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Hi everyone!

I'm wanting to write to Russian actor, Vasily Livanov. Now, I can't find an address or anything yet, but I'm sure I'll find one. What I'm more concerned with is actually writing the request. I can't write any Russian, except for saying 'Hello', which won't get me very far, haha. Does anyone have just some basic Russian that I could use for my request? I'm a bit wary about using a translator. Many thanks!

I would use Google translator, if that helps.

coolmoors wrote:I would use Google translator, if that helps.

But doesn't it translate it literally? That's the only thing I'm unsure of.

All non-human translations are literally, but google is actually pretty good, though I advise to wait for someone who speaks/writes Russian. If you want to use it, I would advise you to use easy words and short sentences.

Yes, that is true...do you know anybody who is Russian?

coolmoors wrote:Yes, that is true...do you know anybody who is Russian?

Unfortunately, I don't, otherwise I'd ask for their help. I'll wait a while and see if I can get some more help from anyone, but if not, I'll use Google.

Thanks for the help, guys

Maybe you can contact Jeannie. If you look under her avatar, she lives in the USSR (though it doesn't exist anymore ), but it's maybe worth a try!

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When I was learning my Spanish, I just thought of this: Wordreference. It's a site with a forum where people can post questions regarding language. I study translation and interpretion studies and if I have a doubt, I ask it there, and till now they've helped me a lot! If you don't find a Russian translator, you can use google and post the google translation there and someone will help you further ! Maybe you should not tell them you used google translator .

Or you can use answers.yahoo.com !

Good luck!

I really appreciate the help, thank you for all of your wonderful suggestions!

I would suggest not using Google to translate it. I have used it very successfully in the past to translate single words (like an automatic dictionary) but having used it to translate other languages into English I know how dodgy it can be!