Thread: Ivan and Lizaveta. Please look over the translation.

Cheers Tanya. Would "dityati" have been used in 1830s Russia when the story is set? And what do people use now instead?

Originally Posted by Martin Miles

And what do people use now instead?

child = ребёнок = дитя
It will do the child no harm = это не причинит вреда ребёнку.

I don`t know exactly whether this word have been used in 1830s, but I suppose so. In works by Pushkin (in particular "The Captain's Daughter", 1836) we can find this word.