Sunday, September 11, 2011

in translation

the last 7 words I looked up:
флигелей wings
тылу rear
гемикрания hemicrania
хитон chiton
кентурион centurion
палицы maces
ворковали cooed


I got a weird ego-boost when I realized that most of the words I was looking up from Master and Margarita were words I didn't know in English either, or that I am certain are not basic words in Russian (i.e. the normal word for wings is крылья, not флигеля, which I'm quite certain is the word for architectural wings, not the kind that are used for flying)

so I'm getting double use of learning words in two languages (some medical or war-related)

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