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299 The Cherry Orchard

The History of Literature

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You Haven't Got Any Strength, You're Good for Nothing?

In Act 3, the young valet says to his grandfather, you are tired of some grandpa. And then in Act 4, my line is the very end where the grandpa out of the old valet says, I'll lie down a while. How did they translate that in yours? The very last words that he says, you good for nothing. Good for nothing. Yeah. Mine is big booby. Like it, when was your translation done? Is it a modern? It's pretty modern? Yeah, it's penguin. Maybe in British English, is that less than 1939? Oh, okay. yeah. But anyway, so big booby."

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