{"id":121,"date":"2012-03-23T03:45:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gentlemantranslator.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2012-03-23T03:45:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T03:45:09","slug":"the-violet-day-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gentlemantranslator.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/23\/the-violet-day-14\/","title":{"rendered":"The Violet, Day 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Composer.<\/span> Operetta, operetta, this is a roomy concept. What style, what sort? Singer? Soubrette?<\/p>\n

Ilonka.<\/span> We would say: assistant soubrette.<\/p>\n

Composer. <\/span>This is something new, Miss. But interesting. What did you understand by this?<\/p>\n

Ilonka.<\/span> If you please, strictly speaking I was in the chorus.<\/p>\n

Director.<\/span> Ha, at last.<\/p>\n

Ilonka.<\/span> Who is this, may I ask?<\/p>\n

Composer.<\/span> Don’t mind him. Skult\u00e9ti, don’t interject remarks, this makes the second time I’ve spoken to you. You know I won’t endure this.<\/p>\n

Director.<\/span> I beg your pardon. I will keep quiet.<\/p>\n

Ilonka.<\/span> So you must.<\/p>\n

Director<\/span> stands up, and looks angrily at Ilonka.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ilonka<\/span> stares him down.<\/em> Yes, yes!<\/p>\n

Director<\/span> sits down.<\/em><\/p>\n

Composer.<\/span> Steady on, continue.<\/p>\n

Ilonka.<\/span> Dear, reassuring man, I would like to kiss your hand.<\/p>\n

Composer.<\/span> In a word, you were in the chorus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Three pages tonight. I should probably try to do one more; that would bring my two-week total up to 42 pages, or an average of exactly three pages per day. At that rate, I’d finish on April 2nd, although I think it’s more likely I’ll be done by the end of the month. I’m not sure if I’ll take the time to give it much of a polish before comparing it to the preexisting English translation; I suspect I’ll learn more by moving directly on to a second play.<\/p>\n

One interesting phrase this time, “Ilonka farkasszemet n\u00e9z vele”, which I’ve translated as “Ilonka stares him down” but which is literally “Ilonka looks wolf eyes with him”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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