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Yelena McCafferty
Nov 6, 20092 min read
Follow the Moskva, down to Gorky Park, Listening to the Wind of Change…
Dealing with Russia involves a lot of bureaucracy. You need to notarise so much paperwork, do product certification, deal with Customs clear
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Yelena McCafferty
Sep 26, 20092 min read
The Apostrophe Saga or how a Single Comma Can Ruin a Translation
You don’t need to fight with apostrophes in Russian – they don’t exist. However, that doesn’t make Russian punctuation any easier. In fact,
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Yelena McCafferty
Aug 21, 20092 min read
Languages? Sprachen! Langues?
All languages are interrelated, of course. Apart from having international words in their vocabulary, such as “website”, “film”, “fantastic”
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Yelena McCafferty
Jul 10, 20093 min read
Some Tips for Interpreters to Remember
What makes a good consecutive interpreter? Proficient interpreters don’t just speak the languages they interpret from and into. They start e
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Yelena McCafferty
Jun 23, 20092 min read
In Twinning we Believe
I am not sure how many of our English and Russian towns successfully build on their twinning connections and it would be good to know. It’s
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Yelena McCafferty
Apr 5, 20092 min read
Focus on... Interpreters
Can anyone fluent in a foreign language be an interpreter or does it require formal training and experience? Unfortunately, the language mar
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Yelena McCafferty
Mar 22, 20092 min read
Russia Midlands Business Club
It’s a business club for anyone doing or thinking of doing business with Russia and it is supported by UK Trade and Investment. Membership i
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Yelena McCafferty
Mar 11, 20092 min read
Doing business in Russia
Russia is where West meets East and it’s a place which was cut off from the rest of the trading world for decades, from the non-socialist pa
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Yelena McCafferty
Feb 20, 20092 min read
The Rise of Russian
Now with such a large Russian population in the UK, there is a demand for Russian yet again. Some of the Russians I know already teach Russi
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Yelena McCafferty
Feb 15, 20092 min read
Patronise? Patronymic!
A patronymic is not quite an English middle name, it is a name derived from a father’s name. It also varies according to the sex of the chil
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Yelena McCafferty
Jan 31, 20092 min read
What’s in my name?
Needless to say how much hassle you can get into trying to convince foreign authorities that you are who you say you are when your passport
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Yelena McCafferty
Jan 26, 20092 min read
Lost in Translation?
For those in the Russian translation business translations are not a hobby. It is a job we are obliged to do well, like true professionals.
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Yelena McCafferty
Jan 19, 20091 min read
Russian interpreters get together in Nottingham
With so many Russian language professionals working all over the country, it was a brilliant idea to get together. We had a chance to talk a
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