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[Lapa]

Many (most?) of us can't read Russian, so please do enlighten us, Master.

Ed,

No need for playing smartass here! I do not have my books available at this time, so I cannot check what the original text is, either in English or in Russian.

I meant that Shalito is a native Russian speaker and that his book was translated into English by someone mastering more or less that second language. As most of us knows, translations into English are rarely of high quality. Therefore, is seems to me (and should to you, especially as a scholar) that, before starting to split hair into their smallest individual components, it might be a good idea to go back to the original text to determine if indeed the inferences raised from the English version have any substance.

Marc