You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
1904: The path to disaster: First losses of the fleet
2021-06-30
Direct translation of the article. Edited. See the link for photos and maps
by Oleg Airapetov

[Regnum] The first reaction of Emperor Nicholas II to the news of the outbreak of hostilities in the Far East was a desire to bring the war to a decisive end, the result of which was the complete neutralization of Japan, "so that she could no longer have either troops or navy." As options for the conditions of the future peace in St. Petersburg were discussed and the rejection of the treaty of 1875 (AKA The Treaty of St. Petersburg) on equal relations with Japan, and the annexation of the island of Tsushima. The international situation at the beginning of 1904 was generally favorable for Russia.
Posted by:badanov

#4   'direct translation' by badanov

badanov has a gift for languages. He taught himself Russian for some of the wargames he wanted to play, as I recall, then Spanish so he could do the narco war in Mexico for us, and subsequently Ukrainian to cover that beat. The Regnum translation, y’all will note, is much too smooth and correct to be merely a machine translation.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-06-30 22:27  

#3  Both I think the poster is a cyborg
Posted by: Cliling Thrirong2360   2021-06-30 14:23  

#2  Curious - 'direct translation' by badanov? Or artificial intelligence?
Posted by: Bobby   2021-06-30 14:13  

#1  Poor Korea, the Belgium of Asia, too often caught between two big warring nations. The rough translation from the Hangul/Korean is - when whales fight, shrimps backs are broken.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-30 07:43  

00:00