How to Translate a Text

I recently put together a list of suggestions for my students in the Russian-English Translation Course for Native Speakers.  Since it covers principles that may be useful for anyone working with English and Russian, I thought I would post them here, as well.  Please let me know in the comments sections if you have anything [...]

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our class’s PROROK translation

NB: the original is here.
1“Spiritual thirst torments me,
I wandered in a gloomy desert,-
And a six winged seraph
Appeared before me at the crossroads.”
3 His ears touched me / My ears touched him (???)
And they are filled with sound and chime
And I heed Heaven shuddering / And shuddering I heed Heaven (damn Russian word order!)
And mountain angels [...]

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