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

Originally Posted by Inego

Не стану описывать нашего похода и окончания войны. Скажу коротко, что бедствие доходило до крайности. Мы проходили через селения, разоренные бунтовщиками, и поневоле отбирали у бедных жителей то, что успели они спасти.

I shall not stay to relate the events of the war. I shall only say that misery reached its height. We passed settlements ravaged by the rebels, and by perforce took away from the poor inhabitants what they managed to save.

We passed settlements ravaged by the rebels, and, forced by need, we took from the poor inhabitants what they had managed to save.