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   Message 1,706 of 4,347   
   alexander koryagin to Paul Quinn   
   Re: Singing and punctuation markss   
   31 Jul 14 20:09:01   
   
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   From: alexander koryagin    
      
   Hi, Paul Quinn!   
   I read your message from  31.07.2014 08:59   
   about Singing and punctuation markss.   
      
     ak>> In my translation I have these lines (here a teacher of   
     ak>> music (Paul knows him ;-) is checking the boy's faculty for   
     ak>> music):   
     PQ>   
     PQ> You are lucky I have the time for this, at this time.  This is   
     PQ> a simple 'vote', Alexander.  :)   
     PQ>   
     PQ> (My wife is seriously unwell, and I have little time for idle   
     PQ> chit-chat.)   
      
   I wish her to be well.   
      
     ak>> -----Beginning of the citation-----   
     PQ> [ ...chomp... ]   
     ak>> I was told by one guy that the words of the song should be   
     ak>> taken in quotation marks. Like this:   
     PQ>   
     ak>>      Maxim started, and probably, he was not very good:   
     PQ>   
     ak>>                  "Bonfire is barely glowing   
     ak>>                  And darkness has covered the camp." etc   
     PQ>   
     ak>> Should I do it or the indentation of the song's words is   
     ak>> enough?   
     PQ>   
     PQ> I vote for just indentation.  Keep it simple, amigo.   
      
   I think so too.   
      
   Bye, Paul!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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