Nick Nasev
@nicknasev.bsky.social
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Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin into English Translator
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Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin into English Translator
Australian English Expert
Let's talk about Balkan and Aussie stuff!
nicknasev.com
Happy 50th birthday today to Bulgaria's Sofi Marinova!
Proudly Roma, Sofi won the hearts of Bulgarians with her impressive vocal range, ability to sing in a variety of genres and her frank nature.
Her talent is on great display here with her rendition of the Bulgarian folk song 'Danyova mama'
Proudly Roma, Sofi won the hearts of Bulgarians with her impressive vocal range, ability to sing in a variety of genres and her frank nature.
Her talent is on great display here with her rendition of the Bulgarian folk song 'Danyova mama'
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Happy 50th birthday today to Bulgaria's Sofi Marinova!
Proudly Roma, Sofi won the hearts of Bulgarians with her impressive vocal range, ability to sing in a variety of genres and her frank nature.
Her talent is on great display here with her rendition of the Bulgarian folk song 'Danyova mama'
Proudly Roma, Sofi won the hearts of Bulgarians with her impressive vocal range, ability to sing in a variety of genres and her frank nature.
Her talent is on great display here with her rendition of the Bulgarian folk song 'Danyova mama'
Bulgarian Roma superstar Sofi Marinova tonight starts her series of arena concerts in Sofia to mark her 50th birthday on Friday.
Sofi is the first Bulgarian singer to sell out Bulgaria's largest arena four nights in a row!
Sofi is the first Bulgarian singer to sell out Bulgaria's largest arena four nights in a row!
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Bulgarian Roma superstar Sofi Marinova tonight starts her series of arena concerts in Sofia to mark her 50th birthday on Friday.
Sofi is the first Bulgarian singer to sell out Bulgaria's largest arena four nights in a row!
Sofi is the first Bulgarian singer to sell out Bulgaria's largest arena four nights in a row!
Deliberate confusion in Bulgaria?
Bulgarian social media is awash with notices for more protests this evening. However, Bulgaria's media (concentrated in the hands of "politician" Deyan Peevski) is claiming this protest is "fake" and implying "foreign meddling" is behind it.
Bulgarian social media is awash with notices for more protests this evening. However, Bulgaria's media (concentrated in the hands of "politician" Deyan Peevski) is claiming this protest is "fake" and implying "foreign meddling" is behind it.
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Deliberate confusion in Bulgaria?
Bulgarian social media is awash with notices for more protests this evening. However, Bulgaria's media (concentrated in the hands of "politician" Deyan Peevski) is claiming this protest is "fake" and implying "foreign meddling" is behind it.
Bulgarian social media is awash with notices for more protests this evening. However, Bulgaria's media (concentrated in the hands of "politician" Deyan Peevski) is claiming this protest is "fake" and implying "foreign meddling" is behind it.
Seeing that 29 November used to be Yugoslavia's national day, here are some pics I took last year of the Tito monument next to the Iron Gate border crossing between Serbia and Romania on the River Danube
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Seeing that 29 November used to be Yugoslavia's national day, here are some pics I took last year of the Tito monument next to the Iron Gate border crossing between Serbia and Romania on the River Danube
The unintentional irony of "hype" here, as in "promotional publicity of an extravagant and contrived kind"
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The unintentional irony of "hype" here, as in "promotional publicity of an extravagant and contrived kind"
Melbourne, Australia...
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Melbourne, Australia...
Translation tip:
Some languages put "quotes" for street or building names.
Not English: names in quotes otherwise denote a nickname or it's unofficial.
Small details like these can shift meaning more than you'd think.
Always use the target language's punctuation in translation.
#langsky #xl8n
Some languages put "quotes" for street or building names.
Not English: names in quotes otherwise denote a nickname or it's unofficial.
Small details like these can shift meaning more than you'd think.
Always use the target language's punctuation in translation.
#langsky #xl8n
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Maloj Mome: The Forgotten Voices of Girls
A performance of #Macedonian folk songs this evening in Salonika, Greece, featuring Kostas Novakis, Haroula Delidimoudi, Haroula Apostolidou and Pavlos Pavlidis.
A performance of #Macedonian folk songs this evening in Salonika, Greece, featuring Kostas Novakis, Haroula Delidimoudi, Haroula Apostolidou and Pavlos Pavlidis.
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Maloj Mome: The Forgotten Voices of Girls
A performance of #Macedonian folk songs this evening in Salonika, Greece, featuring Kostas Novakis, Haroula Delidimoudi, Haroula Apostolidou and Pavlos Pavlidis.
A performance of #Macedonian folk songs this evening in Salonika, Greece, featuring Kostas Novakis, Haroula Delidimoudi, Haroula Apostolidou and Pavlos Pavlidis.
Last night I and others presented our special items at the event held at @uclssees.bsky.social: The Balkans, its Diasporas, and the Stories of Material Culture, facilitated by Arbër Qerka-Gashi, @ailievskazavrsnik.bsky.social, Mirela Xhaferraj and @ramonagonczol.bsky.social.
Which were my items?
Which were my items?
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Last night I and others presented our special items at the event held at @uclssees.bsky.social: The Balkans, its Diasporas, and the Stories of Material Culture, facilitated by Arbër Qerka-Gashi, @ailievskazavrsnik.bsky.social, Mirela Xhaferraj and @ramonagonczol.bsky.social.
Which were my items?
Which were my items?
From this evening's event at UCL SSEES
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
From this evening's event at UCL SSEES
How to say "Black Friday" in many parts of the world?
"Black Friday" (complete with English spelling)
Example: this poster advertising a Black Friday sale at a bookshop in Strumica, Macedonia
"Black Friday" (complete with English spelling)
Example: this poster advertising a Black Friday sale at a bookshop in Strumica, Macedonia
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
How to say "Black Friday" in many parts of the world?
"Black Friday" (complete with English spelling)
Example: this poster advertising a Black Friday sale at a bookshop in Strumica, Macedonia
"Black Friday" (complete with English spelling)
Example: this poster advertising a Black Friday sale at a bookshop in Strumica, Macedonia
Glad to announce that Bop (Balkan bean soup) season is officially open!
Bop till you drop 🕺!
Bop till you drop 🕺!
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Glad to announce that Bop (Balkan bean soup) season is officially open!
Bop till you drop 🕺!
Bop till you drop 🕺!
OK, so that's one way to translate what should be "entry" 😂
Sign in Bulgaria
Credit: Помощ при преводи
Sign in Bulgaria
Credit: Помощ при преводи
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
OK, so that's one way to translate what should be "entry" 😂
Sign in Bulgaria
Credit: Помощ при преводи
Sign in Bulgaria
Credit: Помощ при преводи
How come many of the Coke cans in Bulgaria are in Ukrainian?
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
How come many of the Coke cans in Bulgaria are in Ukrainian?
Of course this coffee cup with beautiful Bulgarian motif...
is made in China
is made in China
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Of course this coffee cup with beautiful Bulgarian motif...
is made in China
is made in China
One of the end-products from my Balkan research trips...
Books like these.
Here I am pictured in a bookshop in Sofia, Bulgaria with two books I had a hand in their creation – Kapka Kassabova's Elixir and Anima
Books like these.
Here I am pictured in a bookshop in Sofia, Bulgaria with two books I had a hand in their creation – Kapka Kassabova's Elixir and Anima
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One of the end-products from my Balkan research trips...
Books like these.
Here I am pictured in a bookshop in Sofia, Bulgaria with two books I had a hand in their creation – Kapka Kassabova's Elixir and Anima
Books like these.
Here I am pictured in a bookshop in Sofia, Bulgaria with two books I had a hand in their creation – Kapka Kassabova's Elixir and Anima
When in Sofia, Bulgaria, I always go to Coffee Lab and get a flat white. It still amazes that Australian flat whites are available worldwide, let alone in Bulgaria
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
When in Sofia, Bulgaria, I always go to Coffee Lab and get a flat white. It still amazes that Australian flat whites are available worldwide, let alone in Bulgaria
Aleksandar Nevski Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Aleksandar Nevski Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria
Latest term I've discovered is solely Australian (and New Zealand):
Glory box
Granted, it's very dated but a glory box is "a wooden box for woman's clothes and household items stored in preparation for marriage"
#AustralianEnglish #AussieEnglish
Glory box
Granted, it's very dated but a glory box is "a wooden box for woman's clothes and household items stored in preparation for marriage"
#AustralianEnglish #AussieEnglish
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Latest term I've discovered is solely Australian (and New Zealand):
Glory box
Granted, it's very dated but a glory box is "a wooden box for woman's clothes and household items stored in preparation for marriage"
#AustralianEnglish #AussieEnglish
Glory box
Granted, it's very dated but a glory box is "a wooden box for woman's clothes and household items stored in preparation for marriage"
#AustralianEnglish #AussieEnglish
My cousin has had a bad day dealing with his chronic renal disease, so to ease the pain, he's got out the bouzouki and giving it a play
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My cousin has had a bad day dealing with his chronic renal disease, so to ease the pain, he's got out the bouzouki and giving it a play
Never did I think that exactly 36 years after the fall of Todor Zhivkov and “Communism” in Bulgaria that I'd be spending the day working in the kitchen of my cousin's house just outside of Sofia.
My cousin is currently scouring every pharmacy in Sofia for medication for his chronic renal disease.
My cousin is currently scouring every pharmacy in Sofia for medication for his chronic renal disease.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Never did I think that exactly 36 years after the fall of Todor Zhivkov and “Communism” in Bulgaria that I'd be spending the day working in the kitchen of my cousin's house just outside of Sofia.
My cousin is currently scouring every pharmacy in Sofia for medication for his chronic renal disease.
My cousin is currently scouring every pharmacy in Sofia for medication for his chronic renal disease.
You can't get a more typical Bulgarian scene than this one...
The view from my cousin's house
The view from my cousin's house
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
You can't get a more typical Bulgarian scene than this one...
The view from my cousin's house
The view from my cousin's house
"First class" on a train in Bulgaria that remembers Zhivkov 😂
Trust me, the photo looks better than the real thing.
I'm sure that this train meets all EU standards 😁
Trust me, the photo looks better than the real thing.
I'm sure that this train meets all EU standards 😁
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"First class" on a train in Bulgaria that remembers Zhivkov 😂
Trust me, the photo looks better than the real thing.
I'm sure that this train meets all EU standards 😁
Trust me, the photo looks better than the real thing.
I'm sure that this train meets all EU standards 😁