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Reminds me of Nabokov complaining about the incompetent translators of Russian novels → English writing Mr. Karenina.
by leephillips 6y ago
Reminds me of Nabokov complaining about the incompetent translators of Russian novels → English writing Mr. Karenina.
- jgwil2 6y agoIt wasn't "Mr. Karenina" (I've never seen anyone use that form) he took issue with; he believed that the name should be translated as Anna Karenin rather than the usual Karenina, since English does not inflect surnames.