MADE IN MONACO
HelloMonaco : Elizaveta , what are your origins ? What binds you to the French-speaking world ?
Elizaveta Lovering : I am originally from the charming city of Rostov-on- Don , capital town in the South of Russia but French culture has always been present in my family . My mother is fluent in French and my great-grandfather was French ; that was one of the reasons why I attended a school focused on advanced learning of French . Later on it became my first language and main specialization at the State University , where I had been learning Languages & Human Sciences and where I graduated with a thesis on French Grammar . So , I have always been tied to this culture to which I was destined , one could say . I have always been dreaming about visiting France and finally my dream came true .
: What pushed you to settle down in Europe and , then , in Monaco ?
When I first came to Monaco for a week , I literally fell in love with this place for its extremely multinational and multilingual environment .
EL : Having built a solid ‘ francophone ’ linguistic background , I was primarily employed in a joint venture with a Belgian company while studying . Finally , I was allowed to be registered in the French administrative system and to be enrolled in La Sorbonne University . So , I settled first in Paris . That gave me the chance to travel a little bit around the whole country including the Principality . When I first came to Monaco for a week , I literally fell in love with this place for its extremely multinational and multilingual environment . The
Principality embodied the ideal place more than Paris itself where I found some difficulties integrating in the local community . I would have liked to become a pioneer to develop ties between Monaco and Russia , still in an embryonic stage at that moment . And then , after a long time training and the path of life I succeeded in doing it ! And I have always felt part of the Monegasque framework .
: What do you like most about the Principality ?
EL : Everything here is much simpler . You go to the beach , you walk in the street and you meet people of different nationalities willing to communicate with you . For me the Monaco environment was a real discovery from the point of view of human relations . So , I said to myself , if there is a place where I can make life plans and develop my job , that is Monaco — although at the time of my arrival here ( early 2000s ) the Monegasque Russian community was practically non-ex-
Elizaveta Lovering is responsible for translation with respect to the exposition “ The Most Beautiful Country ” for His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco and which is presented by the Russian Geographical Society
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