Original text - English - He had not a kopeck (a monetary unit of Russia)in...

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Category Fiction / Story - Exploration / Adventure

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Title	He had not a kopeck (a monetary unit of Russia)in...
Text to be translated Submitted by bny35	Source language: English "It is dull work playing for other folk to dance,and Sadko dared not dance with any young girl,for he had no money to marry on,and he did not want to be chased away as a beggar.And the young women of Novgorod,they never looked at the handsome Sadko. No;they smiled with their bright eyes at the young men who danced with them,and if they ever spoke to Sadko, it was just to tell him sharply to keep the music going or to play faster."
Remarks about the translation	Taken from : Old Peter's Russian Tales, by Arthur Ransome, [1916], at sacred-texts.com : ( http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/oprt/oprt05.htm ) Admin's note : This translation request will stay in stand-by until it is taken in charge by an expert in English.

Edited by Francky5591

- 17 July 2010 11:18

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	Author	Message
		17 July 2010 00:50
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Old Peter's Russian Tales, by Arthur Ransome, [1916], at sacred-texts.com http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/oprt/oprt05.htm
		17 July 2010 00:58
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Holidays homework CC: IanMegill2
		17 July 2010 07:08
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	Hmmm... Laura, hellllp... CC: kafetzou
		17 July 2010 17:52
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	What's the problem?
		17 July 2010 18:19
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	I guess Franck suspects this text of being homework (and thereby of breaking our rules)? What do you think? I've never arbitrated in one of these matters before...
		17 July 2010 19:16
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Hmm. I doubt it - it's certainly not the usual subject matter of homework assignments.
		18 July 2010 04:33
	IanMegill2 Number of messages: 1671	Okay, so I guess we can leave it to be translated then!
		18 July 2010 08:42
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Yes.
		18 July 2010 12:15
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	Thanks dear experts in English! A 16 years old requester + a literary text were to me like two reasons why this text could be a homework, but I always ask the experts of the source-language in such case...
		18 July 2010 19:21
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Ah - I didn't realize it was a sixteen-year-old. At any rate, it will take so long to get it translated and accepted that the kid is unlikely to get it turned in before the deadline if it is homework.
		18 July 2010 21:59
	Francky5591 Number of messages: 12396	You're probably right. Thanks kafetzou!