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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Translate | 2/2/2012 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: What does "Julia только что ... A: Literally, "her secret desires" (желание can also mean ... | ||
| "Independent" in Russian? | 1/20/2012 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: I need the word "independence" (self dependence/self reliance)translated into Russian for a tattoo I ... A: There are regular forms of adjectives and shorter ones used for brevity Regular long version: ... | ||
| Defhalen@gmail.com | 1/20/2012 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: I need the word "independence" (self dependence/self reliance)translated into Russian for a tattoo I ... A: There are regular forms of adjectives and shorter ones used for brevity Regular long version: ... | ||
| "Independence." | 1/20/2012 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: I need the word "independence" (self dependence/self reliance)translated into Russian for a tattoo I ... A: There is but one possible translation which is: ... | ||
| translation | 11/4/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: What does " Privtuk,dela horoso,ya vudela fotku krassivo y vas!, obyazatelno s Talueu pruedem, ... A: The translation is: "Hi, everything is good. I saw the pictures. It's really nice there. We will ... | ||
| Translate | 11/4/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: What does " Privtuk,dela horoso,ya vudela fotku krassivo y vas!, obyazatelno s Talueu pruedem, ... A: I don't know what "Privtuk" means unless it's the addressee's name or a garble for "Privet" ... | ||
| russian writing translation | 10/28/2011 | Maria Kuruskina |
| Q: I would love to get the tattoo "Faith" on my wrist......wondering if you can write that using ... A: Then I would go with Вера Вера ... | ||
| Ghenka | 10/22/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: My wife's father'a brother, Henry, was born in 1913 in what is now Donets'k, Ukraine. His father was ... A: It was a pleasure to help. Yes, Ghenka is like Bud or Buddy. The names are not exactly equivalent ... | ||
| Ghenka | 10/21/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: My wife's father'a brother, Henry, was born in 1913 in what is now Donets'k, Ukraine. His father was ... A: This totally a no-brainer for any native Russian speaker. Ghenka is a colloquial form of Gennady, a ... | ||
| Subject with preposition | 10/8/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: Is there a single word in any language of the world that always includes a preposition, even while ... A: Not sure I understand the purpose of the question. By definition, the preposition is an item ... | ||
| pronunciation of ki etc | 10/7/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: I teach German and French diction for singers and am now starting informally to do the same for ... A: I guess it's hard for a native speaker to notice the changes in pronunciation you are talking about. ... | ||
| Movie Grip | 9/27/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: What is the translation in Russian (cyrillic, I guess) of the term in english "Film Grip" or "Grip" ... A: Oddly enough, портной (as in "Portnoy's Complaint") means ... | ||
| Movie Grip | 9/27/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: What is the translation in Russian (cyrillic, I guess) of the term in english "Film Grip" or "Grip" ... A: Well, you asked for key grip. The first word usually is translated as "main" or "chief", but in this ... | ||
| Translate | 8/30/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: What does "Priezgau k nam v MD!Pokataemsya!Y nas parthy namechaetsya v fevrale mesyase,mu bydem ... A: Here's the translation: "You should come see us in MD! We'll go for a ride. We are going to have a ... | ||
| Translation | 8/18/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: How would you translate the phrase, "To thine own self be true." Also, would the translation be the ... A: The translation you are looking for is: Самому ... | ||
| Ukrainian Last Name | 8/7/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: A few members of my mother's side of the family emigrated from Ukraine in the early 1900's. Their ... A: Sorry for taking so long to answer. Your surname appears to be changed during or after immigration ... | ||
| Imperfective or perfective? | 8/4/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: I have been studying a Russian MP3 course and I'm confused by the "correct" answer the student gave ... A: Sorry for taking so long to answer. The student in your example used an informal shortening of the ... | ||
| Last Name Translation | 7/3/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: My last name is spelled Charon in english. I believe my great grandfather fled Odessa, Russia in ... A: Well, without knowing how he pronounced the name, my first guess would be the former Israeli Prime ... | ||
| Last Name Translation | 7/3/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: My last name is spelled Charon in english. I believe my great grandfather fled Odessa, Russia in ... A: I think you mean transliterate, not translate. I had a relative from that general area whose name ... | ||
| Last Name Translation | 7/3/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: My last name is spelled Charon in english. I believe my great grandfather fled Odessa, Russia in ... A: You are absolutely right in your research as to the name ХАРОН in ... | ||
| Thank you letter translation | 6/10/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: I would like to send a thank you note to my friend's mom. She only speaks Russian and mine is ... A: Уважаемая г-жа... Я ... | ||
| translation | 6/9/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: I recieved rosetta stone awhile back and there are a couple of sayings that the pictures don't fully ... A: This is the translation: У Вас = you have У ... | ||
| English to Russian | 6/9/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: I am writing a story and need to know how to say this sentence in Russian, yet spell it in English. ... A: Этот не сойдёт ... | ||
| Name translation | 4/3/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: I am wanting to get a tattoo of my wife's name and was wanting to know how that would be translated. ... A: Claudia used to be a popular Russian name but it's origins have nothing to do with Russian or any ... | ||
| word | 3/18/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: Need to know what the translation for the following phoenetic spelling is: krr( r is rolled) azee. ... A: This appears to be a mere borrowing of the English "crazy". It's a familiar word for any Russian ... | ||
| pronunciation | 3/15/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: In standard Russian (if there is such a thing), concerning a word like "Chernobyl," is the "ch" ... A: The Russian letter Ч (Чернобыль) is ... | ||
| translation of prayer | 3/8/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: This is a follow up to an question posed to Voiceh. He translated a version of the Jesus prayer, but ... A: There are three syllables as the two initiating vowels "и" constitute two individual syllables ... | ||
| The Alphabet | 2/12/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: Hey, I am trying to learn Russian and have been working on the alphabet. For the most part I'm ... A: Tristen, that's about it. Unless stressed, that's nearly exactly how it sounds. If stressed, then ... | ||
| Translation | 2/11/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: For my graduation paper I'm researching English adverbial verbs and the ways of their translation ... A: Well, there is no statistics revealing how anybody handles adverbial verbs. One sentence, it would ... | ||
| Translation | 2/11/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: For my graduation paper I'm researching English adverbial verbs and the ways of their translation ... A: The art of translation is not that much about translating individual words so I feel confused and ... | ||
| Request assistance: unknown abbreviation | 2/11/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: and thank you very much for being willing to answer questions. This page here ... A: There was no need for explanation at all. The abbreviation you inquired of has not been mentioned in ... | ||
| Russian grammar | 2/11/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: why "которому" is in dative case in the following ... A: This is nonstandard usage. It appears to me that this pattern is borrowed from the word structure ... | ||
| Request assistance: unknown abbreviation | 2/11/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: and thank you very much for being willing to answer questions. This page here ... A: Julian, ТТД is ... | ||
| The Alphabet | 2/9/2011 | Ivan Boryagin |
| Q: Hey, I am trying to learn Russian and have been working on the alphabet. For the most part I'm ... A: You will able to produce the sound by saying the regular Russian "и" (similar to the English ... | ||
| Alphabet trouble | 2/8/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: I am attempting to learn Russian on my own. I started on the alphabet today and for the most part I ... A: The best way to learn Russian pronunciation is to listen to as much Russian as possible. Here's a ... | ||
| Translation/spelling of Russian names | 2/7/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: We are studying translations of Chekhov's works and finding huge variations in the spelling of the ... A: It is quite common. I wish you had an example, but I'm sure that the variations aren't very ... | ||
| Meaning of words | 1/20/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: I’d like to pose a question as a language learner. I am making endeavors to learn your languages. ... A: To tell the truth, I would argue the statment that any 19th century novel in any language is a ... | ||
| word | 1/15/2011 | Liliya |
| Q: I was wondering if you could translate the words my family, our family and the family into Russian. ... A: Here's the translation: My family = моя семья Our ... | ||
| Pronunciation | 1/14/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: I have a question about the "r" sound in Russian: is it alright to roll the "r" only once with words ... A: Hmmm, I've never thought about it, to tell the truth. I'm not a native speaker of Russian but from ... | ||
| Russian learning | 1/14/2011 | Gary Goldberg |
| Q: I’d like to learn Russian. Which Russian newspapers are released in dual languages (Russian and ... A: Moscow News is published in both languages. I don't know of such a daily newspaper published in the ... | ||
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Ivan Boryagin
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Expertise
Any intelligent questions are welcome.
Experience
I am a linguist with nearly 20 year experience as translator.
Education/Credentials
Honours in Literature
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