Re: GR translation: each man’s wind

Robert Mahnke rpmahnke at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 01:01:40 UTC 2025


I don’t recall this scene. Are they on motorcycles or something of the sort?

> On Jul 21, 2025, at 5:38 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> V521.41-522.5, P530.36-41   Well, this is stimulant talk here, yes Enzian’s
> been stuffing down Nazi surplus Pervitins these days like popcorn at the
> movies, and by now the bulk of the refinery—named, incidentally, for the
> famous discoverer of Oneirine—is behind them, and Enzian is on into some
> other paranoid terror, talking, talking, though each man’s wind and motor
> cuts him off from conversation.
> 
> What does "wind" mean here? The published translation interpreted it as
> "breath", which doesn't seem right to me.
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