How to translate the soul of the text, not just its words? The lecture on the novel "Doctor Zhivago" and its English versions is an exciting exploration of translation as an art. The novel "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak is one of the most famous and simultaneously most mysterious works of Russian literature of the 20th century. Written in 1955, it was not published in the USSR, but its first edition was the Italian translation. Just a year later, the English version was released, and in 2010 a new translation appeared. How do these versions reflect the author's intent? And is it possible to translate form-not just the plot, but the very intonation, word order, and their musicality? At the lecture by Alexandra Staritsyna at the Mayakovsky Library, listeners will compare key excerpts of the novel in Russian and English, evaluate the work of Max Hayward and Mani Harari, as well as the later version by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. What changes when the translator makes a choice? Where is the line between interpretation and distortion? Where to go in St. Petersburg, we tell on our website.