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    "На струнах дождя" с Ириной Муравьёвой
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    "На струнах дождя" с Ириной Муравьёвой

    Спектакль невозможно смотреть без смеха и аплодисментов. Муравьёва бесподобно на полном серьёзе произносит пронизанные юмором реплики. Её ге
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    Транслитерация: как сохранить ваш вариант имени и фамилии
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Oct 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Транслитерация: как сохранить ваш вариант имени и фамилии

    Если вы неоднократно меняли российский заграничный паспорт, не исключено, что в каждом паспорте ваше имя было написано по-разному, ведь прав
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    The nitty-gritty of interpreting practice
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Sep 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    The nitty-gritty of interpreting practice

    Few people would need convincing that interpreting requires a practitioner to possess a wide range of skills, with language proficiency bein
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    The story of Russian name-days
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jul 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    The story of Russian name-days

    In pre-Communist Russia by tradition parents named their newborn baby after a saint whose feast day it was. And you could only christen your
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    Creativity... Re-imagined
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Creativity... Re-imagined

    A lot of people generally crave creativity and most understand that progress can only be made if new things are introduced and tried out, es
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    Where brands connect
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jun 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Where brands connect

    Why translate Russian brands when you can make a clever use of Cyrillic and Latin alphabets? Some brands will use Russian characters to writ
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    Another type of alcohol problem
    Yelena McCafferty
    • May 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    Another type of alcohol problem

    It’s no secret that alcohol and crime can sometimes go together. During police interviews questions can come up about how much a suspect had
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    Нужный градус понимания
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 3 min

    Нужный градус понимания

    К счастью, работа переводчика совсем не предполагает автоматическое отчеканивание слов и предложений. Нередко в нашу задачу входит и объясне
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    We are on Instagram!
    neil12067
    • Mar 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    We are on Instagram!

    This month Queen Elizabeth II has made her Instagram debut so it was time for us at Talk Russian to follow suit... Instagram is all about pi
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    Трудности перевода: почему так важно разбираться в языковых нюансах
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Mar 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    Трудности перевода: почему так важно разбираться в языковых нюансах

    Не секрет, что длительное проживание в стране иностранного языка повышает вероятность того, что в разговоре на родном языке быстрее могут по
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    Как избавиться от иностранного акцента в английской речи
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Как избавиться от иностранного акцента в английской речи

    Акцент у изучающих английский возникает потому, что у каждого языка - в нашем случае это русский и английский – своя система звуков и интона
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    How I tested Alexa translation skills
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    How I tested Alexa translation skills

    Our blog readers will remember the article I wrote a while ago about how we tested Skype Translator in Russian. Now the time has come to put
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    Если вы обратились или попали в полицию: полагается ли вам бесплатный переводчик
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Если вы обратились или попали в полицию: полагается ли вам бесплатный переводчик

    Роботов-переводчиков в британских государственных структурах пока не внедрили, а переведенные документы требуют сертификации профессионала,
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    Slips of the Tongue
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Slips of the Tongue

    In Russian the direct calque of “nationality” is “национальность”, but it means something different. It denotes a person’s ethnic origin, fo
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    Public Holidays in Russia in 2019
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Dec 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Public Holidays in Russia in 2019

    25th December is a normal working day for both Russian children and adults alike. The big winter holiday is New Year and that’s when Father
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    Accent Evaluation
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Nov 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Accent Evaluation

    I have always believed that the way interpreters sound hugely affects our delivery. I have also discovered from some of my clients that they
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    A good translation is like a perfect mirror
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Oct 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    A good translation is like a perfect mirror

    A good translation is like a perfect mirror: it reflects the true message and this is relevant for spoken language as much as written langua
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    In one Ear and out the Other
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jul 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    In one Ear and out the Other

    In our work as interpreters, trust with the party we are working for is paramount, and we act under privilege, just as doctors and lawyers d
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    Yelena McCafferty wins prestigious interpreting award
    neil12067
    • Jun 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Yelena McCafferty wins prestigious interpreting award

    Yelena McCafferty is the winner of the Best Performance on an Interpreting Assignment nomination in the ITI Awards 2018. The award recognis
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    Brand translations: piece of cake?
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Mar 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Brand translations: piece of cake?

    We look at various methods of translating foreign brands into Russian, using the examples of Lidl, John Deere and London Underground. Brand
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