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Mind your language
When I studied English at University, we were taught to say “the Ukraine”. However, in modern use the article has been dropped.
Yelena McCafferty
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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Language Freelancers at the Time of Change
This week my online talk focused on some business trends and how translators and interpreters can adapt to new market conditions.
Yelena McCafferty
Jun 27, 20202 min read
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Kostroma - Durham: twin city memories
What did we find surprising when we reached the British shores? Firstly, it was the language. They spoke Geordie in Durham.
Yelena McCafferty
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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When you book a telephone interpreter
Prepare the interpreter by telling them the context. When you go to a meeting, you want to know what it’s about, don’t you?
Yelena McCafferty
Apr 17, 20202 min read
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Coping with emotions
An interpreter's job is stressful at the best of times. So what can we do to help ourselves, especially now during the pandemic crisis?
Yelena McCafferty
Mar 25, 20203 min read
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Putin's interpreters
What is it like to be President Putin’s interpreter? Three of his interpreters share some insights into the profession.
Yelena McCafferty
Feb 18, 20202 min read
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Website localisation is more than translation
If you sell your products in other markets, is translating your website the only thing you need to do with your website?
Yelena McCafferty
Jan 30, 20202 min read
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Google warns against using automated translations
Google online marketing specialists warn website owners against using online translation tools. In its Fundamentals of Digital Marketing cou
Yelena McCafferty
Jan 15, 20201 min read
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Public Holidays in Russia in 2020
1st January to 8th January - New Year holiday season, with Russian Christmas celebrated on 7th January.
23rd February - Defender of the Fa
Yelena McCafferty
Dec 11, 20191 min read
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Our gift to you this Christmas
Your Russian-speaking clients will be delighted to receive an individual Christmas greeting from you in authentic Russian.
So this is our g
Yelena McCafferty
Nov 22, 20191 min read
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"На струнах дождя" с Ириной Муравьёвой
Спектакль невозможно смотреть без смеха и аплодисментов. Муравьёва бесподобно на полном серьёзе произносит пронизанные юмором реплики. Её ге
Yelena McCafferty
Nov 11, 20191 min read
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Транслитерация: как добиться нужного написания имени и фамилии в российском загранпаспорте
Если вы неоднократно меняли российский заграничный паспорт, не исключено, что в каждом паспорте ваше имя было написано по-разному, ведь прав
Yelena McCafferty
Oct 11, 20192 min read
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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
Sep 7, 20192 min read
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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
Jul 6, 20192 min read
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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 16, 20192 min read
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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
Jun 7, 20191 min read
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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
May 3, 20193 min read
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Нужный градус понимания
К счастью, работа переводчика совсем не предполагает автоматическое отчеканивание слов и предложений. Нередко в нашу задачу входит и объясне
Yelena McCafferty
Apr 25, 20193 min read
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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
neil12067
Mar 23, 20191 min read
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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
Mar 13, 20193 min read
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