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    Christmas networking of interpreters in London
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Dec 11, 2013
    • 2 min

    Christmas networking of interpreters in London

    Interpreting and translation may be a very specialised profession, however, it opens doors to various areas where language specialists find
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    Networking: a great way of staying in touch with the profession
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Oct 1, 2013
    • 2 min

    Networking: a great way of staying in touch with the profession

    During our networking lunches in London we could share our views on where the demand was for various languages. Some of us enjoyed written t
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    Number of Russian students in British private schools rising
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Sep 18, 2013
    • 1 min

    Number of Russian students in British private schools rising

    At a time when an increasing number of families from Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union are looking to send their childre
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    Yelena McCafferty
    • Aug 30, 2013
    • 2 min

    Adoptions from Russia and the way they evolve

    Due to the nature of my job I can follow long and often complicated journeys from the moment people get ready to become parents to a Russian
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    Russia and PR in the spotlight at Houses of Parliament Reception
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jul 17, 2013
    • 2 min

    Russia and PR in the spotlight at Houses of Parliament Reception

    Russian media advisers should follow a simple principle which works everywhere else: pick up the phone and tell Western media agencies the g
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    Russia and the wealth of sport opportunities
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jun 28, 2013
    • 2 min

    Russia and the wealth of sport opportunities

    Whether by coincidence or in a major drive to strengthen its position in international sport, Russia will host a number of important sport e
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    Moscow: the way it changed
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jun 18, 2013
    • 2 min

    Moscow: the way it changed

    You can’t help noticing that more information and signs now have English translations. And like in any non-English speaking country, such tr
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    Observations on modern Russian language: cause for concern or natural progression?
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jun 10, 2013
    • 2 min

    Observations on modern Russian language: cause for concern or natural progression?

    Language is an evolving phenomenon and my recent trip to Moscow has proved just that. Over the past few years I have read a few articles on
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    Talk Russian helps luxury mobile phone launch in Moscow
    neil12067
    • May 24, 2013
    • 1 min

    Talk Russian helps luxury mobile phone launch in Moscow

    Vertu is a British-based manufacturer and retailer of luxury mobile phones and sells its products through its own branded stores, which are
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    Yelena McCafferty
    • Apr 22, 2013
    • 2 min

    Professional Days in Russia

    Visitors to Russia who have happened to live there for a period of time longer than you would expect from a tourist, will have noticed the c
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    Yelena McCafferty
    • Dec 17, 2012
    • 2 min

    Public Holidays in Russia in 2013

    The reason why the festivities start later than 25th December is because the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on 7th January. Th
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    A Snapshot of Belarus
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Nov 7, 2012
    • 2 min

    A Snapshot of Belarus

    Belarus is a relatively small country, with the population of less than 10 million people, and the majority of them are ethnic Belarusians w
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    Launch of Conservative Friends of Russia (CFoR) Club
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Aug 25, 2012
    • 2 min

    Launch of Conservative Friends of Russia (CFoR) Club

    Apart from members of the UK’s Conservative Party I met business people trading with Russia or interested in establishing trade relations wi
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    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jun 18, 2012
    • 2 min

    Streets, Lanes, Squares… What a Tangled Web we Weave

    One of the things which have amazed me since my move from Russia to the UK more than 10 years ago is the English way of naming their streets
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    Russian Interpreters Meet in Nottingham
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Mar 24, 2012
    • 1 min

    Russian Interpreters Meet in Nottingham

    As usual, during our networking lunch interpreters talked about tricky working situations we found ourselves in and about various ways of ma
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    Yelena McCafferty
    • Mar 8, 2012
    • 2 min

    Focus on Ukraine

    To an inexperienced traveller, Ukraine is probably just a former republic of the Soviet Union, often confused with being part of Russia. Rus
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    Russia Midlands Business Club: Video
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Aug 1, 2011
    • 1 min

    Russia Midlands Business Club: Video

    With Russia holding a number of high profile sport events in the next few years, this means there are a lot of commercial opportunities for
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    Russian Interpreters meet up in Lincoln
    Yelena McCafferty
    • May 14, 2011
    • 1 min

    Russian Interpreters meet up in Lincoln

    This was our fourth networking lunch over the past 3 years and it was great to see colleagues again and discuss the current situation in the
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    Russian Adoption: A Practical Guide
    Yelena McCafferty
    • Mar 21, 2011
    • 1 min

    Russian Adoption: A Practical Guide

    This book on Russian adoption covers the following areas: getting started, UK process, notarising and apostilling, choosing a facilitator, r
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    Yelena McCafferty
    • Jan 7, 2011
    • 1 min

    2011: Public Holidays in Russia

    We thought it might be useful to give a full list of public holidays in Russia in 2011 as it would potentially prevent any confusion or misu
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