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  • Our use of the word 'honour' both as an abstract noun and as a form of address ( 'Your Honour') made it all the easier to emphasize one of the novel's central themes; were a translator to backtranslate our version into Russian, he might well feel frustrated at having to use two different words

    openDemocracy 2010

  • Our use of the word 'honour' both as an abstract noun and as a form of address ( 'Your Honour') made it all the easier to emphasize one of the novel's central themes; were a translator to backtranslate our version into Russian, he might well feel frustrated at having to use two different words

    openDemocracy Robert Chandler 2010

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