Posts Tagged ‘Russian affairs’
More translation perils
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 12th May, 2007
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Thanks Gareth for alerting us to the Guardian story of Burton’s chic (sic) T-shirt with its trendy design proclaiming “ОчиÑтим РуÑÑŒ от вÑех неруÑÑких!”. The store’s buyers were told that this translated loosely as “Be proud of Russia”. Sometimes, of course, loose translations aren’t good enough. A better translation might be: “Let’s cleanse Russia of [...]
Liverpool-grad
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 1st September, 2006
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A report in London Info – a weekly newspaper for Russian community – this week highlights the Beatles Experience in Liverpool, and is particularly pleased to discover its audioguide, in Russian! It’s nice to have one’s work appreciated!
Customer service, Soviet-style
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 3rd March, 2006
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I was entertained by the first instalment of Lost Cosmonaut, which is being serialised on Radio 4. I sympathise with his description of buying a railway ticket at a Russian railway station. I’ve probably only done it once, when we went from Petersburg to Novgorod – or at least I watched Olya doing it – [...]
С днём Ñ€Ð¾Ð¶Ð´ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ñ â€¦ менÑ!
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 31st January, 2006
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? ???? ???????? … Thank you Olya, for my new Soviet calendar. What better day than my birthday, to read all about the balalaika, на руÑÑком Ñзыке – and celebrate the birthday in 1723 of proto-Marxist Baron Holbach Балалайка у руÑÑкого … как мандолина у итальÑнца, гитара у иÑпанца, банджо у американÑкого негра.. Old-world style [...]
More Russian language links
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 20th October, 2004
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Here are a few more good-looking Russian resources: Russian links at Sussex University Automatic Cyrillic Converter Russian Grammar ??????? ?????? ?? ?????????? ??????? ????? SEELRC : Russian Webliography
Maxwell House
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 5th August, 2004
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Here’s a link to Max’s Blog. I particularly enjoyed the picture of him discussing his new front door with, uh, himself. Now that’s what I call Quadrophenia.
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