Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Снегурочка
English translation:
The Snow Maiden
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Prima Vista
Nov 23, 2004 05:33
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Russian term
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Снегурочка
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Как лучше перевести на английский язык имя сказочного персонажа?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | The Snow Maiden |
Jack Doughty
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| 5 | Snowmaid |
Alina Mamlyuk
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Proposed translations
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5 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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658
Russian term (edited):
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The Snow Maiden
ussian Fairy Tales, Spring 1998: Snow Maiden
The Snow Maiden. A. Ostrovskii. Once upon a time there lived a woodcutter and his old wife. ... They looked at their snow maiden, and were amazed at what they saw. ...
clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/snow_maiden.html
Snow Maiden, The
Snow Maiden, The. Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Spring ... Fairy Spring and Winter have a child, Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden. She ...
www.naxos.com/mainsite/NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/...
Russian Folktale Snow Maiden
... "Well, let's go, Grandfather, onto the street." "but why build a snowman, when I already have you?" "Let's build a daughter, Snyegurochka!" (Snow Maiden). ...
www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6422/snow.html
Not to be confused with Snow White (the one who met the Seven Dwarfs), who is a different character altogether.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-11-23 05:42:01 GMT)
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First ref. should start \"Russian Fairy Tales\".
Ref. http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/snow_maiden.html
The Snow Maiden. A. Ostrovskii. Once upon a time there lived a woodcutter and his old wife. ... They looked at their snow maiden, and were amazed at what they saw. ...
clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/snow_maiden.html
Snow Maiden, The
Snow Maiden, The. Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. Spring ... Fairy Spring and Winter have a child, Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden. She ...
www.naxos.com/mainsite/NewDesign/fintro.files/bintro.files/...
Russian Folktale Snow Maiden
... "Well, let's go, Grandfather, onto the street." "but why build a snowman, when I already have you?" "Let's build a daughter, Snyegurochka!" (Snow Maiden). ...
www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/6422/snow.html
Not to be confused with Snow White (the one who met the Seven Dwarfs), who is a different character altogether.
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-11-23 05:42:01 GMT)
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First ref. should start \"Russian Fairy Tales\".
Ref. http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/snow_maiden.html
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Comment: "Спасибо!"
3 days 4 hrs
Alina Mamlyuk
Native in Russian
&
English
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, Russian to English
Russian term (edited):
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Snowmaid
I always thought that Snow Maiden sounded a little too formal and clumsy for a child to pronounce and Snowmaid is quicker, does not have an article and is only one word, lke its counterpart in Russian.
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