I used to work as a technician in a company designing gas pipelines, but some time ago I realized how much I love learning languages and decided to make some changes in my life. I entered the Institute of International relations in Ekaterinburg where I studied translation for the last six years. This summer I graduated with honors.
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Corrected Textmore↓I used to work as a technician for a company designing gas pipelines, but some time ago I realized how much I love learning languages and decided to make some changes in my life. I entered the Institute of International Relations in Ekaterinburg, where I've been studying translation for the last six years. This summer, I graduated with honors.
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@ezhikpuh I think your use of the past tense in the original is fine. When you include "for the last" it make it sound a little like it is an ongoing situation, but it actually is, since those six years include part of the current year. Your usage is fine, or you also could say "where I studied translation for six years".
@ezhikpuh Если вы говорите *for the last six years*, это подразумевает, что вы все еще учитесь. Если вы больше не в школе, то лучше сказать: "This summer, after six years at the Institute of International Relations in Ekaterinburg, I graduated with honors." Рад помочь)))
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JabberVox: Thank you for your help! I'm a bit uneasy about using Perfect – since I already graduated and I'm not studying at the moment, is it appropriate to use Perfect Continuous? Probably I shouldn't have used "for the last six years", but I can't think for a better way to say it.