Poland, a Study of the Land, People and Literature, by GEORGE BRANDES - dc

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 1st, 2023, 11:26 am

Edited and re-uploaded, with the

58 @01:99
1847 -vs.- 1846

bit already fixed.

The saying "wszystko się ułoży" (or "it will all settle itself" as Brandes puts it) is still a very popular saying

The bit about szlachta or aristocracy not doing anything useful with their money has been noted, for example, in Prus's "Lalka". Although, the minor character Ochocki, who while related to an artistocratic family, decided to pursue science, is seen by his relatives as a weirdo dreaming about lighter-than-air flying machines.

DrSpoke · Post by **DrSpoke** » February 2nd, 2023, 11:55 am

Thank you.
Just a repeat to fix, please:
page 62 @09:58
.....lust for wealth which determine the peculiar Polish form......

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 2nd, 2023, 12:29 pm

Fixed and re-uploaded.

Also, I've recently found a video (in Polish, with bits of Haitian creole (?) and rudimentary English) about the descendants of the Polish legionnaires in Haiti. Interesting but also depressing seeing the poverty there.

DrSpoke · Post by **DrSpoke** » February 2nd, 2023, 4:00 pm

Piotrek81 wrote: ↑February 2nd, 2023, 12:29 pm Fixed and re-uploaded.

Also, I've recently found a video (in Polish, with bits of Haitian creole (?) and rudimentary English) about the descendants of the Polish legionnaires in Haiti. Interesting but also depressing seeing the poverty there.

yeah, Napoleon wasn't the end of their troubles...

PL ok

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 12th, 2023, 12:19 am

Section 9 has been uploaded.

Henryk Sienkiewicz's works from Polish history that Brandes dismisses, form today a part of the Polish cannon. We have some of them in the catalogue in the English translation, if you're curious

Also, were the governor's actions meant to be shown as "humane" in this case? I don't get it. Unless the idea was that quick execution was better than Siberian hard labour.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 12th, 2023, 5:58 am

Two new sections have been uploaded.

DrSpoke · Post by **DrSpoke** » February 12th, 2023, 8:22 am

Piotrek81 wrote: ↑February 12th, 2023, 12:19 am governor Gurko's actions meant to be shown as "humane" in this case? I don't get it. Unless the idea was that quick execution was better than Siberian hard labour.

My reading is that the adjective has to do with his devising an opportunity for those who were about to be killed to get to see and say goodbye for good to their relatives.

Notes Section 9:

p71@13:31
He has great qualities as a conversationalist ^^ He has great qualities as a controversialist

p75@23:00
it seems condemned either to choose a progress, [...] and to choose stagnation ^^ it seems condemned either to choose progress, [...] or to choose stagnation
p75@23:26
who respects the Polish intelligence ^^ who represents the Polish intelligence

p76@24:32
usurped the place of the pictures of real life ^^ usurped the place of pictures of real life
p76@25:24
terrible crises of bygone - days MISSING TEXT

p77@26:41
into tools of contemporary power ^^ into tools of temporal power.
p77, last four lines ( )

Section 10: PL OK

Notes Section 12:

p93@01:37
celebrated painting by Gabriel Marx ^^ celebrated painting by Gabriel Max

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 12th, 2023, 9:09 am

Section 12 has been fixed. Also, I genuinely misread it as Marx and even wondered at the name

Other fixes will come shortly.

The "conversationalist/controversialist" thing actually made me do a double-take and I still somehow got it the other way round

p77, last four lines (:evil: )

That sentence was ... something else

I have no idea if I got it correctly...

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 12th, 2023, 10:49 am

Section 9 has been fixed.

EDIT: Also, I've noticed that most of flubs were towards the end of the section. This may have something to do with the feeling I was getting as I was reading it. At some point it felt like the sentences just started getting more complex culminating in the closing.... thing

DrSpoke · Post by **DrSpoke** » February 12th, 2023, 12:33 pm

all PL OK!
The Dilemma he illustrates is actually not unique to that place and time, but to be found every time a nation is under occupation; a big one.
Anyway, in general, the Study shows many interesting situations we can relate to, aside of agreeing or not with some stances of the author.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 12th, 2023, 12:54 pm

I've recorded section 11. I'll post it either later today or on Monday morning. Are you in Europe?

DrSpoke · Post by **DrSpoke** » February 12th, 2023, 1:07 pm

Good.
Yes, I am.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 13th, 2023, 1:03 am

Section 11 is in the MW.

DrSpoke · Post by **DrSpoke** » February 13th, 2023, 12:48 pm

Notes (not sure which ones are a problem):

p87@06:15
the dislike of all persons in authority ^^ the dislike of the persons in authority

p90@12:23
They were so grateful to me in Warsaw as ^^ They were as grateful to me in Warsaw as

p91@14:50
as soon as he had got through the private audiences, came out of his apartment ^^ as soon as he had got through the private audiences, and came out of his apartment

p91@15:15
obstacles which were insurmountable to me ^^ obstacles which were insurmountable for me

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » February 13th, 2023, 2:09 pm

All have been fixed and the section has been uploaded. Section 14 coming soon, probably tomorrow