{"id":2269,"date":"2026-04-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:11:33","slug":"year-8-linguists-lead-russian-poetry-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whs-blogs.co.uk\/linguistica\/2026\/04\/30\/year-8-linguists-lead-russian-poetry-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8 Linguists lead Russian Poetry Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daria and Molly (Y8) led a workshop on How to write in Russian, focusing on Russian Poetry.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following an initiative introduced by the Queen’s Exchange at Oxford University to encourage students to consider ab intio<\/em> degree courses, Daria and Molly in Y8 ran a poetry workshop in Russian. They introduced the Cyrillic alphabet before working through a poem in Russian with some of linguists in Y7-Y12. Their translations will be entered for the Anthea Bell Creative Translation Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below is the competition text that our students translated. It is called “The Man and the Water Sprite”, a fairy tale by Leo Tolstoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u041c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u041c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u0443\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043b \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440 \u0432 \u0440\u0435\u043a\u0443; \u0441 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u044f \u0441\u0435\u043b \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0433 \u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0442\u044c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0412\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0443\u0441\u043b\u044b\u0445\u0430\u043b, \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043b \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u0432\u044b\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0438\u0437 \u0440\u0435\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440 \u0438 \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u0422\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u041c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u041d\u0435\u0442, \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0439.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0412\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u044b\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u043e\u0439, \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0440\u044f\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440. \u041c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u043e\u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u041d\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0422\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u044b\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f\u0449\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440. \u041c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u0412\u043e\u0442 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0412\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043b \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0442\u0440\u0438 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0435\u0433\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0443. \u0414\u043e\u043c\u0430 \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b \u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0449\u0430\u043c \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440\u044b \u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0441 \u043d\u0438\u043c \u0431\u044b\u043b\u043e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u043c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u043b \u0442\u043e \u0436\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044c: \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0451\u043b \u043e\u043d \u043a \u0440\u0435\u043a\u0435, \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440 \u0432 \u0432\u043e\u0434\u0443, \u0441\u0435\u043b \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0433 \u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043a\u0430\u043b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0412\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u044b\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440 \u0438 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u0422\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u041c\u0443\u0436\u0438\u043a \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0430\u043b:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 \u041c\u043e\u0439, \u043c\u043e\u0439!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0412\u043e\u0434\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u043b \u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0442\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0438 \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0434 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u0434\u0430\u043b \u2014 \u0437\u0430 \u0435\u0433\u043e \u041d\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0434\u0443<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u041b\u0435\u0432 \u0422\u043e\u043b\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439 \/ Leo Tolstoy (1870-e)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to have a go at translating the poem your self!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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