tessap
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Post by tessap on Oct 18, 2011 4:12:02 GMT -7
[shadow=red,left,300][/shadow] please can anyone translate this? My grandfather went to a russian labour camp and was given this photo with the writting on the back thanks. Attachments:
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Post by Jaga on Oct 18, 2011 4:41:54 GMT -7
Hi tessap, welcome to the forum.
Yes, this is Russian. As far as I could decipher:
"to the memory to brother Lona from Lona's wife"
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Post by Eric on Oct 18, 2011 8:27:41 GMT -7
One correction, Jaga:
It actually says "A memento to brother Lona from brother Zhenya."
("На память брату Лёне от брата Жени.")
"To the memory of" in English indicates remembering someone who's dead, but "на память" in Russian refers to both - remembering someone who's dead, but also, in this case, letting someone alive remember someone else.
The last letter of the last word is not "ы" ("from wife" = "от жены"), but "и" ("from Zhenya" = "от Жени"). Zhenya is a nickname for Yevgeniy (Евгений).
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Post by Jaga on Oct 18, 2011 10:32:52 GMT -7
Eric, thanks. Good points, especially this "wife" versus "rzena"...
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tessap
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Post by tessap on Oct 18, 2011 10:43:10 GMT -7
Oh thank you that is such a big help! My grandfather has 3 photos and each one says the same on the back! Could lona be leon??? My grandfather was called leon and do you think the person who sent them are called zhenya or yevgeniy-is that a male or female name? Thanyou both of you:0) x
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Post by Jaga on Oct 18, 2011 10:52:54 GMT -7
Tessap,
yes, when I looked at this name Lona I thought that this might be from Leon. In Slavic languages we use lots of diminutives in the names. For instance my first name is Jagoda but people call me:
Jaga, Jagusia, Jagodka and more!
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Post by Eric on Oct 18, 2011 11:34:50 GMT -7
Could lona be leon??? My grandfather was called leon Лёна (Lona) is a diminutive for Леонид (Leonid), which would be anglicized to Leon. do you think the person who sent them are called zhenya or yevgeniy-is that a male or female name? Thanyou both of you:0) x Евгений (Yevgeniy) is a man's name, Евгения (Yevgeniya) is a woman's name. The diminutive for both is Женя (Zhenya). |
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