Script for Krokodil Gena

February 12, 2013 12:28 PM

I'm learning Russian right now. I wonder if there's a website that has the whole script for the 1971 Soviet cartoon, Cheburashka. I've been using Yandex and Google and I didn't get any result for the past few days. Thank you.
posted by sanskrtam to Writing & Language (4 answers total)

You're going to have much better luck finding subtitles than a full screenplay. Just search for Чебурашка + субтитры and make sure your security programs are up to date before downloading anything off random .ru sites.
posted by griphus at 12:34 PM on February 12, 2013

I'm not sure what you're looking for - the subtitled cartoon is on youtube in many places. If you want the text, it's originally a book (available here, for example) but I'm afraid that will be far beyond a beginner level reading material.
posted by Shusha at 1:26 PM on February 12, 2013

I found a Russian subs file here, among many other places. It's a standard subtitles file that you can read or edit in Notepad or another text editor (Windows-1251 encoding, sorry). It's got timestamps and exact dialogue. As a bonus, you can import it into VLC Player and sync it with the video. The vocabulary is pretty complicated for a beginning learner, though, and the idea of the Soviet Pioneers and their common activities and slogans may be somewhat alien.
posted by Nomyte at 7:49 PM on February 12, 2013

Oh, and feel free to send me MeFi mail if something is unclear. I generally get back within 24 hours.
posted by Nomyte at 7:50 PM on February 12, 2013