🔗 Choose your language:👉 Start your journey with us Boys Talk, Men Don’t? A 14-year-old boy might say “I love you” ten times a day — in messages, on TikTok, in songs.A 40-year-old man might never say it — not because he doesn’t feel it, but because he doesn’t need to say it. Language doesn’t just show emotion. It hides […]

Why Not Everything You Love Is Liebe 🔗 Choose your language:👉 Start your journey with us “I Love You” = “I Love Chocolate”? Really? In English, we love everything. We love our partners.We love pizza.We love rainy days, and dogs, and movies.We even “love” Mondays… sometimes. One word — love — is used for all of it.But is it […]

🔗 Choose your language:👉 Start your journey with us Why a Song Can Be More Than Just a Song Some songs don’t just express love — they live it.Lenny Kravitz’s Again is one of those rare songs that say everything without saying too much.It’s not just a melody. It’s an emotional system.But here’s the problem: try translating it — and it […]

Author’s Column — Tymur LevitinChoose your language Why Separable and Inseparable Prefixes Confuse Learners German verbs with prefixes are often taught in dry categories: That approach usually fails. It forces students to guess, not understand. The same prefix may behave differently — and suddenly the rules collapse. Let’s look at two examples: Same prefix. Different behavior. […]

Author’s Column — Tymur LevitinChoose your language Visualizing the balance between meaning and grammar Why Learners Get Stuck on German Word Order Textbooks divide sentences into Hauptsatz (main clause) and Nebensatz (subordinate clause). Learners are often told to memorize lists: This approach leads to mental overload. In conversation, there’s no time to recall which of the 20 conjunctions you’re […]

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Choose your language Author: Tymur LevitinFounder and Head Teacher at Levitin Language School & Start Language School by Tymur Levitin© Tymur Levitin The real art of translation begins where dictionaries end. As a translator, language teacher, and university instructor with over 22 years of experience, I’ve seen one challenge rise above all others — translating not […]

Image source: Unsplash 👉 Choose your language Golf Isn’t Just a Game — It’s a Vocabulary Test in Disguise You can recognize a beginner not by their swing — but by the confusion on their face when someone says: “Nice par on the back nine, but you still need to work on your approach shot out […]

© Tymur Levitin, Founder and Director of Start Language School by Tymur Levitin 📌 Choose your language Introduction Translating fiction is more than finding the right words — it’s about finding the right rhythm, tone, and emotional equivalent in another language. Drawing from more than two decades of experience teaching and translating between Ukrainian, Russian, English, […]

Author: Tymur Levitin — founder, director, translator, and lead teacher at Levitin Language SchoolOfficial School Name: Start Language School by Tymur Levitin / Levitin Language SchoolSlogan: Speak free! Global Learning. Personal Approach. 📍 Choose your language🐾 Learn German | Learn Ukrainian Introduction: Why Translate a Poem about a Cat? Translation is never just about words — it’s about mood, […]