TOMSK, Jun 17 – RIA Tomsk. The graduate of faculty of foreign languages of Tomsk State University (TSU) Yana Psayla translated a novel by Trevor Zara "The Secret Life of Nanna Genoveffa" from Maltese into Russian; this is the first work translated from national language of Malta into Russian, it is reported on the website of the higher education institution.
It is specified that the TSU graduate is the only translator of works of art from Maltese into Russian and from Russian into Maltese. She has translated into Maltese 17 works of Vladimir Vysotsky and has published the first-ever Russian-Maltese and Maltese-Russian phrasebooks in Malta.
"Yana Psayla worked at the translation of "The Secret Life of Nanna Genoveffa" for about three months. The translation of the novel is released by Hudozhestvennaya Literatura publishing house with a circulation of 1000 copies", – it is said in the message.
It is noted that Trevor Zara is a modern classic of the Maltese literature. Today more than 100 of his works, including poems, stories and novels illustrated by him are published. "The Secret Life of Nanna Genoveffa” got a national award of Malta in 2008. The novel tells about life of the Maltese woman of the middle of the 20th century."Thanks to the live style of the writer decorated with bright metaphors, the translation has been made very quickly and easily. <…> I managed to transfer daily expressions and a word-play precisely thanks to deep immersion to Maltese which I use in everyday life", – the translator is quoted in the massage.