IV in Russian - Vocab word count

[Max Nemtsov]

yeah, that's what i meant - don't feel godly today at all ))

On 18.07.2013 0:02, Matthew Cissell wrote:
> For the words.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8013859.stm
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> *From:* Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com>
> *To:* Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:52 PM
> *Subject:* Re: IV in Russian
>
> Te salutamus!
>
> I recall from my brief fling with the yazik, that it has a very small 
> root vocabulary. Assuming that current "word count" is a function of 
> root vocabulary, I would think that translating the Popeian/Nabokovian 
> version of English favored by Pynchon must raise the stakes for a 
> translator by orders of magnitude.
>
> Further, I recall reading somewhere that James Joyce is believed to 
> have possessed the largest "working vocabulary" in English in recorded 
> history at 40,000 words. Let's discount that by 15% for Pynchon, 
> putting him in the nabe of 34,800. Along comes Max Nemtsov, non-native 
> English enthusiast. I'm guessing Max is possessed of a working 
> vocabulary, in Russian, of around 30,000. Max whips out a translation 
> of Bleeding Edge in a matter of months.
>
> Is Max G*d? And if so, must I avert my eyes when addressing you?
>
> love,
> cfa
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com 
> <mailto:max.nemtsov at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear colleagues,
>     this is just to inform everyone interested that IV will be
>     published in Russian in late summer - early fall, in my humble
>     translation.
>     here's the link to the cover:
>     http://spintongues.livejournal.com/385558.html
>
>     a-and the next step will be V. - the Russian publisher hired me to
>     do the new translation, it's going to be the third one into Russian
>     no rest for the wicked
>     Mx
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