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

Не секрет, что длительное проживание в стране иностранного языка повышает вероятность того, что в разговоре на родном языке быстрее могут по

Акцент у изучающих английский возникает потому, что у каждого языка - в нашем случае это русский и английский – своя система звуков и интона

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

Роботов-переводчиков в британских государственных структурах пока не внедрили, а переведенные документы требуют сертификации профессионала,

In Russian the direct calque of “nationality” is “национальность”, but it means something different. It denotes a person’s ethnic origin, fo

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

I have always believed that the way interpreters sound hugely affects our delivery. I have also discovered from some of my clients that they

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

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

Yelena McCafferty is the winner of the Best Performance on an Interpreting Assignment nomination in the ITI Awards 2018. The award recognis

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

Companies have several options of tackling their language requirements. If the translation demands are great, one way of dealing with it wou

In 2018 there are 247 working days in Russia and the first public holiday is on Monday 1st January – New Year’s Day, celebrated internationa

What can be more enjoyable and useful than meeting colleague interpreters for pre-Christmas networking? That’s exactly what we did on a Sund

In 2017 the trade turnover between the countries increased for the first time in the last three years. This is despite enormous negative pub

A scene in BBC’s drama Love, Lies and Records portrays what public service workers should be aware of when working with an interpreter.

Yelena explores cases studies of a range of businesses, from manufacturing companies to legal firms, which rely on their internal resources

Companies have a choice of employing multilingual staff to address language requirements or engage freelancers on an ad hoc basis. Decisions

The common thread of this networking lunch with interpreters was law in many of its facets: avoiding risks associated with online publishing