User talk:2.28.225.1

June 2022
Hello, I'm Serols. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to The Beginning of a Novel—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Serols (talk) 14:37, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to The Beginning of a Novel. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Serols (talk) 14:38, 20 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I am not sure why this edit was considered unconstructive. Janáček's second opera has usually been known as Beginning of a Romance in English. This is the title used by Eric Chisholm in his monograph on the composer as well as on the only readily available recording, and was the translation preferred by the Brno Janáček festival when they staged the work as part of the complete Janáček operatic canon in 2018 to mark the centenary of Czechoslovak independence. I appreciate that Czech "roman" is more properly translated novel, but equally, The Cunning Little Vixen isn't a little translation of Příhody lišky Bystroušky, nor is Její pastorkyňa known as "Her Stepdaughter" in English. One should surely favour the title under which the work has been performed and marketed in English. 2.28.225.1 (talk) 14:53, 20 June 2022 (UTC)