk in Prussia")?
best,
Alexey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald B. Johnson" <chtodel@GSS.UCSB.EDU>
To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:54 AM
Subject: [NABOKV-L] DAWN in Russia.
> Dear Sandor Pongor,
>
> The (original) English text of "Conclusive Evidence" and the
> expanded 1966 version "Speak, Memory" both say to "DAWN in
Russia." I
> suspect that the 2006 Hungarian may be from a Russian translation
> since in Russian "zarya" means "twilight" and can refer to EITHER
> "dawn" or "dusk" and might well be confused by the translator
> translator. Cf. the French "entre chien et loup" and the Russian
> Russian "mezhdu sobakoi i volkom". Both meal Latin idiom.
>
> Best, D.