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Hi! I'm 19 years old. I'm a 3 year law student. I like Russian literature, dancing, pets, handmade things and so on. Also I'm interested in linguistics and psychology. I learn English because it gives me opportunity to communicate with people all over the world. I can help foreigners on the streets. I can read books before they will be translated into Russian. And surely I can get useful information in English from the Internet. I think I will need English for my future job. I learn French too. I like its sounding. Unfortunately at the moment I totally concentrate on English but I will spend more time on French next year. I want to understand french culture and read books in french. I believe that each language is a whole unique world. You can't truly understand culture of a nation if you don't speak its language.
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    Some thoughts about professional translating into Russian language from beginner Well, I had hard days yesterday and day before. I take a retraining course as a translator. It will take 2 years. I have theory of translating, Russian and English stylistics, practice of written and oral translation, regional geography (we'll study geography, culture, history of the USA and Great Britain) and etc. I want to study English more profoundly. Also I want to have an additional income working as English-Russian legal translator. When you're not a lawyer it's not easy to understand and translate correctly english legal terms. In any case, I'm know that I'll need English language for working as a lawyer. I tell you all this to explain why the whole monday I was translating a legal article into Russian. It was my first professional home task. I get a lot of pleasure doing it because I needed to scrutinize a russian insolvency law to find equivalents. That was useful because I'm going to write a course work about bankruptcy procedure in Russia in spring. The main challenge was in understanding differences of financial terms (commercial balance sheet and the excessive indebtedness financial statement) and finding correct equivalent because I don't know accounting and I see no differences between them. Besides, I tried to be correct in Russian legal language. English words usually more polysemantic (have more meanings) than Russian. They imply more subjects. For example, when I was first-year law student I was given a task to translate an article about philosophy of law. It was intricate. The word "law" was used in each sentence. However, sometimes it was used as 'a system of rules', sometimes as 'an individual rule as a part of such a system'. It was a complicated philosophical article. So, I was totally confused and understood nothing:) *In Russia 'law' has a general meaning as a set of rules* I was so careless that I thought about 2 meanings when I had almost finished translating. After that revelation the article began making sense for me :) When the article says 'an order of the court' it is obvious that it is a binding decision of a court. In Russian language it can be described in many ways, in different terms. They depend on a stage of a procedure. A translator should read context (the text) carefully and choose the best term. Thank you for reading.
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    As for me, томим - I was suffering from something. Томиться в ожидании ( suffer from waiting for something/someone) - usually used in books, not in everyday life Томиться в глуши (old-fashioned) suffer from staying at a place where are not any entertainments, it is usually far from cities - we usually don't use it in modern books Томиться в заключении - to suffer from boredom (em, =to be bored) in prison, to suffer from lack of freedom in prison Томиться робостью, ревность - to suffer from strong feelings. - usually we don't use in speaking or modern books but everyone knows that it is Pushkin. You can use it for special occasions while referring to Pushkin, making an allusion
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    November 29, 2015
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    How can I call a girl who is not my friend but we study together and often have a nice talk? How can I call a girl who is not my friend but we study together and often have a nice talk? My dictionary tells me "acquaintance". But I have never seen it in authentic texts. Probably, if she was a boy I could call her something like "mate", "pal", "buddy".Thanks a lot! I finally catch the general idea:) I was always doubtful because in Russia we have a word for such people: приятель/знакомый. It's a person who you like but you're not really close. For us friend is someone who is really close to us, we often spend time together, share secrets, etc. When we call someone friend we mean close friend. In Russia "a girl I study with" is too neutral. It doesn't show that you like this person.
    November 28, 2015
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    Joe Dassin, ZAZ, Stromae.

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    November 28, 2015
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    Don't be nervous about exams. Native speakers, help me, please:) While answering the messages I got so tired. But I need to do (fulfill?) my duty and to write a note. Because I know myself well. If I miss a day, I will reject the idea of everyday writing)) Native speakers, I need your help. I often have this question but I always forget to ask someone. How can I call a girl who is not my friend but we study together and often have a nice talk? My dictionary tells me "acquaintance". But I have never seen it in authentic texts. Probably, if she was a boy I could call her something like "mate", "pal", "buddy". Ok, let it be "my friend" for this occasion. She is really clever girl. I always wonder how she can read news on the Internet or play games and suddenly catch the prof's question and idea and tell a right answer. She is also broad-minded. Today she was sitting next to me and gradually getting panic about the exam next week. She was mattering and claiming that she would not pass. It was too loud for those who was sitting next. She was swearing. She was not kidding. Attention! We'll have about 16 questions. Usually we have about 100. Btw, she's at the top of our course. What was it?)) I'm a little bit shocked. Everyone is going to pass. I know that she is a little hysterical. But that was really strange. My grandma told me that she had had an A-student at her school. That student was always crying (had been crying?) with tears at the exams. After everyone had calmed her (It took about 5-15 min every time), she passed exams with success. Hey, take it easy, Before you'll be expelled from the university you have an opportunity to retake the exam :)) At least don't do this if you're A-student and you always pass. Ok, at least wait for the real exam:) Sorry, I've just needed the topic for my note)
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    Some thoughts about dairies Hello everyone! Recently I've found a 100daysfrench fleshmob where people promise to write some sentences in French everyday to improve their language skills. Instantly I understood that it was what I needed. I decided not to dally off (procrastinate/delay?) and to begin my own English challenge the next day. So I'm here. Last night I thought that It would be easy to write everyday. I even had some thoughts about future notes. However, when I opened the page I understood that I don't have the right mood for those topics. Because of that fact at the moment I'm sitting and making up a new note. I like the idea of diary. However, long time ago I found that everyday writing makes each note less remarkable and less valuable. Therefore, I usually do my personal notes when I have a thing to say and to save for memory. Despite that I should admit that it is a good psychological practice. You can analyze your day, your emotions and acts (dealing/behavior?). Also It is a good mediation. It helps you to get calm after a hard day. By the way, people always want to be good for their intimates. As a result, they can't be truly honest. Hopefully, we have paper. When I look through my 5-year-old notes I can't believe that it was me. I have totally change my mind and attitude to life since then. Do you believe that character and handwriting are connected?) I can see the evolution of mine. I feel that dairies are something like horcruxes from Harry Potter. Because when you write secrets there it is something like putting your soul into the notebook. I think that it's enough for today. Thank you for reading and correcting my mistakes.
    November 27, 2015
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    A little bit about me Last night I decided to write in English more so today I've signed up on italki. Hi! I'm 19 years old. I'm a 3 year law student. I like Russian literature, dancing, pets, handmade and so on. Also I'm interested in linguistics and psychology. I learn English because it gives me opportunity to communicate with people all over the world. I can help foreigners on the streets. I can read books before they will be translated into Russian. And surely I can get useful information in English from the Internet. I think I will need English for my future job. I learn French too. I like its sounding. Unfortunately at the moment I totally concentrate on English but I will spend more time on French next year. I want to understand french culture and read books in french. I believe that each language is a whole unique world. You can't truly understand culture of a nation if you don't speak its language.
    November 26, 2015
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