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Hi folks!
Like many of you, I’ve fallen down the Heated Rivalry rabbit hole and have been consuming boatloads of fanfic in between the weekly episode drops. While reading, I’ve seen a lot of authors using Google Translate or other online resources to incorporate Russian into their work — this is great! However, a lot of the nuances of language are lost on Google Translate, leaving translations (especially one- to two-word phrases) incomplete. That’s where this guide comes in.
A bit about me: I am not a native Russian speaker, but I have been studying the language for six years. I am currently in my final year of an undergraduate degree in Russian, and I have spent extended time living and studying in Russian-speaking countries. On the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), my Russian is at C1, or advanced. Though I do not have the intimate knowledge of the language that a native speaker might, I am reasonably qualified to give advice on using Russian in fics.
I have a few ideas for chapters in this guide based on what I’ve seen so far, but most of all, I want to create something that is useful for writers. If you have a topic you’d like to see me cover, please leave it in the comments. I hope to add a chapter or two in the coming days!
До скорой встречи/See you soon,
vselennoi