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[hangul-kodou.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I was wondering how to say "Laughter in the Dark" as in the literal translation into Russian? Vladimir Nabokov's book was titled Камера Обскура but I don't think that means 'Laughter in the Dark'. Is is something like Смех в темноте? Does that make sense?

Thank you =D

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[seroe-ozero.livejournal.com]

Laughter in the Dark (Original Russian title: Камера Обскура, Kamera Obskura) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter_in_the_Dark) is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov and released in 1932. The first English translation, Camera Obscura, was made by Winifred Roy and published in London in 1936 by Johnathan Long. Nabokov was so displeased by the quality of this effort that he undertook his own translation which was published in 1938 under the now common name Laughter in the Dark

[hangul-kodou.livejournal.com]

Ah I see.

But how would you say "Laughter in the Dark" in Russian?

[seroe-ozero.livejournal.com]

"Смеющийся во тьме"

[boolka.livejournal.com]

laughter это все-таки смех

[seroe-ozero.livejournal.com]

y, although often translated this way in articles

for example

http://philology.ru/literature2/sakharov-95.htm

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1992_num_33_2_2316

[boolka.livejournal.com]

yes, you r right, but OP was looking for "the literal translation into Russian"

[boolka.livejournal.com]

Смех в темноте does make sense and it is exact.

[moai-s.livejournal.com]

I would prefer your version "Смех в темноте".

[barmogloth.livejournal.com]

I would say "Хохот в темноте" или "Хохот во тьме"

[barmogloth.livejournal.com]

PS Your musical taste is splendid. I like Mingus' music too.

[hangul-kodou.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that Хохот and Смех are just synonyms then?

Thank you =) I actually started to listen to him yesterday XD But I'm really liking what I'm hearing.

[barmogloth.livejournal.com]

Хохот is like LOL. Смех can be still, хохот is always loud.