Translations for endearing suffixes?

[Lisa Gulya]

Hi all,

I am doing interviews in Russia(n) with young mothers. While I don't
foresee the need to translate all the interviews in full, I will need
to translate parts.

Any books or Internet resources for a) understanding the grammar of
endearing suffixes (ласкательные суффиксы), and b) translating such
words and phrases into English?

Another question: how to translate the words "polzalki" and "lazalki"?
(The woman was talking about those kids rec rooms, similar to
McDonald's playlands.) I tried ABBYY Lingvo and multitran.ru with no
luck. Google images shows some sort of playground equipment...

Thanks in advance for your help!

Lisa Gulya
lisa.gulya at gmail.com
Veliky Novgorod, Russia

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