Russian Language Q&A

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"Shall have been" in Russian

How to formulate verbal expression such as "I shall have been ..." e.g. "Next week I shall have been working at the firm for 30 years" "Next...

How to say "to download" in Russian

Hi, Is there a difference between скачать and загрузить meaning 'to download' and how do you 'upload' files etc in Russian? Many thanks...

Russian names Софья and София, how do they sound?

¿Por qué palabras terminadas en IA como Sofía se escriben София y no Софя y aún así no suenan Iya? ...

The translation of the Russian word преданный

Hi, As I understand it предать means to betray and преданный means devoted; can преданный муж for example mean both 'devoted husband' and 'betrayed husband' and...

Russian Future Passive Participles?

I note that there is no future passive participle in Russian (At least not in my Grammar book) which would would correspond to the English...

Translation of a Poem into Russian

Hello I was wondering if you might be able to help me comprehend and translate these lines accurately. I have worked on them...

How to read mathemetical formulas in Russian?

I know how to read 1/3 1/2 etc but how to read 2/2.5 and mathematical formulas such as 2/(1+3)?...

How to Read Decimal Fractions in Russian

Some say it's possible to read 32.1 as тридцать два и одна it's ok to read 5.6 as пять и шесть? how about really long numbers such...

How to read English Alphabet in Russian Texts

how to read latin alphabets in russian texts? for example chemical symbols or chord names in music? Do I read them according to their English...

The Translation of "Speaking Spanish"

I'm writing Russian subtitles for an English movie. In one scene, a character starts speaking Spanish. If I were writing English subtitles I would display...