He is a fluent speaker of Russian, French, German and Spanish and, having particular affection for the Russian language, in 2001 he translated from the Russian, the children's folk tale "The Tiny Hunchbacked Horse".
He is a fluent speaker of Russian, French, German and Spanish and can get by in Welsh, Turkish and Arabic. He has a particular affection for the Russian language, and in 2001 translated from the Russian, the children's folk tale "The Tiny Hunchbacked Horse".