How can a poem translated from the Russian language to English still rhyme?

6 Comments

1. AslansKirk says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:53 am

   The translation isn’t literal. The translator took liberties with the original words’ meanings to make it rhyme.

   For example if the first line was translated:

   In the cold Moscow winter night

   And the second line literally said

   Campfires burned along the shore

   The second line could be translated

   Campfires give the river light
2. chocolahoma says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:53 am

   very very very skillful translator.
3. bronzediva says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:53 am

   It probably can’t.
4. waynebudd says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:53 am

   It can’t… literary licence by the translator… normally accepted…
5. monetspicasso says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:53 am

   it probably will not "rhyme" however there are many levels of rhythm as opposed to rhyme that resonate with human understanding
6. flamingpope says:

   October 28, 2009 at 10:53 am

   its not a perfect translation and in the english lang there are many words which mean the same so that the trnaslaters just replace some of the words to make it ryhme

   also not all poems need to ryhme