Exercises in Translation has started translating news items in Russian and Georgian [1] on the conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi over Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In the two most recent posts, for example, the blog translates a news item on Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's interview to French TF-1 [2] and a Georgian news item reporting that ethnic Georgians are leaving villages in the Gali district after the sound of gunfire came from Abkhaz positions [3] celebrating Medvedev's decreee recognizing the independence of the two breakaway regions.
Georgia: Russian-Georgian News Item Translations
· Written by Onnik Krikorian
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Eastern & Central Europe, Georgia, Russia, Language, War & Conflict