Russia 36

Listen to Russia 36, a 17-year-old girl from Dorogobuzh, Russia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 17

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/01/2004

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dorogobuzh, Russia (in far-western Russia)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Russian/White

OCCUPATION: student

EDUCATION:

The subject is in grade 11, in the Russian equivalent of high school, intending to eventually study linguistics.

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS: none

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: none

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RECORDED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/10/2021

PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SCRIPTED SPEECH: N/A

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

Hi, there’s a little bit information about myself: I’m a student, and in next year I will take my exams. I hope that everything will be all right about it because I’m trying so hard and, you know. …

I have a lot of different hobbies. For example, I like to draw. There, there are a lot of old sketchbooks in my room. I don’t know what to do with them. All my friends loves to draw too. We do it together. My next hobby’s reading. I really like to read books, but I don’t have the much time to do this. Also, I like to read books in English. The last one was a very famous book, The Catcher in the Rye. It was something new for me and kinda interesting to read.

And I guess in the end I would like to say something about my friends: There are many nice people around me. I like to spend time with them, I like to talk with them, and I guess we’re something like a soulmates, you know. I’m a pretty happy person, even if life goes wrong sometimes. I just don’t care about it and keep going in my way.

[Subject speaks Russian]: Привет, позвольте рассказать немного о себе. Я одиннадцатиклассница и в следующем году буду сдавать экзамены. Немного переживаю, но думаю, что всё будет хорошо. У меня есть много разных хобби: я люблю рисовать, читать книги. Также у меня есть много хороших друзей, с которыми я люблю проводить время. Я стараюсь никогда не унывать и всегда идти своей дорогой.

[Transliteration: Priver, pozvol’te rasskazat’ nemnogo oh sebe. Ya odinnadtsatiklassnitsa ih v sleduyushchem godu budu sdavat’ ekhzameny. Nemnogo perezhivayu, noh dumayu, chto vsyu budet khorosho. U menya est’ mnogo raznykh hobbi: ya lyublyu risovat’, chitat’ knigi. Takhzhe u menya est’ mnogo khoroshikh druzei, s khotorimi ya lyublyu provodit’ vremya. Ya starayus’ nikhogda neh unyvat’ ih vsegda idti svoey dorogoy.

Translation: Hey, let me tell you about myself. I’m an 11-grade student, and next I will be taking my exams. I’m a bit worried about it, but I think it’s gonna be fine. I’ve got lots of hobbies: I like drawing and reading books. I have many good friends, too, whom I love spending time with. I try not to get upset and always stick to my way.]

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ivan Masterov

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/10/2021

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