The Russian Word's Worth: A Humorous and Informative Guide to Russian Language, Culture, and Translation (The Russian Word's Worth: A Humorous and ... Russian Language, Culture and Translation) - Softcover

Michele A. Berdy, an American, has lived and worked in Moscow for most of the last 32 years, working in documentary film, television production, public health communication, and journalism. An accomplished translator and interpreter, she is best known for her popular weekly column The Word’s Worth” on language and translation for The Moscow Times. Her articles on Russian culture, current events and various aspects of intercultural communication have appeared in the Russian and English-language press. She has written four guidebooks about Moscow, St Petersburg and Russia, and is co-author of a Russian-English dictionary.