Letter 2296 - Revision history

Tony: "there it had" to "there had been" for clarity of meaning

2024-12-31T12:59:53Z

"there it had" to "there had been" for clarity of meaning

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	\|Translated text={{right\|[[Podushkino]]<br/>31 May 1883}}		\|Translated text={{right\|[[Podushkino]]<br/>31 May 1883}}
	I have just arrived at my brother [[Tolya]]'s dacha. I have received a pile of letters, and do not have the time to write detailed answers to everybody at once. So do not be surprised, dear [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson\|Annette]], that I am writing just a few words. Your letter exposes your poor knowledge of the French language. The meaning of the phrase "il a dû repondre" is altogether different than the one you attribute to it. It translates as follows: "He has probably already answered you". So your outrage was completely in vain. But could ''Emma'', whom you must know loves you, upset you with such a reproach, even if there it had the slightest justification? I shall write to you more when I find myself with a free hour. Keep well.		I have just arrived at my brother [[Tolya]]'s dacha. I have received a pile of letters, and do not have the time to write detailed answers to everybody at once. So do not be surprised, dear [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson\|Annette]], that I am writing just a few words. Your letter exposes your poor knowledge of the French language. The meaning of the phrase "il a dû repondre" is altogether different than the one you attribute to it. It translates as follows: "He has probably already answered you". So your outrage was completely in vain. But could ''Emma'', whom you must know loves you, upset you with such a reproach, even if there had been the slightest justification? I shall write to you more when I find myself with a free hour. Keep well.
	{{right\|Yours P. T.}}		{{right\|Yours P. T.}}
	}}		}}

Brett at 15:09, 11 July 2024

2024-07-11T15:09:08Z

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	\|Translated text={{right\|[[Podushkino]]<br/>31 May 1883}}		\|Translated text={{right\|[[Podushkino]]<br/>31 May 1883}}
	I have just arrived at my brother [[Tolya]]'s dacha. I have received a pile of letters, and do not have the time to write detailed answers to everybody at once. So do not be surprised, dear [[Anna Aleksandrova-~~Levenon~~\|Annette]], that I am writing just a few words. Your letter exposes your poor knowledge of the French language. The meaning of the phrase "il a dû repondre" is altogether different than the one you attribute to it. It translates as follows: "He has probably already answered you". So your outrage was completely in vain. But could ''Emma'', whom you must know loves you, upset you with such a reproach, even if there it had the slightest justification? I shall write to you more when I find myself with a free hour. Keep well.		I have just arrived at my brother [[Tolya]]'s dacha. I have received a pile of letters, and do not have the time to write detailed answers to everybody at once. So do not be surprised, dear [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson\|Annette]], that I am writing just a few words. Your letter exposes your poor knowledge of the French language. The meaning of the phrase "il a dû repondre" is altogether different than the one you attribute to it. It translates as follows: "He has probably already answered you". So your outrage was completely in vain. But could ''Emma'', whom you must know loves you, upset you with such a reproach, even if there it had the slightest justification? I shall write to you more when I find myself with a free hour. Keep well.
	{{right\|Yours P. T.}}		{{right\|Yours P. T.}}
	}}		}}

Brett at 09:49, 11 June 2024

2024-06-11T09:49:28Z

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	\|Publication={{bibx\|1905/3\|Сибирский наблюдатель}} (1905), No. 10, p. 107<br/>{{bib\|1970/86\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 168		\|Publication={{bibx\|1905/3\|Сибирский наблюдатель}} (1905), No. 10, p. 107<br/>{{bib\|1970/86\|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 168
	}}		}}
	==Text==		==Text and Translation==
	Based on its 1905 publication in the ''Siberian Observer'', which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.		Based on its 1905 publication in the ''Siberian Observer'', which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
	{{Lettertext		{{Lettertext
	\|Language=Russian		\|Language=Russian
	\|Translator=		\|Translator=Brett Langston
	\|Original text={{right\|Подушкино, 31 мая 1883 года}}		\|Original text={{right\|Подушкино<br/>31 мая 1883 года}}
	Только что приехал к брату Толе на дачу. Получил массу писем и не имею времени сразу написать всем обстоятельные ответы. Поэтому не удивляйтесь, милая Annette, что пишу несколько слов. Ваше письмо изобличает плохое знание французского языка. Фраза «il a dû repondre" совсем не имеет значения, которое Вы ей приписываете. Она переводится так: «Он, вероятно, уже отвечал Вам». Итак, Вы совершенно напрасно пришли в ярость. Да разве ''Эмма'', которую Вы должны бы знать и которая Вас любит, могла бы огорчить Вас подобным упрёком, даже если и в самом деле было к тому хотя бы малейшее основание? Напишу Вам больше, когда выберется свободный часочек. Будьте здоровы.		Только что приехал к брату Толе на дачу. Получил массу писем и не имею времени сразу написать всем обстоятельные ответы. Поэтому не удивляйтесь, милая Annette, что пишу несколько слов. Ваше письмо изобличает плохое знание французского языка. Фраза «il a dû repondre" совсем не имеет значения, которое Вы ей приписываете. Она переводится так: «Он, вероятно, уже отвечал Вам». Итак, Вы совершенно напрасно пришли в ярость. Да разве ''Эмма'', которую Вы должны бы знать и которая Вас любит, могла бы огорчить Вас подобным упрёком, даже если и в самом деле было к тому хотя бы малейшее основание? Напишу Вам больше, когда выберется свободный часочек. Будьте здоровы.
	{{right\|Ваш П. Ч.}}		{{right\|Ваш П. Ч.}}

	\|Translated text=		\|Translated text={{right\|[[Podushkino]]<br/>31 May 1883}}
			I have just arrived at my brother [[Tolya]]'s dacha. I have received a pile of letters, and do not have the time to write detailed answers to everybody at once. So do not be surprised, dear [[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenon\|Annette]], that I am writing just a few words. Your letter exposes your poor knowledge of the French language. The meaning of the phrase "il a dû repondre" is altogether different than the one you attribute to it. It translates as follows: "He has probably already answered you". So your outrage was completely in vain. But could ''Emma'', whom you must know loves you, upset you with such a reproach, even if there it had the slightest justification? I shall write to you more when I find myself with a free hour. Keep well.
			{{right\|Yours P. T.}}
	}}		}}

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Brett at 16:12, 12 November 2019

2019-11-12T16:12:20Z

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{{letterhead
|Date=31 May/12 June 1883
|To=[[Anna Aleksandrova-Levenson]]
|Place=[[ Podushkino]]
|Language=Russian
|Autograph={{locunknown}}
|Publication={{bibx|1905/3|Сибирский наблюдатель}} (1905), No. 10, p. 107<br/>{{bib|1970/86|П. И. Чайковский. Полное собрание сочинений ; том XII}} (1970), p. 168
}}
==Text==
Based on its 1905 publication in the ''Siberian Observer'', which may contain differences in formatting and content from Tchaikovsky's original letter.
{{Lettertext
|Language=Russian
|Translator=
|Original text={{right|Подушкино, 31 мая 1883 года}}
Только что приехал к брату Толе на дачу. Получил массу писем и не имею времени сразу написать всем обстоятельные ответы. Поэтому не удивляйтесь, милая Annette, что пишу несколько слов. Ваше письмо изобличает плохое знание французского языка. Фраза «il a dû repondre" совсем не имеет значения, которое Вы ей приписываете. Она переводится так: «Он, вероятно, уже отвечал Вам». Итак, Вы совершенно напрасно пришли в ярость. Да разве ''Эмма'', которую Вы должны бы знать и которая Вас любит, могла бы огорчить Вас подобным упрёком, даже если и в самом деле было к тому хотя бы малейшее основание? Напишу Вам больше, когда выберется свободный часочек. Будьте здоровы.
{{right|Ваш П. Ч.}}

|Translated text=
}}