i've tried translating a few pages of Marina Tsvetaeva memoirs into english a long time ago, and i remember that it in fact was much more fun than the other way around
There you go!
exactly because i have fewer options when writing in english!
Or maybe just because it's not your native tongue? I would think your knowledge of English would be more formal than those who've grown up with it. Native speakers can get away with mangling it with impunity!
Googles Marina Tsvetaeva... Well, not old enough to steal from. (And it seems there's lots in English already.) What's something you love, is out of copyright and which is unknown of in the West - or at least in the English-speaking West?
And not quite totally off topic. What's the name of the Gilbert & Sullivan song about having a list of names? Should you happen to know it...
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Re: Thunderboxes
Date: 2008-09-07 08:37 am (UTC)There you go!
exactly because i have fewer options when writing in english!
Or maybe just because it's not your native tongue? I would think your knowledge of English would be more formal than those who've grown up with it. Native speakers can get away with mangling it with impunity!
Googles Marina Tsvetaeva... Well, not old enough to steal from. (And it seems there's lots in English already.) What's something you love, is out of copyright and which is unknown of in the West - or at least in the English-speaking West?
And not quite totally off topic. What's the name of the Gilbert & Sullivan song about having a list of names? Should you happen to know it...