The voice of the VHS era: translator Leonid Volodarsky dies

8/8/2023, 6:04:18 PM

Highlights: Leonid Volodarsky, a well-known Russian translator of films and literature, host of the radio station "Moscow Speaking", died. He was born in Moscow into a family of foreign language teachers and also decided to devote himself to linguistics. He gained fame in Russia thanks to the translation and scoring of foreign films for VHS-videotapes - because of the specific voice, many viewers thought that VolodARSky had a clothespin on his nose during his work.

At the age of 74, after a long illness, Leonid Volodarsky, a well-known Russian translator of films and literature, host of the radio station "Moscow Speaking", died. He was born in Moscow into a family of foreign language teachers and also decided to devote himself to linguistics. Volodarsky spoke English, French, Spanish and Italian. He gained fame in Russia thanks to the translation and scoring of foreign films for VHS-videotapes - because of the specific voice, many viewers thought that Volodarsky had a clothespin on his nose during his work. In addition, Leonid Volodarsky is considered one of the first to translate books by Stephen King and Jerome D. Salinger in Russia.

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