Kirill Semenov May 14, 2004:

You're right, within the wide context it probably may be translated directly: svet. It was not obvious for me, though, from the sentence itself. Anyway, I hope it may be somehow useful. "Sveta nelogo ne vidya" is quite a common idiom.

Non-ProZ.com May 14, 2004:

MORE Okay, then you need to know that it says: ne chuvstvuia puti, ne vidia svetu, per taigoiu naprolom.
This makes is look even more idiomatic I guess - given the possible meaning of 'put'. But maybe simply translating them as 'way' and 'light' is okay.
I myself would read 'not seeing the light' as having 2 meaning - not seeing the light being carried by the robber + not seeing the light of 'hope'/'salvation'.

Kirill Semenov May 14, 2004:

Or, maybe, the author is playing with both meanings here. As for me, I understood this part of the sentence as an idiom without doubt. If there is a reference on lantern in the text above, it is even more interesting. :)

Kirill Semenov May 14, 2004:

I think it's more tricky than simple "svet". It may be idiomatic, pointing at his emotional state. "[Belogo] sveta ne vidya" may mean he runs like crazy, without noticing anything around him, without thinking. Also, it fits the following "pior naprolom".

Non-ProZ.com May 14, 2004:

Svet In this case just as 'light' - Prokhor is being accompanied by a member of the gang of robbers who is carrying a lantern.

Kirill Semenov May 14, 2004:

BTW, I'm just curious how are you going to translate "ne vidia svetu"?