Can't stand it: Astafiev's "The Fish King" is undoubtedly a classic, but when I read it from beginning to end, I found a lot of typos, and the translation was rough and sloppy. When I saw more than 100 pages, I suddenly thought: How many typos and roughness will there be in this book? So I started jotting down every typo or rough statement and attaching it, so interested friends can take a look.
It should be noted that this is what I bought from a regular bookstore online, and it should not be pirated; in addition, my record is only a part of it, the first 100 pages and the more I read the back, the more impatient I lose, so I don't make a record.
Astafiev was born in Siberia in 1924 to a peasant family. He was the third oldest in the family, with two sisters who had died early. When Astafiev was 7 years old, his father went to prison and his mother drowned when she returned from a visit. Since then, he has been adopted by his maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother. Later, he entered the orphanage and participated in the Great Patriotic War.
Astafiev's works are mostly based on his own experiences and are believed to have inherited the natural literary traditions of Turgenev, Prishvin and Baustovsky.
Fish King is a classic masterpiece. Wang Xiaobo once said: "From the first time I read "Fish King" to the next reading of "Fish King", I, although I have been about 6 years, my interest in it has not diminished, and there are not many such books. Napoleon Zengyun: 'In all the books in the world, I prefer those who write in blood. That makes sense'! ”
The whole book of "Fish King" is composed of 13 relatively independent "narrative short stories", "a collection of novellas, novellas, lyrical prose, moral discussion as a whole" (Wang Xiaobo), from different angles and ways to reveal coherent content and imagery, like a string of pearls inadvertently worn, each of which reflects a dazzling light with its own beauty.
Looking at the book "Fish King", it can be said that pleasure and suffering coexist, as if you can often eat sand and teeth in delicious meals! Reading it well, the typo popped out, making the coolness greatly reduced. Many errors are low-level, as long as a little careful look can be found, as long as a little pinch will be very smooth, I really do not understand, such a rough manuscript, how to publish, distribution? Worthy of the author? Worthy of readers?
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > a list of typos and rough expressions in Fish King</h1>
1. The "stubble" of beard stubble is mistakenly written as "beard recommendation". 124 pp
2) He got up and tried to step on it, like a child happy to get something new. It should be "as happy as a child getting something new." ”
3, he asked us to help him burn the hot flood bathhouse. Flood should be "washed". 137
4. In the fog of night, a small steamship with a beautiful name on the local route "Betuska" turned from Krifliyek to Cape Karasinka, and the shadow revealed its figure. 183 Awkward, sentences too long.
5. Those who "touch the fish" in Chushi Town often sneak fish in the mouths of these rivers. Fishing should be "fish". 197
6. The slippery rotation should be "dripping and whirling". 345
7. Serve as a member of the field to stay in the field. The burden should be "but". 356
8. Rest the lunch box on the embers of the campfire to keep it cold. "Don't let it be cold", what a mouthful. 356
9, thin ice until the daytime, the wind and sun will dissolve and dissipate. Dissolve should be "melt". 364
10, the teeth are loud. The grid should be "cluck". 378
11. A hunting ground keeper who loves to inquire about anecdotes and anecdotes in the news. News and anecdotes are repeated. 391
12. When the heart seems to have pierced a red-hot iron bar, it should be "seems or like". 401
13. Hum a melancholy song that is not sung in Russian. One should be "one". 410
14 He Achim was a straight man, and he pulled out his heart to everyone, but they hit his heart with a claw! (The word "all" is repetitive and redundant) 410
15 People mourn the dead from the bottom of their hearts. 419 from the heart should be "from the heart".
16 All the little trees that these little insects climb over clumsily and strangely turn black and smack. The motif should be "weird". 436
17, it seems to be a family, and it is like it is not a family. It is like not a family should be "not like a family". 440
18, fishing rodS I put down two, one long and one short. It should be "I got two fishing rods, one long and one short". 443
19. Attentively observing the situation on both sides of the strait. Ground is redundant. 474
20 He does not need love and all kinds of things that can make people emotionally vulnerable. Blanket should be "blanket". 478
21 She said softly, "Yes," "No," "Please." The 3 don numbers should be removed. 482
22 The beaten face of this free man was nailed to the wall by him. 489 The second "of" is redundant. 489
23 Years of poverty and struggle must not be taken as the price of suffering, and must not be "forced". 500
24 Othello put it on, and the white gloves went to strangle Desdemona. Commas are redundant. 503
25. There are still six minutes left before the "Kalinikov" so-called Kaiding. Opening words are redundant. 503
26 Goga does not give explicit answers to Elia's annoying questions. Some should be "those or some or deleted". 504
27 Achim's bad teeth of the northerners often hurt. His words are superfluous. 512
28, after three or four such attempts. It should read :300 or 4 such attempts.' 514
29 Galtsev brought the exercise books with him in a pocket sewn on the back of his duffel bag. "Sewing in" is redundant. 539
30, the oil lamp is only lit when doing what work. The word "child" is missing after the word "541."
31 The aphorisms of this lovely teenage hero are written in an older book that is much more damaged than the other volumes. It should read: "The aphorisms of this lovely young hero were written in a book that was much older and more damaged than the other volumes." 550
32, walking in a hilly area covered with layers of snow is too monotonous and too lonely. One should be "always". 580
33 Soon in the faint light of the snow in the mountains and the afterglow of the sunset shooting out of the canyon, the straight figure of the plane like a black feather appeared. (Such a long sentence, adding a comma can give the reader a breather.) Readers are too hard) 590
34. The crow that predicted the news of murder looked down on the river like a white practice. The "like" in the back is superfluous. 594