I have no trouble using RuTracker without a translator, but I only use the site sporadically, and always to look for something specific. In your case, you must be surfing through the subforums/categories to search for things that aren't on What.
By the way, remember that your Waffles account will be fine (even if the ratio is low) as long as you don't enter ratio watch. Your first five gigs of download are "for free", and then you can click on your ratio to see what the requirements for your current amount of download are.
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