друг (droog)
In English phonetics, it would be "kowtch".
In German it would be pronounced: ah-dulf heat-lair. (The phonetics in this answer is of English pronunciation.)
To say "don't speak English" in Russian, you would say "Не говорите по-английски."
Knowing the basics of linguistics (which would include phonetics and phonology) would help an English major have a better understanding of the topic. It's like learning Algebra before you learn Calculus, you don't need to, but it helps.
черепаха. in English letters it would be cherrypahka
They are very likely to if they graduated from college after 1991, just because most Russian people today have to learn Russian at some point in their education--and mostly before they get to college.
José is the Spanish equivalent of the English Joseph. The Russian equivalent would be Иосиф (pron: Iosif).
Russian word for an angel is ангел. The English name Angel would be spelled Энджел. The Spanish name Angel would be spelled Анхель.
Pravda means Truth in Russian...also the name of Soviet Era Newspaper in Moscow... Da Pravda would translate into English as The Truth
To say murder in Russian, you would say "убийство" which is pronounced as "oo-bee-yst-vo."
It depends on your favorite type of dance. If you like more modern ballet, you would go with the English ballet. If you enjoy classical ballet, you would probably vote Russian. Personally, I like both.
There would be no translation because it is only an English word. They would just say "Alabama".