[COMPLETE] Sasha, by Aleksandr Kuprin - tg

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 8th, 2020, 11:14 am

kwdavids wrote: ↑July 8th, 2020, 11:00 am
That Russian language version is WONDERFUL. It has the stress marks, what I need more than anything!

Immediately I see that that the "ou" is just one letter in Russian that would be pronounced like "ou" in "soup." And seeing the original, there is a Russian "hard sign" after the 't' in Fedot, making it certain that it's not silent. So two big mistakes averted. Thanks!

You are a better person than am I.

HannaPonomarenko · Post by **HannaPonomarenko** » July 8th, 2020, 1:11 pm

kwdavids wrote: ↑July 8th, 2020, 11:00 am
KevinS wrote: ↑July 8th, 2020, 7:16 am
kwdavids wrote: ↑July 8th, 2020, 6:52 am I could use some advice on pronunciation.

One is Timofeev-Soumskoi, particularly whether the ou is one syllable or two. I'm thinking "soh OOMs coy". Another is "Fedot," where I am thinking the "t" is silent, guessing that the name is French rather than Russian.
These are from "How I became an actor" part IX.

Does anyone know where I can find an e-text in Russian? It's hard enough figuring out the pronunciation without having to reverse-engineer the translator.
Perhaps this will help? https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101835185
That Russian language version is WONDERFUL. It has the stress marks, what I need more than anything!

Immediately I see that that the "ou" is just one letter in Russian that would be pronounced like "ou" in "soup." And seeing the original, there is a Russian "hard sign" after the 't' in Fedot, making it certain that it's not silent. So two big mistakes averted. Thanks!

Hi! I confirm ou = u and not silent t)
Timofeev = timofieyev)

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » July 8th, 2020, 1:20 pm

HannaPonomarenko wrote: ↑July 8th, 2020, 1:11 pm
kwdavids wrote: ↑July 8th, 2020, 11:00 am
That Russian language version is WONDERFUL. It has the stress marks, what I need more than anything!

Immediately I see that that the "ou" is just one letter in Russian that would be pronounced like "ou" in "soup." And seeing the original, there is a Russian "hard sign" after the 't' in Fedot, making it certain that it's not silent. So two big mistakes averted. Thanks!
Hi! I confirm ou = u and not silent t)
Timofeev = timofieyev)

Thank you!

maryOfRohan · Post by **maryOfRohan** » August 21st, 2020, 2:16 am

Hello everyone!
I am very sorry for being absent for more than a month! Unfortunately, at the end of June (29.06.2020) I was hospitalized because of a serious health condition, related to COVID19. I returned to work and regular life about 10 days ago and now I can continue my little project right here, if you allow me of course (actually, I am so happy you didn't reassigned my part to somebody else

I now have 5/6 recorded sections of Emerald. I think I will be able to updoad the whole part this weekend.
Again, I am really sorry for this situation :/

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » August 21st, 2020, 5:00 am

maryOfRohan wrote: ↑August 21st, 2020, 2:16 am Hello everyone!
I am very sorry for being absent for more than a month! Unfortunately, at the end of June (29.06.2020) I was hospitalized because of a serious health condition, related to COVID19. I returned to work and regular life about 10 days ago and now I can continue my little project right here, if you allow me of course (actually, I am so happy you didn't reassigned my part to somebody else
I now have 5/6 recorded sections of Emerald. I think I will be able to updoad the whole part this weekend.
Again, I am really sorry for this situation :/

Good heavens! I'm so pleased you are feeling better and hope that you will continue to grower stronger.

maryOfRohan · Post by **maryOfRohan** » August 21st, 2020, 7:38 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑August 21st, 2020, 5:00 am
maryOfRohan wrote: ↑August 21st, 2020, 2:16 am Hello everyone!
I am very sorry for being absent for more than a month! Unfortunately, at the end of June (29.06.2020) I was hospitalized because of a serious health condition, related to COVID19. I returned to work and regular life about 10 days ago and now I can continue my little project right here, if you allow me of course (actually, I am so happy you didn't reassigned my part to somebody else
I now have 5/6 recorded sections of Emerald. I think I will be able to updoad the whole part this weekend.
Again, I am really sorry for this situation :/
Good heavens! I'm so pleased you are feeling better and hope that you will continue to grower stronger.

Thank you Kevin!

maryOfRohan · Post by **maryOfRohan** » September 7th, 2020, 8:41 am

Hello! At laaast, I did it!
I hope the quality is ok )
Part 6, Emerald:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/Emerald.mp3

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » September 7th, 2020, 8:45 am

maryOfRohan wrote: ↑September 7th, 2020, 8:41 am Hello! At laaast, I did it!
I hope the quality is ok )
Part 6, Emerald:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/Emerald.mp3

Wonderful! Wonderful! I'll have a listen shortly. Thank you!

I better get to work on my part of the project!

Post by **TriciaG** » September 8th, 2020, 8:12 am

FYI, I've renamed that file to sasha_06_kuprin_128kb.mp3 in the uploader and in the MW. Much easier for me in the future, when I'm clueless as to what project "Emerald" belongs to.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » September 8th, 2020, 8:48 am

TriciaG wrote: ↑September 8th, 2020, 8:12 am FYI, I've renamed that file to sasha_06_kuprin_128kb.mp3 in the uploader and in the MW. Much easier for me in the future, when I'm clueless as to what project "Emerald" belongs to.

Thank you, Tricia. I was going to do the same. You beat me to it. I'll point this out to the reader when the story gets PLed.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » September 9th, 2020, 5:54 pm

Section 14

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/sasha_14_kuprin_128kb.mp3 (43:56)

Post by **TriciaG** » September 10th, 2020, 1:06 pm

3 and 14 are PL OK.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » September 10th, 2020, 1:42 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑September 10th, 2020, 1:06 pm 3 and 14 are PL OK.

That's great to hear! Thank you very much for PLing!

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » September 15th, 2020, 11:01 am

maryOfRohan wrote: ↑September 7th, 2020, 8:41 am Hello! At laaast, I did it!
I hope the quality is ok )
Part 6, Emerald:
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/Emerald.mp3

Ah, such a story...

You read wonderfully and I think that maybe you know horses.

There is only one textual criticism and that is a small, small matter. I think you may wish to shorten the pause that comes right before 40:20. This current pause sounds awkward.

The large problem is that the recording has varying---and dramatic---volumes. Do you know how to correct this? If not, I will be happy to help you.

Again, wonderful reading.

kwdavids · Post by **kwdavids** » September 17th, 2020, 1:10 pm

Just a note that I am recording again. IX and X read in Section 9.