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VN's LOLITA translation: Discussion questions
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There's no
>> need to feel intimidated re posting on NABOKV-L...
Well in that case.......
Did VN obey his precepts with regard to literal translation in his own
Russian translation of Lolita?
How does Nabokov's Russian style at its richest compare with his English
style at its best?
How hard is it to imagine English translations of Nabokov's Russian
novels
which read less like translations and more like original works of
literature?
There's no
>> need to feel intimidated re posting on NABOKV-L...
Well in that case.......
Did VN obey his precepts with regard to literal translation in his own
Russian translation of Lolita?
How does Nabokov's Russian style at its richest compare with his English
style at its best?
How hard is it to imagine English translations of Nabokov's Russian
novels
which read less like translations and more like original works of
literature?