War in Translation

Voices from the war in Ukraine, in (unofficial) translation // DM or [email protected] // account managed by @noahsneider // more info+volunteering 👇

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This account aims to amplify the voices of Ukrainians, Russians and others affected by Putin's war against Ukraine, by translating texts & clips into English

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Voices of Borodianka (March 5, 2022)

Recollections of a resident of once-occupied, now liberated town of Borodianka, published by
@HromadskeUA

Translated by Emma Rimpiläinen

Original https://t.co/erEWsjtWsK

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"Denazification is happening there. But the Nazis are acting here. Paradox?"
(March 25, 2022)

Alexei Venediktov, head of the recently-shuttered Echo Moskvy radio station, finds this on his door, along with a severed pigs head outside his door in Moscow

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Денацификация идет там. А нацисты действуют здесь. Парадокс?

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Don’t you know? (March 14, 2022)

Revealing scenes at a Moscow supermarket

Translated by Christopher Brennan

Original https://t.co/kUeddDFyXx

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Classic (Feb 28, 2022)

A Georgian ship refuses to refuel a Russian ship

Translated by Leslie Root

Original below https://t.co/BbGmXIt7L4

[Українська правда ✌️ @ukrpravda_news]

"Русский корабль, йди нах@й"
- Давайте без политики, у нас топливо заканчивается"
- Ну если заканчивается, берите весла. Иди нах@й окупант

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Priests for peace

Russian Orthodox Church priests from parishes around the world speak out against war. There are 290 signatories as of March 25

Translated by Jamie Rann

Original: https://t.co/NFPy410vwC

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🧵Vox populi (March 3, 2022)

Pt 5 of a series of short interviews about the war with Russian citizens, collected by @CurrentTimeTv ten days after the war began

Translated by Isobel Palmer

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🧵Vox populi (March 3, 2022)

A series of short interviews about the war with Russian citizens, collected by @CurrentTimeTv ten days after the war began

Translated by Isobel Palmer

Original below https://t.co/IQg6V46Gxh

[Настоящее Время @CurrentTimeTv]

Мы показали россиянам фотографии из Украины, на которых видны разрушенные российскими бомбами города и жертвы обстрелов. И вот какая была реакция:

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🧵Vox populi (March 3, 2022)

Pt 4 of a series of short interviews about the war with Russian citizens, collected by @CurrentTimeTv ten days after the war began

Translated by Isobel Palmer

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A trip to the basement (March 1, 2022)

pokrovskiy_klop, a young TikTok user from the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine (west of Kyiv), records the Ukrainian "daily grind"

Translated by Irina Teveleva

Original https://t.co/WSvlPiSv59

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McDonald's collectibles (March 9, 2022)

Russian auction sites filled with McDonald's items before the chain shut down operations across the country earlier this month

Translated by Diana Dukhanova

Original: https://t.co/azr9tXWLm5

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A hole in the deck (March 17, 2022)

Meme making the rounds on the Russian internet as the war enters its third week

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A pillar of the state (March 4, 2022)

A pro-war/pro-Putin open letter signed by the rectors of many leading Russian universities

Translated by Ash Maria

Original: https://t.co/anXwbqd6X3

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Make science, not war! (Feb 24, 2022)

An anti-war open letter from Russian scientists and science journalists

Translated by Ros Herling

Original: https://t.co/0OybKzXnaB

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No need, we believe you (March 12, 2022)

Brief sketch of arrival in Lviv after fleeing Kharkiv, by Oleg Ladyzhensky, a well-known Ukrainian sci-fi writer who publishes as H.L. Oldie

Translated by Jamie Rann

Original: https://t.co/Vw6jQXpFIW

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It is a lunar surface (March 8, 2022)

Interview about the situation in an around Mariupol, which remains under brutal siege now

Translated by Irina Teveleva

Original: https://t.co/dBfr0StO97

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🧵9/ Rule of two walls (March 10, 2022)

Infographics explaining what to do in case of shelling, shared on Instagram

Translated by Emma Rimpiläinen

Original: https://t.co/T5Kg08oDho

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🧵Rule of two walls (March 10, 2022)

Infographics explaining what to do in case of shelling, shared on Instagram

Translated by Emma Rimpiläinen

Original: https://t.co/T5Kg08oDho

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🧵8/ Rule of two walls (March 10, 2022)

Infographics explaining what to do in case of shelling, shared on Instagram

Translated by Emma Rimpiläinen

Original: https://t.co/T5Kg08oDho