Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001445, Sat, 16 Nov 1996 16:37:48 -0800

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Moscow Lolitiana (fwd)
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EDITOR'S NOTE. Sergey Il'yn <isb@glas.apc.org> (Moscow) is the Russian
translator of much of VN's English work including an immimnently
forthcoming ADA.
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1. Videl vchera v metro molodogo cheloveka s plastikovym paketom, na kotorom
izobrazhena oblokotivshayasya na sportivnyi velosiped blondinka let 25-ti.
Podpis' glasit: "Lolita".

(Yesterday in the subway I saw a young guy with a plastic package
depicting a blonde (circa 25) leaning her elbows on a sports bicycle. The
inscription read: "LOLITA.")


2. TV vremya ot vremeni pokazyvaet reklamu sigaret i zazhigalok "Lolita",
tochnogo proiskhozhdeniya kotorykh mne tak i ne udalos' ustanovit'.
Video-ryad soprovozhdaetsya zvukovym - sochnyi muzhskoy golos (HH?)
proiznosit: "Lolita vsegda so mnoy".

(TV here occasionally shows an ad for cigarettes and lighters with the
brand name LOLITA. I have not been able to ascertain their exact origin,
The TV ad is accompanied by a juicy masculine voice saying "Lolita is
always with me.") [Editor's Note: Russians doubtless hear the echo of the
once omnipresent slogan "Lenin vsegda s nami" (Lenin is always with us.)]
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Nashe delo veseloe.