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Russian (Русский) is spoken by about 255 million people across Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It belongs to the Slavic (Indo-European) language family and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Russian declines nouns and adjectives across six cases, has no articles, and pairs most verbs into perfective and imperfective aspects.

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How to translate English to Russian

  1. Type or paste your English text into the translator above, up to 2,000 characters at a time.
  2. Check the language selectors: English is the source and Russian is the target. Use the swap button to reverse the direction.
  3. Press Translate. Your Russian translation appears in seconds, ready to copy anywhere.

Common English to Russian phrases

Everyday expressions translated from English to Russian:

EnglishRussian (Русский)
HelloЗдравствуйте (zdravstvuyte)
Good nightСпокойной ночи (spokoynoy nochi)
Thank youСпасибо (spasibo)
PleaseПожалуйста (pozhaluysta)
How are you?Как дела? (kak dela?)
What is your name?Как вас зовут? (kak vas zovut?)
I love youЯ тебя люблю (ya tebya lyublyu)
Excuse meИзвините (izvinite)
Where is the bathroom?Где туалет? (gde tualet?)
GoodbyeДо свидания (do svidaniya)

English to Russian example sentences

Full sentences translated from English to Russian:

EnglishRussian
Good morning, how are you today?Доброе утро, как у тебя дела сегодня?
Where is the nearest train station?Где находится ближайший вокзал?
I would like a coffee, please.Я хотел бы кофе, пожалуйста.
Could you help me with this?Не могли бы вы помочь мне с этим?
It's raining, so take an umbrella.Идёт дождь, так что возьми зонт.
Thank you very much for everything.Большое спасибо за всё.

About the Russian language

People most often translate Russian for business, academic research, and travel, and the AI engine preserves the tone and context that word-for-word tools miss.

Native name
Русский
Speakers
255 million
Language family
Slavic (Indo-European)
Writing system
the Cyrillic alphabet
Word order
subject–verb–object, with flexible order

English to Russian translation tips

  • English is written in the Latin alphabet, and Russian uses the Cyrillic alphabet, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
  • Russian has no articles and free word order driven by emphasis, so translations need case endings and aspect choices that plain word-for-word substitution gets wrong. English requires an explicit subject in nearly every sentence and marks questions with word order, so translations into English often need pronouns and auxiliaries that the source language leaves out.
  • Russian nouns and adjectives decline through six grammatical cases, so word endings shift depending on a word's role in the sentence, not just its position.
  • There are no articles (a/the); definiteness is usually implied by word order or context instead.
  • Verbs come in perfective/imperfective aspect pairs distinguishing a completed action from an ongoing or habitual one, with no single English equivalent.
  • Russian distinguishes formal and informal 'you' (вы vs ты); the translator defaults to a neutral register, so add a cue like 'formal' for business or unfamiliar audiences.

Russian false friends to watch for

  • фамилия looks like “family” but means surname (last name).
  • магазин looks like “magazine” but means shop, store.
  • декада looks like “decade” but means a ten-day period.

English to Russian translation FAQ

How much does English to Russian translation cost?

Nothing. Every English to Russian translation on AI Translate is free, and you do not need to create an account or install anything.

How accurate is AI English to Russian translation?

The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so English to Russian results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. Russian has no articles and free word order driven by emphasis, so translations need case endings and aspect choices that plain word-for-word substitution gets wrong. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.

How do you say hello in Russian?

Hello in Russian is Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Russian expressions, such as Спасибо (spasibo) (thank you) and До свидания (do svidaniya) (goodbye).

Can I translate Russian back to English?

Yes. Use the swap button next to the language selectors, or open the dedicated Russian to English translator page.

Is my text kept private?

Your English text is sent securely for translation and is not stored as raw content. There are no ads and no tracking cookies.

How much English text can I translate at once?

You can translate up to 2,000 characters of English per request. For longer documents, translate them in sections.

Does the translator output proper Cyrillic script?

Yes, translations are produced in native Cyrillic with correct stress-neutral spelling, not Latin transliteration.

Can it keep a formal 'вы' register throughout?

The model infers register from context. For consistently formal Russian, include a cue such as 'formal' or address the reader as вы in your source text.

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