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[ocelotkitten.livejournal.com]

Can someone help me out a bit? ^__^

I'm currently in Beijing studying Chinese, which has made my babushka is a bit sad/bitter than I'm not studying Russian instead. So, I thought that it would be nice if I sent her a postcard in Russian. Unfortunately, I can basically only speak it with any proficiency and when I write, my spelling and grammar are horrible. So, if anyone wouldn't mind, could someone translate a little something for me? I would heart you forever.



I am here in Beijing and class is going well. In my class, there is a boy who was born in Saint-Petersburg, but grew up in Rome. He knows a little Russian, so we sometimes speak it together. I hope you are doing well. See you in August!

спасибо!

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[oryx_and_crake]

Just to make the old lady happy

Дорогая бабушка!
Я в Пекине. Учеба идет хорошо. В моем классе есть мальчик, который родился в Санкт-Петербурге, но вырос в Риме. Он немножко знает русский язык, и мы иногда говорим с ним по-русски. Надеюсь, что у тебя все хорошо. До встречи в августе!

[nekotjonok.livejournal.com]

This one is perfect.

[khathi.livejournal.com]

"Я сейчас в Пекине и с занятиями всё в порядке. В моей группе есть один парень, который родился в Петербурге (btw, what's his age? St.Petersburg got its name back only in 1990, IIRC, so if he's older than 16, then he was born in Leningrad, actually), а вырос в Риме. Он немного говорит по-русски, так что мы иногда с ним разговариваем. Надеюсь, у тебя всё хорошо. Встретимся в августе!"

[khathi.livejournal.com]

BTW, there's one old, but still good joke about it.

Whad does Optimist study? He studies English. What does Pessimist study? He studies Chinese. What does Realist study? He studies his assault rifle.

[ol-ev.livejournal.com]

I was born earlier than in 1990, but my passport says that I was born in St-Petersburg, not in Leningrad.

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Did you have it reissued? They just might put a modern name in new passport, however technically it's not correct.

[ocelotkitten.livejournal.com]

He's about 19 or 20, so he would have been born in Leningrad... but he wouldn't call it that for reasons unknown.

[ocelotkitten.livejournal.com]

PS. I guess he (or his parents, rather) gave up his Russian citizenship since he only has an Italian passport

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Well, it's matter of personal preferences. Nobody'll sue you for this. ;)

[arccadius.livejournal.com]

Я здесь в Бейджине и класс идет хорошо. В моем классе, там есть мальчик кто был рожден в Сэнт-Питерсберге, но выращен в Роме. Он знает маленький русский, так что мы иногда говорим его вместе. Я надеюсь, ты делаешь хорошо. Увижу тебя в августе!

[khathi.livejournal.com]

It's okay, but it's not Russian. ^_^ Looks like machine translation, to boot. However, I'd say, most machine translators know that Beijing is Пекин and Rome -- Рим in Russian.

[oryx_and_crake]

It's horrible. Sorry.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

класс идет хорошо
Literally, this means "well-marching is [our] class [a bunch of people: Russian word класс doesn't have the meaning like "time spend at the class"]"
Он знает маленький русский
Literally, this means "he knows [his] small Russian..." -- what? the subject is obviously omitted.
но выращен в Роме
leaving alone that this city is Рим in Russian, the verb you use is that that only applies to plants or animals, like "I'm growing my potatoes."
ты делаешь хорошо
This can't be said in Russian. Literally, it means something like "you are making good {things to somebody]".
Etc.
Machine translation sux.

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Perhaps Он знает маленький русский could be translated comically as “he, the little Russian, knows”? ;)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

A comma is omitted, then.