I don't know a word of Russian, and so I actually try to avoid using the rather well-known Russian equivalents for these terms because I feel like an idiot.

我不懂俄语，所以我不用俄语读,而就用这个英语中通行的俄语替代词,这样感觉是不是挺傻的。

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I don't read Russian, but he made spelling mistakes when he wrote.

我虽然不懂俄语,但他写东西的时候会拼错

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