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Winnie the Pooh in Yiddish
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Ot iz er, Edvard Ber, er kumt itst arop mit di trep. Read the first page
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
I always knew Winne the Pooh was Jewish - all that eating and philosophising! This is an excellent book, even if it is hard work for those of us who have struggled through it relying on ropey German and a few words of Yiddish remembered from childhood. Unless you are Yiddish expert, I recommend reading it in tandem with a version in your first language. Having said that, friends of mine who speak no Yiddish have very much enjoyed reading the book out loud, such is the ease of pronunciation and the vocal richness of the language. (It should be noted that this book is a transliteration of Yiddish into Latin script, instead of the Hebrew script in which it is usually written. This is a bonus for those of us who don't read Hebrew well, but has upset some traditionalists.)
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Purchased as a gamble to see if it can make our Yiddish classes more interesting.Looks a possibility but had to obtain a copy in English to make it of value
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cute
20 Aug 2000
By Larry Mark
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Format:Hardcover
This is in TRANSLITERATION. Now you can add Yiddish to the list of 31 languages in which Pooh appears. Read about Vini-der-Pooh, Iya (eeyore), Khazerl (Piglet), and Kristofer Robin, as they munch on Varshaver Tort / Warsaw Cake (Cottleston Pie), and play near Khazerls Hoyz, Kangus Hoyz, Binenboym, Farfleytst Plats, Pu Bers Hoyz, and Hundert akordiker Wald. The book starts with a transliteration pronunciation page, but you really need to know Yiddish to proceed. Ten chapters follow. Each chapter begins with just a paragraph in Yiddish/Hebrew characters. This is followed by the story in Yiddish transliteration in English characters and Ernest Shepard's original illustrations. I was disappointed that there is no English translation, but one can easily just buy the English version also. The easy stuff is "Kristofer Robin hot gornisht gezogt, nor di oygn zenen im alts greser gevorn un des ponem alts Rozever" or when Vini der Pu says "Gut Morgn, and Kristofer Robin replies "Gut-yor, Vini dur Pu" But when Vini der Pu is a narisher alter Ber, and visits Kinigls (rabbit) and is a frayer and ferklempt and everyone must try to pull him out of the hole, the Yiddish is a tad harder. For example, "hot er ongekhapt Puen far di federshte lapes un kinigl hot ongekhapt Kristofer, un Kinigls, un Kinigls ale khaveyrim, un kroyvim hobn ongekhapt Kiniglem, un ale tsuzamen hobn zey getsoygn..." Translated by Leonard Wolf of NYU (Adjunct) and SFSU (Emeritus).
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting attempt, but uses transliteration
27 July 2000
By George J. Fogel
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Format:Hardcover
An interesting attempt at creating a Yiddish translation of the beloved children's classic. This is an "official" version of the book, using the original illustrations. Unfortunately (and this is a major drawback) except for the first paragraph of each chapter, the book is entirely in transliteration: it does not present Yiddish using the Hebrew alphabet. While this might be a boon to some, it is a definite drawback to students of Yiddish and native speakers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent translation
9 Dec 2001
By Leonard M. Faltz
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Format:Hardcover
Since none of the reviews that I read here addressed the quality of the translation, I thought I'd say a few words about that.
I thought the translation was EXCELLENT! Wolf has a real feel for Yiddish expression. In reading this book I actually had the sense that the entire Hundred-Acre-Wood and its inhabitants were all Eastern European Jews! There were turns of phrase that I hadn't heard since I was a child in New York.
Yes, I suppose it would've been nice to have the whole text in Hebrew letters. But translation is such a difficult task, and this was SUCH a nice job, so why complain?
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