A gem from the Russian side of LJ

[deakat]

Wish I could get a poster of this!

Via justbeast (Originally posted by a_poli), the caption reads "Reading is not harmful. NOT reading is."

Comments

[beable]

This is gorgeous1

[deakat]

I want a hard-copy for my library.

[bunsen_h]

Hmm. I can't read Russian at all, but looking at the words, I'm guessing that a more literal translation would be something like "Reading [is] not danger. Danger [is] not reading." I can't figure out how to enter some of those characters into Google Translate; I can't even find them in various pieces of Russian text to copy/paste. :-(

But it's a lovely picture and sentiment.

[deakat]

I'm relatively certain that justbeast is a native Russian speaker, so I'm confident that his translation is accurate. Having studied both French and ASL interpretation, I know that literal translations, while sometimes humorous, cannot be relied upon for true meaning.

[saretan]

Your translation at the header of the post is really god and accurate, as a native russian speaker I can guarantee this :)

[deakat]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that.

[kylecassidy]

that's just brilliant! wow.

[deakat]

It is wonderful, isn't it? I must ask justbeast whether there's any information at the source regarding how it may be acquired.

Thanks for stopping by!