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Re: Subj: Hector Servadac - ending phrase of chapter 18 (vol. 1)

From: Alain Braut <alain~at~brautdurand.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 10:44:06 +0200 (added by postmaster~at~libertysurf.fr)
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Servadac's answer is:
"Ne nous montrons pas trop difficiles!"


Alain BRAUT

> Dear friends,
>
> I am looking for the ending phrase of the chapter 18, vol. 1 of the HECTOR
> SERVADAC. I would like to know whether it is correct to consider the
> anti-Semitic motive in
> this novel targeted against Germans. This is an observation of Jan Neruda,
> Czech reviewe
> The phrase in question is Servadac’s answer to Timascheff’s assertion
> that the German nation is represented in the person of Hakhabut, however
> very badly.
> Here are all the variants of Servadac’s answer I was able to find:
> 1) All intelligent people would agree with you, but I cannot, since I am
> French. [according to the reviewer and the earliest Czech translation]
> 2) Well, we need to be tolerant. [second Czech translation]
> 3) We cannot be choosy. [most recent Czech translation]
> 4) We are not in need of too much, are we? [a Russian translation]
> 5) And even in him perhaps we shall not find so indifferent a
> representative as we at present imagine. [an English translation]
>
> Can anyone indicate which of these variants is closest to the original?
> Thank you.
>
> Sincerely
Received on Sat 05 Jun 2004 - 11:44:31 IDT

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