IKEA
“IKEA delivers”.
Once again, I love seeing brands I recognize translated into Russian. See more of these on my Cyrillicized Tumblr. (And feel free to send me submissions there as well!)
Не Прислоняться - Do Not Lean
I’m pretty impressed with Google Translate on this one - it actually translated it as “Do not lean against the doors”. I was sure it would say “Not to lean” or something. Go Google!
*Note: I actually wrote this post before I wrote the Google Transliterate Post. I told you: I’m a Google girl! :)
По Газонам Не Ходить!
This is a beautiful garden, Таврический Сад, that we happened upon on the way to an awesome concert! You’ll have to check back next week to get the story on the concert.
I love the “Keep off the grass” sign: По Газонам Не Ходить
Internet Kloob
This is the internet kloob we used throughout our trip to St. Petersburg to check email and make hotel arrangements. It’s just down the street from Sennaya Ploshchad. (The place where the subway cart was.)
From my experience, internet kloobs in Russia usually consist of a small room with 10-15 computers and 5-10 adolescent boys playing video games. This one offered the added bonus of a coffee vending machine in the corner that we tested out on several occasions.
What was your experience at an internet kloob like?
(And yes, the proper translation would be internet club, or internet cafe, but I wanted to convey the slight silliness I feel when I pronounce this in Russian.)
One final thought - I’ve looked at this picture many times, and it wasn’t until I posted it that I realized ‘internet’ is written in English and ‘club’ is written in Russian. Maybe that’s where the silliness comes from!
“Ребёнок с нами” = Baby on board (or literally ‘a child is with us’)
(Also, I think this may be an undercover Ghostbusters mobile.)
Bistro Smiley
Apparently, there is a Cyrillic version of this sign, which I unfortunately missed. :(
