Hi John
Yes but not as bad as a published translation many years ago of a work into
Russian that translated the English expression "out of sight, out of mind"
into Russian as "invisible idiot"!!

Cheers
Robert

>From: John Kelly <palistudent@...>
>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>To: Dimitry <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [Pali] welcome new members
>Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:13:55 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi Dimitry,
>Thanks very much for your support.
>That's wonderful that you've translated Gair into
>Russian! It appears you'll be a wonderful resource as
>I work through the book.
>I like your web-site too, but I wish I could read
>Russian! Thanks for the translation site link. That
>helps a lot, but it does come up with some pretty
>bizarre translations. Did you know that PALI in the
>cyrillic alphabet gets translated to HAVING FALLEN?
>
>Much metta to you,
>John
>
>--- "������� ��������� (Dimitry Ivakhnenko)"
><sangha@...> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Congratulations with graduating Lily de Silva's Pali
> > College!
> >
> > I would be first to join you in Gair and
> > Karunatillake Pali
> > University. Translating it in Russian, I work
> > through it attentively,
> > and will be able to provide the links to all the
> > suttas included in
> > this textbook, and to English translation when it is
> > available.
> >
> > With metta,
> > Dimitry
> >
> >
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