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Subtitles for Dobrynya Nikitich (1965)

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June 04 2022 07:11:18
Created by Eus, Lemicnor, Niffiwan
Dobrynya Nikitich.1965.en.1.25fps.1654326678.srt ⭳
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Original subs by Eus & Lemicnor, edited/corrected by Niffiwan in 2022. The original is an archaic, poetic form of Russian, while the English translation is mostly just straightforward, without making a very serious attempt to imitate the style (only a little).

There are some things that perhaps need more explanation. First, about the Sorochinsky mountain (9:08), Lemicnor/Eus had translated it as "Mountains of Madness", but academic.rusays the following (translated with DeepL):

The SOROCHINSKIYE GORI is a toponym that appears in legends, which has no real geographical reference. In the byliny they appear as outside the Rus lands, in an "alien" world, as a place of residence of fantastic hostile beings and imprisonment of captives (in the S. G. Dobrynya fights the Serpent, tramples "serpentlings" and frees people from the caves), bring endowed with mysterious formidable power (on the S. G. dies Vasili Buslaev, after violating the prohibitions). С. G. are associated with the common mythological ideas about the mountains in the "other" world. The epithet "sorochinskiy" is probably a distortion of Saracenese. It appears in both forms in byliny about different subjects.

It seems to be more about alien things than about madness. So the line is translated as "Do not visit the alien Saracen mountain".

The next line speaks of the Puchai-River, which had been translated as "River of Death". Academic.ru writes:

Puchay-river is a toponym seen in bylinas. In the bylina "Dobrynya and the Serpent", it is a "fierce river," made of fire; bathing in it threatens death. Despite the ban, Dobrynia Nikitich swims in it, thus causing the Serpent to attack and fight him. In mythical origins P.R. is a water frontier, separating the ordinary world from the "other" world. In the name "Puchay" researchers saw a distorted "Pochayna", name of the river in Kiev, in which, according to legend, occurred the first baptism of the citizens. Hence the interpretation of the subject "Dobrynya and Serpent" as the story of the victory of Christ over paganism in Kievan Rus.

In this translation, the line is translated as "Do not bathe, Dobrynya, in the fiery Puchai river between this world and the next." - possibly a bit too wordy, but it seems to get the concept across.

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1 00:00:03,020 --> 00:00:10,280 SOYUZMULTFILM Puppetfilm association 1965 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:16,460 the film is based on sketches by the "Palekh miniature" artists (Palekh region style: Traditional, bright colors, black background) 3 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:18,840 N. GOLIKOV and T. ZUBKOVA 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,197 Scriptwriter: A. SIMUKOV Director: V. DEGTYARYOV 5 00:00:22,743 --> 00:00:26,043 Art Director: A. KURITSIN Camera: N. GRINBERG 6 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,945 Composer: Y. LEVITIN Sound: G. MARTYNYUK 7 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:33,620 Animators: V. PUZANOV, L. ZHDANOV, P. PETROV 8 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:37,900 Narrator: V. LEKAREV Montage: V. GOKKE Script-editor: A. SNESAREV 9 00:00:37,980 --> 00:00:44,600 Puppets and Decor: O. Masainov, S. Znamenskaya, V. Shafranyuk, Yu. Brovkin, P. Gusev B. Kukuliyev, V. Alisov, K. Kukuliyeva 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,880 Under the directon of Roman Gurov Producer N. Bitman 11 00:00:58,271 --> 00:01:01,633 Once, strong bogatyrs used to live 12 00:01:01,753 --> 00:01:05,139 at the borderlands of the Russian state; 13 00:01:05,488 --> 00:01:09,252 they lived for almost 100 years 14 00:01:09,372 --> 00:01:13,445 and there were 30 of them, including our hero. 15 00:01:13,849 --> 00:01:17,063 In those days the border was well guarded. 16 00:01:17,338 --> 00:01:21,415 None would pass them by, neither on horse, nor on foot, 17 00:01:21,708 --> 00:01:25,670 neither outward bound nor inward bound. 18 00:01:25,924 --> 00:01:29,421 No gray wolf roamed the land, 19 00:01:29,541 --> 00:01:33,531 and no sharp-eyed falcon flew the skies. 20 00:01:35,065 --> 00:01:44,492 DOBRYNYA NIKITICH 21 00:01:48,945 --> 00:01:53,294 Dobrynya was born to a mother 22 00:01:53,863 --> 00:01:58,316 that raised him till he was of full age. 23 00:01:58,699 --> 00:02:03,482 The young Dobrynyushka Nikitinich 24 00:02:03,602 --> 00:02:05,826 began to often ride his good horse 25 00:02:05,946 --> 00:02:09,774 through the open field. 26 00:03:22,340 --> 00:03:25,286 His mother instructed Dobrynyushka: 27 00:03:25,737 --> 00:03:28,951 here's a Shamakhan whip for you, 28 00:03:29,071 --> 00:03:32,742 it's woven of 7 cords braided with 7 threads. 29 00:03:32,977 --> 00:03:36,122 If your horse Burka will not jump, 30 00:03:36,432 --> 00:03:39,370 whip your Burka and say: 31 00:03:39,614 --> 00:03:43,062 "Burushka, leap forward, 32 00:03:43,182 --> 00:03:47,409 shake off the enemy force that holds you down!" 33 00:04:58,884 --> 00:05:03,561 It's no rain that rains, It's no thunder that thunders, 34 00:05:04,492 --> 00:05:09,099 It's no thunder that thunders, - But a great noise that comes. 35 00:05:09,911 --> 00:05:14,153 Zmey Gorynych, the Dragon, flew in, 36 00:05:14,273 --> 00:05:19,174 with three heads and 12 limbs, 37 00:05:19,294 --> 00:05:22,139 and he carried off into captivity 38 00:05:22,259 --> 00:05:25,287 the Christian people. 39 00:08:07,303 --> 00:08:11,204 Then spake Dobrynyushka Nikitinich: 40 00:08:11,573 --> 00:08:14,990 "Aye, you cursed snake, 41 00:08:15,110 --> 00:08:20,043 What, oh Snake, have you done?!" 42 00:08:58,076 --> 00:09:01,214 Dobrynyushka's mother had instructed him, 43 00:09:01,667 --> 00:09:04,521 Dobrynyushka's mother had said to him: 44 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:07,800 "Do not ride off into the far field, 45 00:09:07,820 --> 00:09:11,460 Do not visit the alien Saracen mountain, 46 00:09:11,472 --> 00:09:16,065 Do not bathe, Dobrynya, in the fiery Puchai river between this world and the next." 47 00:10:41,396 --> 00:10:44,128 And Dobrynya heard the voices 48 00:10:44,248 --> 00:10:46,813 of the captive Russians: 49 00:10:47,502 --> 00:10:52,093 "Where have you disappeared to, you mighty bogatyrs? 50 00:10:52,595 --> 00:10:56,470 Do not you hear our voices? 51 00:10:56,750 --> 00:11:00,918 It is hard for us in these dragon caves, 52 00:11:01,199 --> 00:11:04,064 We probably will not see the sun again 53 00:11:04,184 --> 00:11:06,488 until the end of our lives." 54 00:13:36,896 --> 00:13:40,411 Dobrynya spoke the following words: 55 00:13:40,913 --> 00:13:44,540 "Oh, you captive Russians, 56 00:13:45,064 --> 00:13:48,741 come out of the serpent's lair, 57 00:13:49,048 --> 00:13:52,747 return to your own lands - 58 00:13:53,003 --> 00:13:55,658 he will not touch you any more, 59 00:13:55,778 --> 00:13:58,521 that cursed snake!" 60 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:51,270 For these deeds the hero Dobrynya Nikitich 61 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:56,251 is honored with glory and with song. 62 00:14:56,717 --> 00:15:00,697 May the blue sea find comfort in it! 63 00:15:01,236 --> 00:15:04,178 And may all you kind people 64 00:15:04,501 --> 00:15:06,704 hear of it! 65 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:16,600 THE END translated after Russian bornik @ KG subs Lemicnor & Eus (2018), ed. Niffiwan (2022)