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| Russian | English |
| автор мелодрамы | melodramatist |
| историческая мелодрама | period romance (Aniry) |
| многосерийная ТВ-мелодрама | soaper |
| многосерийная ТВ-мелодрама | soap opera (Since many of these dramas were sponsored by soap companies, they came to be known as soap operas) |