NABOKV-L post 0026013, Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:46:50 -0200

Could anyone enlighten me about the meaning of VN’s "ray translation"?

As in...
BERETZKY: What is the difference for you between writing in English and writing in Russian? Will you write in Russian again?

NABOKOV: In my prose and poetry during more than half a century of work I have provided enough examples of that difference, whether implicit or creatively expressed, for scholars to analyse. I still use Russian in ray translations (e.g. of LOLITA) and in an occasional poem.

Nabokov Online Journal (Vol. VIII, 2014)



(I wonder if the intended word is "lay" : an irradiating lapsus when we consider "Lolita" …







De: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU] Em nome de Nabokv-L
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Assunto: [NABOKV-L] ANNC: NEW ISSUE: Nabokov Online Journal (Vol. VIII, 2014)



"FOLDING AN UMBRELLA, NOT FINDING ITS SECRET BUTTON"




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