Wake in Winter

Wake in Winter | Nadezhda Belenkaya

bailed

I just can't. Life is too short. (An uncle asked me to find him some good new lit out of Russia - taking suggestions!! TIA. He is the one who asked me if I'd heard of this.)

ReadingEnvy Not sure your uncle would like it but I loved

Forty Rooms

BkClubCare @ReadingEnvy - Thank you! It looks good. I'll try and read it straight away 7y

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bookhoarder513

Wake in Winter | Nadezhda Belenkaya

I read on my tablet sometimes, no eReader. So many wonderful things waiting for me here but they are the last I tend to get to. 😟
#seasonsreadings

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GlitteryOtters

Wake in Winter | Nadezhda Belenkaya

My current reading partner. My mom has trained him well over the years, he now knows that if you have a book or device in your hands, you are probably reading & *won't* be taking him to the dog park, so it is probably best to just chill and take a little nap. Best type of dog for a reader to hang out with! (He could give my husband's hyper, manic Golden a few tips, that is for sure! 😂😂) #dog #dogsoflitsy

britt_brooke Looks like a sweetie! 8y

GlitteryOtters @britt_brooke he is! My mom adopted him at the age of 6, when he'd been in rescue for over half a year. Best dog, I cannot figure out why someone else didn't take this sweetheart home before she found him. 💕 8y

britt_brooke Aw, happy he has a good home now. 💙 8y

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DebinHawaii Look at that sweet face! 🐶❤️ 8y

GlitteryOtters @DebinHawaii isn't Dosher such a sweet looking guy? And at 9.5 years old, he is pretty chill about 98% of the time, so he is very relaxing to hang out with while reading a good book. 8y

ValerieAndBooks Was just wondering if you finished this one and if so what you thought of it? 8y

GlitteryOtters @ValerieAndBooks I had to put it on hold as I am trying to finish my pre-presidential election re-read of Ellen Emerson White's President's Daughter series (currently on the final book which is 700+ pages long), plus I working on a NaNoWriMo novel. My reading this month will mostly be slower & audiobooks to save my eyes (I had eye issues last December, have giant permanent floaters over right eye, it's limited amount of time I can do vision work) 8y

GlitteryOtters @ValerieAndBooks I will probably return to it in December (this is my first time doing NaNo since the retinal issues developed, so I'm trying to be understandably overcautious!) 8y

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ValerieAndBooks

Wake in Winter | Nadezhda Belenkaya

bailed

Bailed. Not compelling enough for me to keep going but especially because it drove me crazy that this Russian translator (Nina) kept overstepping her role, lying about what was being said,etc. I know it takes place in Russia and it's not America -- but here, as a deaf person, I know interpreters have to follow a code of ethics where they must translate word for word, and must not offer opinions or advice. Argh!!

Zelma Yes, that point about the translator would drive me insane. I have deaf and interpreter friends, and this is a huge ethical deal and an issue with a lot of debate. 8y

Zelma I just realize I sound like I am lecturing. Didn't mean that! 😀 just that I can commiserate and see how problematic the novel is. 👍 8y

ValerieAndBooks @Zelma it didn't seem like lecturing to me 😊. I'm so glad you understand this issue. A lot of people don't realize that an interpreter 's job is to interpret only and not take on other roles. 8y

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Zelma @ValerieAndBooks a close friend recently went though his national certification test and explained the nuances of the ethics part do the test. 😬 that was the part that gave him the most difficulty. He is currently at a call center and I am amazed at even trying to communicate tone has such a impact on the conversation. I don't envy that job at all. 8y

ValerieAndBooks @Zelma I really appreciate all the good ones I've ever had -- it's a tough job indeed. So many people think all you need to do is to know ASL 😬 8y

GlitteryOtters I am just starting this book right now (i.e., as soon as I finish typing this comment), and want to comment/respond to this, but I want to get the lay of the land in the book first. As someone who studied abroad at Moscow State Linguistics University (мглу) briefly, and had friends who studied there in mid/late 90s to get bachelors & masters degrees as translators, I know a bit about their standards & this sounds way off (even for someone... 8y

GlitteryOtters ...attending a school which isn't the top school for translators). As someone who both knows professional translators AND has a same aged deaf cousin who has used them extensively, I also have really strong opinions/thoughts on requirements/ethics for translators, but I am trying to keep an open mind until I have read at least a little. I'll pop back in after I've read a bit, let you know my thoughts (I'm leaning towards ill-informed author...🙄) 8y

GlitteryOtters Ok, one last quick comment before I start the book...I glanced at the author's bio. Russia has high translation standards & college she attended is not one you go to if you want to translate professionally (it is not top or 2nd level school in that field--anything lower than # 1 or 2 & it is hard to get enough gigs to give you adequate income to pay for living in Moscow). She translates herself, now, but looks like that isn't how she was trained. 8y

GlitteryOtters Ok, I've read enough. Yeah, main character is not trained even remotely as a translator (in fact, in Moscow, if you need someone to go on a 2 day translation gig out of the city during school vacation, you would never use a philology student, there would be so many Muscovite students studying to be translators who would be easy to find, would jump at the extra money from the job & be exceedingly well qualified). 8y

GlitteryOtters Basically, my guess is main character is possibly an author surrogate. 1st-time novelist stuff, sloppy/easy choices that way. I'm over here 🙄🙄 at the novel so far, but will soldier on, see if I can find anything worthwhile in it (even if it is just even more instruction on how/what not to write). So sorry that the writer had the character be so dang stupid. Seriously, I never worked as a translator &even I know translation ethics better than she 8y

ValerieAndBooks @GlitteryOtters thanks so much for your thoughts! I did wonder what the standards were over there re: translators even tho Nina wasn't officially one, she was used as one anyway?! I think the author may be trying to address international adoptions issues and is using Nina as the vehicle? I'm intrigued by the adoption angle but Nina was just too distracting. 8y

ValerieAndBooks @GlitteryOtters and keep me posted on your reading! Am curious if you'll make it to the end and if so, whether you'll think it's worthwhile for me to un-bail! 8y

GlitteryOtters Definitely will keep you posted. I am currently 12% of the way in & it is reading like a first novel from someone who likes overly descriptive prose & wrote an author stand-in for main character, so it's not really exciting me, which I am bummed about. I like reading good, modern novels set in Russia & this one sounded really interesting. And, yes, translation standards in Russia are super high (probably due in large part to the fact... 8y

GlitteryOtters ...that most foreigners don't speak the language & require translators and most of the time translators are either Russian born & trained or native speakers who grew up abroad in areas with large Russian populations). It bugs me when people are inaccurate about Russia/Russians, especially when it puts them in an unfairly bad light, so I am really annoyed at the author for the above excerpt. My Russian translator friends would NEVER do that!! 😡 8y

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HeathHof

Wake in Winter | Nadezhda Belenkaya

Anyone have any recommendations on this months Kindle first choices?

Theresa I don't have any recommendations, but @Well-ReadNeck posted a similar question the other day. Based on the responses she got there seems to be a good bit of variety among what people are selecting. I think Evelyn, After & Wake in Winter we selected a lot. 8y

HeathHof @Theresa thank you! 8y

Theresa I forgot to say that, after much deliberation, I ended up going with Wake in Winter. 😄 8y

HeathHof @Theresa Same here. It sounds like it could be good! The choices weren't dazzling this month so it made it harder to pick than usual. 8y

Laura317 It was a hard choice, for sure! 8y

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