[COMPLETE]: Recollections of Imperial Russia by Meriel Buchanan - dc
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Terrific! I'm relieved.
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"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
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"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
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Chapter 8 complete and uploaded, ready for PL.
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Jan
https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/recollectionsofimperialrussia_08_buchanan_128kb.mp3
43'27"
Jan
Jan M
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
Ch.7 PL notes: good performance, but wrong file name:jmoorehouse wrote: ↑March 10th, 2019, 6:27 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/recollectionsofimperialrussia-07-buchanan-128kbl.mp3
40.56
This chapter is titled Paul. I realized that I may have put "Paul" in the section title for the metadata for chapter 6 when I repaired the two mispronounced names yesterday. I wonder if it's easier for me to re-export or if you or Craig can fix that for me somehow. And perhaps after all it's no problem. (The title should have been "Catherine: Emporer" for chapter 6.)
Thanks!
Jan
* Please use underscores "_", not dashes.
* End with "128kb", not kbl
Mark Chulsky / Марк Чульский
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Ooops--yes! Fixing it now. Thank you!
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"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
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Oops--next message should be correct.
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Jan M
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
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"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
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So now you know why I majored in English and NOT in technology! lol
Jan M
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
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"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
I don't know what was Mr. Buchanan's degree to botch most on the names... your degree must have helped in your navigation through the maze. But there was a spot where he did a decent job, and you could improve, if you are up to perfection:jmoorehouse wrote: ↑March 17th, 2019, 10:03 am So now you know why I majored in English and NOT in technology! lol
Sec.8 39:50, pg 161, "Chmielnicki or Mazeppa" [Khmel-NIT-ski or Mah-ZEP-pah]
Sec.7 PL OK
Mark Chulsky / Марк Чульский
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Thank you! Happy to fix that.
Just FYI, I know that Meriel Buchanan was a Ms. or Mrs., not a Mr. Don't know if there's any degree for her.
I'm thinking I might have been better to have stuck with English pronunciations of Russian names instead of TRYING to make the names sound appropriate in Russian. It's SO VERY HARD to wrap my tongue around the consonants and to get the emphasis on the correct syllable!
It's certainly appropriate to call this book a memoir instead of a history, although it reads more like an attempt at history. Way off the mark?
Jan
Just FYI, I know that Meriel Buchanan was a Ms. or Mrs., not a Mr. Don't know if there's any degree for her.
I'm thinking I might have been better to have stuck with English pronunciations of Russian names instead of TRYING to make the names sound appropriate in Russian. It's SO VERY HARD to wrap my tongue around the consonants and to get the emphasis on the correct syllable!
It's certainly appropriate to call this book a memoir instead of a history, although it reads more like an attempt at history. Way off the mark?
Jan
Jan M
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
Thank you, Jan, for clarification!
I'll try to explain. If I cannot recognize or have to guess a name from what I hear then I look it up in the text. In most cases you say what's written, and then I let it go. In the rare cases when your attempts to wrap your tired tongue around the concoction of English, French, Polish and Russian syllables are not successful, then I try to express the sound through more familiar words and syllables. Don't hesitate to mark sections "PL OK" if I fail to clarify the sounds.jmoorehouse wrote: ↑March 18th, 2019, 7:13 am I'm thinking I might have been better to have stuck with English pronunciations of Russian names instead of TRYING to make the names sound appropriate in Russian. It's SO VERY HARD to wrap my tongue around the consonants and to get the emphasis on the correct syllable!
I agree! It seems to me Ms. Buchanan is mostly repeating what she learned from popular stories, operas, and whatever else she was exposed to. She doesn't seem to have studied history seriously, but she wrote a passable, if somewhat naive, intro.It's certainly appropriate to call this book a memoir instead of a history, although it reads more like an attempt at history. Way off the mark?
Mark Chulsky / Марк Чульский
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I appreciate this effort on your part, and I appreciate the explanation!
Happy listening.
Jan
Happy listening.
Jan
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"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
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https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/recollectionsofimperialrussia_09_buchanan_128kb.mp3
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Chapter 9 is posted and ready for your kind listening ears. Kind and astute and critical!
Jan
35'44"
Chapter 9 is posted and ready for your kind listening ears. Kind and astute and critical!
Jan
Jan M
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse
"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."
--P.G. Wodehouse