"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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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