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Az anakhnu mamshikhim / And so, we continue

med_cat: (dog and book)
This is a story I'd wanted to share with all of you for a while--I'm going to translate the first couple paragraphs; let me know if you wish to see more.
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…Я вот часто думаю – почему голый человек на подиуме в студии выглядит солидно, вроде как при деле, а стоит в таком виде в коридор к электрощитку выскочить – когда предохранители вышибает, – и ты уже не модель, а просто голая женщина, бывшая инженер-электрик… Вообще, голый человек – существо пустяковое.

А предохранители у нас в студии, где я натурщицей подрабатываю, часто вышибает. Художники – народ простой, славный, но руки у них кисточкой заканчиваются. Чуть что – Рая. Тем более что в прошлой жизни я – инженер-электрик. Как свет погаснет – я шасть с подиума в коридор, ощупью до щитка, секунда – и порядок.

Тогда Ави Коэн – это руководитель студии, милый такой, лысый человек – руку мне подает, помогает на подиум взойти и говорит:
– Аз анахну мамшихим – итак, мы продолжаем…

...I often think about this: why does a naked person on a podium in the art studio look imposing, like she's doing something useful, but as soon as she runs into the hallway to check the power panel, still naked--when the fuses blow--and you're no longer a model, you're just a  naked woman, a former electrical engineer...In general, a naked person is an insignificant sort of creature.

And the fuses in our studio, where I have a side job as a model, blow quite often. The artists are a simple, sweet folk, but the only tool they can handle is a paintbrush. If there's any technical problem, they call for Raya. Especially because, in my past life, I had been an electrical engineer. If the light goes out, I dart from the podium into the hallway, feel my way to the power panel, and in a second, everything is in order.

Then, Avi Cohen--he's the head of the studio, a very nice, bald-headed fellow, gives me his hand to help me ascend the podium and says,

"Az anakhnu mamshikhim--and so, we continue..."


(Dina Rubina)


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paserbyp: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 12:33 am (UTC)
История иллюстрированная?
med_cat: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 05:09 am (UTC)
Нет
paserbyp: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 09:00 am (UTC)
Жаль.
med_cat: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 10:26 am (UTC)
Можете предложить эту идею автору ;)
paserbyp: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 11:30 am (UTC)
Идею сценария для фильма? За это мне кто-то заплатит?
med_cat: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 11:57 am (UTC)
Все вопросы--к автору ;) Я с ней лично не знакома.
minoanmiss: plus size lady crowned with flowers (Neolithic Summer)
Oct. 28th, 2023 04:42 am (UTC)

This is an absolute delight. Thank you a lot for it!

med_cat: (Default)
Oct. 28th, 2023 05:09 am (UTC)
You are most welcome! She has a good sense of humor, Dina Rubina does...
Oct. 28th, 2023 07:11 am (UTC)
Because she's naked, she's not wearing an electrician's uniform. So how can anyone tell she knows how to fix the electricity?
med_cat: (cat and books)
Oct. 28th, 2023 10:25 am (UTC)
...I don't think there's anyone in the corridor--she's just describing how _she_ feels abt it ;)
Oct. 28th, 2023 09:49 pm (UTC)
Whatever body modesty I ever had was eroded by having been in so many "sky-clad" Wiccan rituals. And having had multiple medical procedures that involved having various parts of my anatomy visible, I was de-sensitized quite thoroughly. But I'd feel a little awkward trying to do electrical work without my tool belt.
med_cat: (Default)
Oct. 31st, 2023 10:31 am (UTC)
She's just resetting the fuses ;)