Why Translating the “Aeneid” Is More Than Words: From Virgil to Kotliarevsky

At Levitin Language School and Start Language School by Tymur Levitin, grammar is never taught as a dry set of rules. Instead, we teach grammar as a framework that shapes meaning. In fact, when it comes to both language learning and translation, grammar is what makes understanding possible. 🔗 Choose your language Grammar as a Map […]

Author: Tymur Levitin, founder of Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur Levitin Choose your language: https://levitintymur.com/#languages The soul of a character lives in the language When a student asks me why learning English or German matters so much, I often tell them: Because literature doesn’t lie. Real novels reveal how a person thinks. But what […]

© 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, […]