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German mistranslation joke
German mistranslation
The comic device in "Die Russische Natur" turning on a German enthusiast's clumsy word-for-word translation of florid Russian nature-prose, mocking both Russian belletristic excess and stereotyped German pedantry.
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- Captions for Drawings §230 DIE RUSSISCHE NATUR
The sketch's punchline turns on a German enthusiast's clumsy literal (word-for-word) translation of ornate Russian nature-prose back into German and then into a picture, mocking both florid Russian belletrism and stereotyped German pedantry.
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