A little help request from a non-native speaker translator

Dear friends.
Could anyone please help me. I'm a literary translator, I translate from English to Russian (my mother tongue). However I've been given a task to translate a short text (obviously a computer game excerpt) from Russian to English. To be honest I'm not very sure about the result I would be really appreciated if someone could just skim the text and point out any obvious stylistic or other mistakes. Just what may sound wrong or awkward to an English speaker, without knowing the original text.
In return I'll gladly help with any Russian translations or proofreading should you need any help.
Thank you in advance!
Alex

1. (You found Catherine busy doing something which is unusual for her - the girl was scissoring out snowflakes while humming "garnish walls with holly".)
Catherine: Here, you see... I'm trying to get into some holiday spirit. At this time of year we used to decorate the hall, we would set up a Christmas Tree, but this year the gate-keeper knight, who stands sentinel over the House, utterly disapproves such things. He is afraid that evolved Snatchins would be right there to plunder all the Christmas ornaments which would make him blame himself till Kingdom come. Magda the fortune-teller is his friend, so perhaps she's the only person who might be able to persuade this ghost...
2. Explore fortune-teller's room in the "Speech" mode to talk to Magda.
3. Did Magda ask you to come later? I hope she would spend time usefully... Rather than trying to summon Charles Dickens' spirit again or criticizing Jacob Marley character from the perspective of spiritism!
4. While you are being enthusiastically involved in construction, citizens have nothing to entertain themselves with! Set citizens off on journeys - they would appreciate that! Furthermore you should take up the issue of sports organizations. They have run out of roller blades.
5. Produce %d of roller blades
6. Set off %d citizens on journeys
7. The architects have made several errors in the calculations, and now it is necessary to piece out the shortage of materials to proceed with the construction.
8. By the way lawyers have drawn up several contracts, but they can't give them to you due to the shortage of red forms.
9. Golden palace. \nLuxurious house which is a home everyone dreams to live in. Houses three inhabitants.
10. Jeweller's Mansion. \nProvides 100 crystals daily throughout the month. Houses two inhabitants. This house can be built within any territory. None protection level is required.
11. The maximum number of buildings has been reached - %i of %i - is already built. Required level of Town Hall %i.
12. This upgrade will become available upon reaching level %i.

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A little help request from a non-native speaker translator