Uly

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speaks: English, Spanish

learns: French, Japanese, German, Russian

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Hello all! I've been studying Russian for ten years on my own. My native languages are English and Spanish. Additionally, I've been an editor for a major international publishing house for 35 years, so please feel free to pick my brain. I look forward to improving my Russian and helping others learning my native languages.

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Разговор: Нина!!!

Привет всем! Я вот уже 12 лет как изучаю русский язык, но никогда на нём не говорю. Поэтому решил писать диалоги с целью практиковать обихо́дную речь на случай, если когда-нибудь придётся общаться с
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Dec 16 - 3 min. read

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Разные русские комментарии

Часто попадаются комментарии и чаты, которые не сразу понятны, поэтому хочу постить их здесь вместе со своей первой попыткой перевода, чтобы носители могли подсказать, правильно ли я уловил смысл. И
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Dec 13 - 4 min. read

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Разговор у ресторана

Привет всем! Я вот уже 12 лет как изучаю русский язык, но никогда на нём не говорю. Поэтому решил писать диалоги с целью практиковать обиходную речь на случай, если когда-нибудь придётся общаться с
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Dec 11 - 2 min. read

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Нина!

У моей собаки, Нины, есть одна слабость: если где-то рядом мелькнёт кошка, всё — она теряет голову. Её хлебом не корми — дай только за ними погоняться. А ведь я был уверен, что она уже подросла и
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Dec 11 - 1 min. read

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The Little Blue Creature — Part II

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Nov 18 - 3 min. read

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The Little Blue Creature

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Nov 16 - 3 min. read

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空白から生まれた話

今日はついに、初めての日本語のポストを書いてみた!最近ね、日本人ユーチューバーのいろいろな動画で新しい言葉をいっぱい覚えたから、語彙がめっちゃ増えたよ。だから、新しい語彙を使って「興味深い内容」を書こうとしたのに、パソコンの前に座ったはいいけど、空白の画面をただ眺めちゃって、頭も紙も相変わらず空っぽのままだった。「今日の一日について書くぞ!」って思ったんだけど、僕は朝ごはんは食べないし、庭いじり
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Jul 24 - 1 min. read

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Lions and Tigers and Phrasal Verbs*... Oh My!

About a year ago, I started a YouTube channel called SMISSLE to help people learn natural, conversational American English. Since I've actively been learning Russian for the past decade, I know how
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Mar 7 - 1 min. read

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Te perdono

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Oct 24 - 1 min. read

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Learning from Others' Mistakes

After years of reading and editing English posts on Journaly, I've realized that corrections and suggestions are a powerful language-learning tool. This is because there are two basic kinds of
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Aug 6 - 3 min. read

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The Battle of the Moose

This is an excerpt from a Russian book, Тропою испытаний (The Path of Trials), written by Grigoriy Fedoseyev, a Jack London-type writer of fiction.
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Aug 3 - 7 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 7

This is the final installment of my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically
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Jul 30 - 4 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 6

This is my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically just a conversation
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Jul 29 - 2 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 5

This is my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically just a conversation
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Jul 25 - 9 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 4

This is my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically just a conversation
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Jul 22 - 6 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 3

This is my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically just a conversation
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Jul 20 - 5 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 2

This is my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically just a conversation
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Jul 20 - 4 min. read

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The Gnome: Part 1

This is my translation of a Russian short story called Гном (The Gnome). Think of it as a very adult Little Prince. I had a lot of fun translating it because it's basically just a conversation
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Jul 19 - 5 min. read

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Goyo

This post is in English and Spanish for students of both.
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Jul 16 - 3 min. read

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Driving on the Dark Side

This is a translation from Russian into English of the story below as told on the Russian website killmeplease.
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Jul 12 - 2 min. read

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