The verb pair переводить/перевести means ‘to translate’ and is conjugated like this:

This is a typical transitive verb; that is, it has a do-er (grammatical subject) that occurs in the nominative case, and a done-to (grammatical direct object) that occurs in the accusative case:

The language you are translating from appears in the genitive case after the preposition с and the language you are translating to appears in the accusative case after the preposition на:

So how would you say in Russian “How do you translate ‘обезьяна’ into English?” A beginning Russian student named Hiram with good study habits would probably say “Как ты переводишь «обезьяна» на английский?” That's a perfectly grammatical translation. The Russians would understand the translation. But it's not the way they would normally say it. For those kind of generic questions the Russians usually use either indefinite personal constructions, that is, verbs in the present tense они form, or infinitive constructions. So theoretically one could say:

That is a perfectly grammatical construction, and it's definitely better than Hiram's original translation, but the infinitive constructions are better yet:

Even better are phrases that don't use ‘to translate’ at all:

How do you say ‘обезьяна’ in English?

Как сказать по-английски «обезьяна»?
Как по-анлглийски будет «обезьяна»?

Как по-анлглийски «обезьяна»?

And when you combine that with the answer, you get short dialogs like this:

One spice that Russians really like is хрен horseradish. Many American families never buy horseradish; I don't think my mother ever had it in our household, so it's worth pointing out that the horseradish root looks like this:

The root is then ground into a paste, and it is used as spice or a condiment on the side:

I've never encountered the word in the plural, only the singular:

Horseradish is used with a variety of dishes:

Although хрен is a perfectly good word, completely acceptable in polite company, it has another use, too...

Warning! The following paragraphs contain Russian and English vulgarity.

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When you want to say ‘to meet’ in the sense of ‘to get together’ with someone, then you can use the reflexive verb встречаться/встретиться. It is conjugated like this:

Of course, the place you meet at is expressed as a location phrase, i.e., using forms like в + prepositional case, на + prepositional case, or у + genitive case. Adverbs of location work as well.

Sometimes you are walking down the street and suddenly come across someone you haven't expexted. To describe that situation in Russian you can use the verb встречать/встретить, which means ‘to meet.’ It is conjugated like this:

The verb actually has several meanings, and the first one is ‘to meet’ in the sense of ‘to spot’ someone somewhere, ‘to come across’ someone somewhere:

The verb also means ‘to meet’ in the sense of ‘to make contact’ with someone at their point of arrival:

One mistake English speakers often make is to use this verb when asking when Russians first met their wives, husbands, etc. In that context it's better to use the verb знакомиться/познакомиться ‘to become acquainted’:

There is nothing Americans like to do more than make fun of the French. It's not just because their language sounds as if it is being spoken by geese with headcolds. It's not just because they make so much mediocre pastry. It's not just because they like to go on strike for recreational purposes. It's not just because they once gave us a huge statue in a shapeless dress as if we couldn't handle designer clothing. It's because... they are French. So today's Russian word of the day is Франция France. There is only one France, thank heavens, so we usually decline it only in the singular:

Note that when it comes immediately after the preposition в, the в becomes во:

Here are a couple more sample sentences with Франция in other cases: