There is a literary translation exam at the Institute of Foreign Languages. The teacher gives the student a phrase for translation into English. The following phrase:

“Oh, my feet, four clothes,
I want to stay at home, I want to go to Yorgka.”

The student can translate it into English. The teacher reads and gives it to the next student to translate this now English phrase into Russian. The student translates it as follows:

“The shoes glow unbearably with lacquer.
I have nowhere to run. Everything is decided.
I have no longer a peaceful sleep at home.
I’m supposed to stay with George today!”