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Hi, Anton Shepelev! -> Alexander Koryagin
I read your message from 01.03.2021 17:34

 AS> á¨î ¨  «î¡¢¨,     á¢ï饭­®  ¨  world -- a gift to all living
 AS> ¢ ¦­® â®, çâ®? ®­¨ á ¬¨ ¢ë¤ã-  creatures -- inclining     to
 AS> ¬ «¨, çâ®¡ë ¢« á⢮¢ âì  ¤à㣠 peace,  good-will  and  love,
 AS> ­ ¤ ¤à㣮¬.                    but  worshiped  their own in-
 AS>                                ventions for  imposing  their
 AS>                                will on each other.


 AS> As you see, the English translation is longer than the Russian
 AS> original, even though it is incomlete and omits some of the Russian
 AS> words. For example it has "grown-up men"instead of "mature, grown
 AS> up men".

 AS> My opinion, therefore, is that a good translation is generally
 AS> longer than the original because it tries to follow the author's
 AS> style on a language not adapted to it.

Maybe -- a translation is generally longer. In this case, in addition to the
fact that Russian words are generally longer than English, it can be an
additional factor that makes it difficult for a Russian to understand quick
English speech. A translation from English makes it longer! ;-)

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021

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