Uly

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speaks: English, Spanish

learns: French, German, Russian

Uly's avatar'

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.

Palm Beach, FL, US

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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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My Amazing Experience with Comprehensible Input

Comprehensible Input has become a buzzword in the language community of late, and I'll admit that I knew little or nothing about it until recently, when I watched a YouTube video about it. The video
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Jun 26 - 16 min. read

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The Bear Hunt

This is a translation of a seemingly popular Russian anecdote as told by someone on LiveJournal.
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Jun 18 - 4 min. read

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An American Teenager

Sometimes it's interesting and illuminating to see our country... our world... through the eyes of an outsider. This story is from a Russian woman living in New York and an experience she had in a
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Jun 17 - 4 min. read

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A Tough Week

Thank you, @NataBold, for the excellent post. I hope I did it justice! Let me know if I misunderstood anything.PS: I hope you're feeling better. What a week!!!
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Jun 17 - 3 min. read

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Translation: The Madonna Concert

Thank you, @NataBold, for the excellent idea to post translations. I think these are a win-win for anyone studying either language. Русские друзья, если вы найдёте ошибки в моем переводе, дайте,
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Jun 11 - 5 min. read

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Response to Linda's Question

In her post, Linda asked: This question is for @CocoPop: What are your thoughts on the pronunciation of foreign names in other languages such as English? Do you think people should put more of an
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Jun 11 - 5 min. read

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Interview with CocoPop: Part 2

In a recent post, https://journaly.com/post/37870 , @JGComm posed a series of questions of me, and I’m posting this by way of a response. By the way, for those of you who don't know, my real name is
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May 17 - 5 min. read

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