Talk:сверхъестественный

Differing text in quote from The Master and Margarita

My copy (ISBN 978-5-699-79851-3, I think, but there are a couple more) has украшали rather than помещаться. It is from the Библиотека Всемирной Литературы and says at the front Москва: Эксмо, 2019 PJTraill (talk) 21:16, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@PJTraill: Sorry, I don't quite understand what you're saying. What does "... has украшали rather than помещаться" mean? You can't simply swap the words here, you'd have to rephrase. Could you give the full sentence? --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 22:11, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Atitarev I am sorry to have been unclear:

• The quote in this article (сверхъестественный) says:

  На хорошо́ вы́бритом лице́ его́ помеща́лись сверхъесте́ственных разме́ров очки́ в чёрной рогово́й опра́ве (Na xorošó výbritom licé jevó pomeščálisʹ sverxʺjestéstvennyx razmérov očkí v čórnoj rogovój opráve)

• My copy of the book (new three days ago) says (if I have copied correctly – I am very new to Russian!):

  Пе́рвые из них – … – … был ма́ленького ро́ста …, а аккура́тно вы́бритое лицо́ его́ украша́ли сверхъесте́ственных разме́ров очки́ в чёрной рогово́й опра́ве (Pérvyje iz nix – … – … byl málenʹkovo rósta …, a akkurátno výbritoje licó jevó ukrašáli sverxʺjestéstvennyx razmérov očkí v čórnoj rogovój opráve).

So you are right, it is more than just a one word change. I suspect it is a matter of a different edition, but my Russian is not yet good enough to identify the relevant details. Ideally the quotation would specify the edition used. PJTraill (talk) 23:26, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@PJTraill: Thanks. That's annoying that there are different texts. Bulgakov didn't write two versions of the book. BTW, publish your word questions in WT:TR where there is more visibility. Term talk pages are usually ignored. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 23:37, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@Atitarev I shall do that. PJTraill (talk) 20:39, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind if I show how to link terms better using templates? --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 23:42, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, that is good to know! (My suboptimal links came from having copied from a quotation using a different template.) PJTraill (talk) 20:39, 20 February 2020 (UTC)