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A Prayer for Our Parents: Why Some Words Cannot Be Translated
A Prayer for Our Parents: Why Some Words Cannot Be Translated | LEVITIN SCHOOL
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

A Prayer for Our Parents: Why Some Words Cannot Be Translated

Author’s Column by Tymur Levitin • Levitin Language School 🔗 Choose your language🔗 Meet the Author “Not everything that touches the soul fits into grammar.And not everything worth saying can be translated.”— Tymur Levitin “Pomolimsya za roditeley” — Let us pray for our parents — is a Russian song that speaks, not to the ear, […]

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• 14.09.2025 • 4 min read
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Momka — A Word That Hurts | LEVITIN SCHOOL
26.07.2025

Momka — A Word That Hurts

Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Author’s Column by Tymur LevitinLanguage. Identity. Choice. Meaning. Sometimes we don’t avoid a word — we avoid what it makes us feel.And the further we run, the louder it echoes in silence. Some words live inside us There are words that don’t just describe. They stay with us.One of them is momka — a word that carries […]

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