Thread: Missing parts in English translation of Pushkin's "The daughter of the commandant"

Мы пошли на вал, возвышение, образованное природой и укрепленное частоколом. Там уже толпились все жители крепости. Гарнизон стоял в ружье. Пушку туда перетащили накануне. Комендант расхаживал перед своим малочисленным строем.

We went to the ramparts, a little natural height, and fortified by a palisade. All the fort's inhabitants were already crowding there. We found the garrison here under arms. The cannon had been dragged hither the preceding evening. The Commandant was walking up and down before his little party;

Originally Posted by Inego

Мы пошли на вал, возвышение, образованное природой и укрепленное частоколом. Там уже толпились все жители крепости. Гарнизон стоял в ружье. Пушку туда перетащили накануне. Комендант расхаживал перед своим малочисленным строем.

We went to the ramparts, a little natural height, and fortified by a palisade. All the fort's inhabitants were already crowding there. We found the garrison here under arms. The cannon had been dragged hither the preceding evening. The Commandant was walking up and down before his little party;

All the fort's inhabitants were already crowding around there.