PS: Jorio Dauster explained to me that he rejected "brilho" because it's an effect and not a source, as it happens with the term "luz" (light), a word that still retains "Lolita's" "l"  I still remain on the side of Vale de Gato's "brilho."  German translators won't have this problem, the word for light is "Licht" (it even sounds better in proximity to Lolita than the in English).I prefer Jorio Dauster's reading of "loin", though: "flesh." because it retains the sexual connotation.

 

I like to read Nabokov translations when possible because each and every one I lay my hands on is a new book after all and provide new insights.

 

btw: what is the origin of the kitchen metal fluff called "Brillo" in America?  

 

 

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Margarida Vale de Gato:"... I must say I could not resist Jorio Dauster's translation, "minha alma, minha lama" and I "stole" from him ...since that pun is a productive one in our lyrical 19th century. ...So, the whole 1st paragraph goes like this:  Lolita, brilho da minha vida, fogo dos meus flancos. Minha alma, minha lama. Lo-lii-ta: a ponta da língua enrola no palato e desliza, três socalcos, até que estaca, ao terceiro, nos dentes. Lo. Li. Ta."