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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian rather than other European languages. His work influenced many of the later 19th century Russian writers.
Pushkin is notoriously difficult to translate into English. The translator here states "I have translated Pushkin literally word for word, line for line. My object was to make Pushkin himself, without a prompter, speak directly to English readers"
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54991
Target completion date: 2024-07-01
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Selection from Poems by Pushkin. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Poems by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, translated by Ivan Panin. Section Title."
End of recording say:"Section Title." by Alexander Pushkin. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of poem." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Selection from Poems by Alexander Pushkin, translated by Ivan Panin."
Filename: poems_##_pushkin_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. poems_01_pushkin_128kb.mp3)
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