| 1. | Political/Powerful Songs |
| 2. | Nautilus Pompilius | Knyaz' Tishiny [1989] |
| 1. | Скованные одной цепью (Skovannie Odnoy Tsepiu) |
| 2. | Крылья (Kryl'ya) |
| 3. | Прогулки по воде (Progulki po vode) |
barsiscev
пт, 11/01/2013 - 16:46
Радикально не согласен с прим. 4) и 9)
4) "суставы вялы" - не имеет никакого отношения к алкоголизу.
9) "мера труда это усталость" - не имеет никакого отношеня к пятилеткам. На самом деле, эта фраза означает отсутствие в СССР реального социализма по принципу "каждому - по труду".
Steir
вс, 07/07/2013 - 04:49
As Russian i can see some misunderstoods here, well lets take a look.
2) This phrase is refer to russian adage "Feeling of elbow" that means feeling of being member of the team. According to this whole phrase means that author looking for some kind of friendship but all he got are "comrades".
3) This phrase refers to KGB and other "big brothers" who keep an eye on dissidents. Better replace word look with "gaze".
4)" Weak joints" part isn't about alcoholism, but all about soviet gargantuan bureaucratic machine, which spent lot of resources very poorly.
5) Well, in my opinion- in russia we usually use "состав" word as "train" when not in context. So this phrase means that rulers refuse progress to build a pretty look.
7-8) Both strings refers to "big brother" once again, means any politically active or men of arts may meet their fate very quickly if they start thinking "wrong way" and especially when they start talking wrong way.
PS excuse my poor English
Георгий Редикальцев
сб, 28/10/2017 - 17:42
I find translation good
But some remarks from author are disccussable and not so correct. thx to commentors trying to make it clear. and I'll try my best. I'll make my comment like add on to previous comments and author remarks
1) easier explain it like some sort of presumption of guilty
2) I think both author and a commentor talking about the same but showing the different sides of a coin
3) maybe not gaze a watch like in "Big Bro is watching you". Gaze is more suitable for circus show or village fares and etc.
4) ..Ineffectivity
5) like you i also usually understand "Состав" like a "train" if no context not to do so. But i think such version have right on existence. May be it even writed by author of original text like some sort of play with words
6) i find here we need to do some remark that is no need to play "happy person" on street just need to realize what every your public word can do to you and your family. And even not said word can hurm your close company. Alike to "Malleus Maleficarum" and practise of knowingly false responses to state security services that author of translation admits in next paragraph
7) nominal ability to do whatever you want still you don't bother anybode and correctly noticed with translator incapability for do s/thing instead sleep after work
8) directly about big bro
9) So i don't really understand why/how translator links it together... i find it much more easier way to explain that: "if you don't get tired well that means you didn't work well"
10) agree with translator
Nemesida
Sophia_
It is song criticizes policy of government but not just of Soviet Unions like everyone thinks-policy of every country
1) Collective responsibility it's when all people of one kolkhoz or of the same organization have the same guilt for aftereffects of drought, for lack of workers, in short for lack of result, phrase "smears like soot" means that CR smeared you all and prevent from normal living
2) "I hold somebody's hand but feel elbow" means that man looks for supporting but finds refusals in form of elbow hit in stomach
3) "I seek for eyes but feel look" - I'm trying to look in people's eyes but they give me just mistrustful or try to keep their eyes on me
4) "Here are weak joints but big space" there problem of Russian alcoholism means - we have the bigest part of Earth but if we drink like that we will lose it
5)"Here are broken memberships, from them columns are made" - means that free people's relations were broken and we are robots
6)"Here are one type of words for kitchen and another for streets" - it's critics of Soviet censor - in our families everything is bad but on the street we say that everything is fine
7)"Here you can play tuba with yourself but you can play just sound off" - means tiredness of people that when you come home you don't have free time and powers that just go to bed
8 ) "And if here are people that go to you there will be people that will go for you" - means both and Great Purge and lie of your neighbors because of flats' problem if you have a big flat (they belonged to government) you neighbor can inform against you and you will be in Siberia like a leg but he/she will live in your flat
9) "Here measure of work it's tiredness"-means pyatiletkas
10) "Here aren't scoundrels in rooms trimmed with leather" - means corruption, it was in SU but because of censor it was hidden from people