Quote Originally Posted by translationsnmru View Post
How come Tanja became Mariam in your translation? .
I would say "Таня, давай ты принесешь чай, а я принесу печенье".
I am too tipsy at the moment to tackle the second one.
because I've sent the same question first to my Russian teachter (her name is Tanya) but got back that she's unavailable until the 10th, so i posted the question here :P

Ah hold on, I understand now LOL!
I've posted these sentences here for someone else. In his sentence the girl is named Mariam.