Выступите в качестве переводчика. Johnny Manglani is the owner and president of Uomo Collezioni

Johnny Manglani is the owner and president of Uomo Collezioni. In 1998 he started developing a network of multi-brand boutiques of luxury menswear under the trade name Uomo Collezioni. Today, Uomo Collezioni network consists of six boutiques in Moscow and one in Saint-Petersburg.

Interviewer:Господин Маглиани, когда и зачем Вы посетили Москву в первый раз?

 

J. M.: In 1983. Then I came to the capital of the Soviet Union to carry out a market research on my own.

 

Interviewer:Каковы были Ваши первые впечатления от города? Не могли бы Вы описать их в двух словах.

 

J.M.: When I came in Moscow for the first time the city seemed dark to me — that is the feeling I had then as I remember it. As for now, the city has greatly changed.

 

Interviewer:Какие русские традицииВы используете в быту? (in your household)

J.M.: Bathhouse, strong friendship and traditional Russian meals, e.g. beetroot and cabbage soup (borsch).

 

Interviewer:А у Вас есть русские друзья?

 

J.M.: Russians are very sincere: they either understand you with all their heart and become your friends, or they reject you without making any pretence of being interested in you. I have a lot of friends in Moscow and in Russia, I have a wonderful family, I love local culture and ethnic cuisine.

 

Interviewer:С какими трудностями Вы столкнулись в Москве?

 

J.M.: The life itself is a challenge and if you take difficulties as a part of your life, then you can easily accept and overcome them.

 

Interviewer:С какой проблемой Вам не удалось справиться в Москве?

 

J.M.: Road traffic management. It’s very difficult to drive around Moscow.

 

Interviewer:И наконец, закончите фразу «Я люблю Москву за…»

 

J.M.: I love Moscow for its being a very dynamic city. It always makes me want to move on!

 

 

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1. It's possible to travel all over the city inexpensively and easily (used, using) the metro.
2. (Decorated, decorating) in fine materials by master craftsmen, the Moscow metro stations are a unique and impressive aspect to Russia's transit system.
3. With Red Square and the Kremlin (formed, forming) the very centre, the innermost ring road is the Boulevard Ring (Bulvarnoye Koltso), (built, building) in the 1820s.
4. The recently (constructed, constructing) Third Ring is not much use for tourists but is a heavily (used, using) motorway which absorbs a bit of Moscow's traffic.
5. Tverskaya Street is lined with cafes, restaurants, coffeehouses, a couple of theaters, and several hotels, (included, including) two locations of the Marriott Hotel.
6. Moscow remains the educational center of Russia. There are 222 institutes of higher education, (included, including) 60 state universities & 90 colleges.

 

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