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SUMMARY:Talk “Lost and Found in Translation” by Vladimir Sevrinovsky -
  Vladimir Sevrinovsky
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CONTACT:Milena
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: 13th of June\, Wednesday\,18.00-19.00\n\nWHERE:Old Music
  Room\, St John’s College\n\nLanguage:Russian\n\nAdmission free\n\nHave 
 you ever thought how important is the role of good translation for proper 
 perception of literature? On Wednesday Cambridge University Russian Societ
 y isorganizing a talk by Vladimir Sevrinovsky\, translator of poetry from 
 Englishinto Russian. \n\nVladimir is the winner of the international conte
 st of poetry translators "Pushkinin Britain-2011”. He has translated man
 y poems by Shel Silverstein\, EdwardThomas\, Charles Causley and other aut
 hors. \n\n\nThis talk will be about translators' mistakes - sad and funny\
 , bad and wonderful. Some of them ruined translations\, others made them b
 etter than originals.You'll learn how bad knowledge of English helped Push
 kin\, how Lermontov changed sex of Heine's character and about eternal str
 uggle between two approaches for translation.\n\n\nHope to see you there!\
 nMore info and confirmation of attendance: http://www.facebook.com/events/
 458145024196877/\n\nYour Cambridge University Russian Society\n\n\n
LOCATION:St. John's College St. Johns Street\, CB2 1TW Cambridge\, United 
 Kingdom
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