# Russian speaker needed to translate webpage

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 16, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115 "2008-06-16T16:12:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115/1 "2008-06-16T16:12:30Z")

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I assume that [this webpage](http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=34747) is in Russian anyway, it might be another website that uses the Cyrillic alphabet. My question is, where do the pictures come from? Are they stills from a horror movie, or is this still photography?

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**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115/2 "2008-06-16T16:59:15Z")

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The pictures were created by “Joshua from Kansas”. The author claims they were created using real actors and props, photoshop was supposedly only used to amplify lighting and add fine detail. The web page does not suggest that they are from a movie.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115/3 "2008-06-16T17:05:50Z")

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Bizarre! How’d you come across them, Dave?

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**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115/4 "2008-06-16T17:13:57Z")

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… and googling for Joshua Hoffine yields this [page](http://joshuahoffine.com/splash.html) - with contact data and other works.

[Fishki.net](http://Fishki.net) is a Russian humor/variety page with multiple daily updates and many interesting stuff. I check it regularly just for occasional collections of really good photos.

Oh, some content is NSFW, so beware if boss is around.

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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-speaker-needed-to-translate-webpage/453115/5 "2008-06-16T17:57:02Z")

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[QUOTE=twickster]  
Bizarre! How’d you come across them, Dave?  
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Stumble Upon is a fantastic tool to fight boredom, particularly if you have a lot of down time at your desk (waiting for phone to be picked up, etc..) like I do.  
And thanks for the answers Russian speakers!