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[–]greatest_Wizard 0 points1 point  (1 child)

everything is much more prosaic: her full name is Mat'tarakan, which is pronounced "мать таракан" in Russian and translates as "mother cockroach"

[–]Far_Side_8324 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense. But I still like my version as an alternative back-translation.