Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Dr. Seuss in Russian

I have heard from a friend of mine today who lives in Kansas City, MO, and is raising two toddlers. She is trying to raise her kids with Russian and English, but finds it difficult to find Russian literature at reasonable prices. Her son and daughter love Dr. Seuss books (and so does Sasha), and she tries to read those to them in Russian. And, of course, when someone translates on a fly, it's difficult to convey the message while preserving the structure of a poem. Her new find is these Russian poetic translations of Dr. Seuss famous "Cat in the hat", "Horton hears a who", "Horton hatches an egg", and a couple more.

They are published on a Russian poetry page where anyone can publish their poetry. In fact, here is another collection which belongs to a close friend of mine from college: http://www.stihi.ru/avtor/radavilova . Although, all her poetry is in Russian.

Thank you, Olesya, for the link to Dr. Seuss poetry translations. I hope others will also find these helpful.

2 comments:

  1. Наташа, прикольно! Значит, русской литературы не хватает? Я пришлю тогда иностранную литературу на русском, наверняка, Саше понравится!

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  2. What a delight, especially since the translations are available online for free! The French translations of Dr. Seuss that I bought for my three-year-old are, overall, disappointing. The lack the whimsy and often the rhythm of the originals. However, my son doesn't seem to care and still loves them, especially "Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham."

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