This is kind of a long shot, but I'm hoping I might have some luck... I'm finishing my first poetry manuscript soon and wanted to get a small tattoo for the occasion. Dostoevsky, Tsvetaeva, Kaminsky--all Russian, and all huge influences. I want to get something small like "to write," "writer,"something like that in cursive Russian on my wrist. I asked one girl what the proper translation would be, but she said that in Russian, there are many different words for something that may only be one in word English and I never got back with her on it. According to wiktionary and a few translation sites, "to write" is "писать" in Russian--is this correct? Would something else make more sense, like is there a different term for more creative writing than writing letters or something? I understand French and a bit of German, but Russian totally eludes me and I don't want to get something ridiculous by accident...



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look like a reliable cursive chart? I'm excited. I've asked around for months and didn't think to try SW till just now.



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