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It might be a bad translation of a translation, i.e., maybe Absconding With Style is a translation from Russian of weird choice of translation of Sleeper Servic

by cwillu 1y ago

It might be a bad translation of a translation, i.e., maybe Absconding With Style is a translation from Russian of weird choice of translation of Sleeper Service _into_ Russian? Bit a stretch I'll grant.

takua_nuva 1y ago
I don't know why Russian is mentioned, that Boris the Brave guy is not Russian, but "Sleeper Service" was oddly translated in the Russian publication as "Спальный Состав", which means "Sleeping composition".
- Anonyneko 1y ago
  I haven't read the books, but I assume that the meaning of "состав" used here may be "train / a set of train cars".
  - db48x 1y ago
    That at least fits one level of the pun.
- cwillu 1y ago
  Hence “might”, “maybe”, “bit of stretch”