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Steve Norquist: This is probably going to look funny to those who are fluent
in both Russian and English, but here is google's translation of the
submitted text into English.
JM: I tried to read the automatic translation, but it was a torture. One
word stood out, at first, related to chess. "Rook".
I had just asked the list about "raven" (apparently, a translation from the
Czech "kafka"). Ravens and rooks are both "corvus"
The Common Raven (Corvus corax), also known as the Northern Raven, is a
large, all-black passerine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine> bird in
the crow family <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae> ;
The Rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the Corvidae
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae> family in the passerine
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine> order of birds. Named by Carl
Linnaeus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus> in 1758,[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(bird)#cite_note-1> the species name
frugilegus is Latin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin> for
"food-gathering".
Can anyone inform me if "kafka" indicates the raven or the rook in czech? (
still trusting novelist Murakami's information).
A second question ( related to the original in Russian in the translation
provided by Google/Norquist): what does "elephant" mean in the poem? (cf.
the lines reproduced below)
"But lingers still dwarf.
And then pushed nail color of iodine
figure. Yes! He donates elephant
magic checkmate in four moves.
II
Movement of rhymes and dancers cruise
is a chess problem. Show...
Crows, ravens, rooks and elephants.?
A third item: TOOL's "Philidor Savage" (certainly not a dwarf!) could his
name indicate something related to a chess move?
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in both Russian and English, but here is google's translation of the
submitted text into English.
JM: I tried to read the automatic translation, but it was a torture. One
word stood out, at first, related to chess. "Rook".
I had just asked the list about "raven" (apparently, a translation from the
Czech "kafka"). Ravens and rooks are both "corvus"
The Common Raven (Corvus corax), also known as the Northern Raven, is a
large, all-black passerine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine> bird in
the crow family <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae> ;
The Rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the Corvidae
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvidae> family in the passerine
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine> order of birds. Named by Carl
Linnaeus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus> in 1758,[2]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(bird)#cite_note-1> the species name
frugilegus is Latin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin> for
"food-gathering".
Can anyone inform me if "kafka" indicates the raven or the rook in czech? (
still trusting novelist Murakami's information).
A second question ( related to the original in Russian in the translation
provided by Google/Norquist): what does "elephant" mean in the poem? (cf.
the lines reproduced below)
"But lingers still dwarf.
And then pushed nail color of iodine
figure. Yes! He donates elephant
magic checkmate in four moves.
II
Movement of rhymes and dancers cruise
is a chess problem. Show...
Crows, ravens, rooks and elephants.?
A third item: TOOL's "Philidor Savage" (certainly not a dwarf!) could his
name indicate something related to a chess move?
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http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
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