{"id":2549,"date":"2012-01-23T22:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2014-07-17T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T17:47:11","slug":"reading-the-news-in-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/reading-the-news-in-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the News \u2013 In Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00ab\u0414\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0440, \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438!\u00bb<\/strong> [Good evening, dear readers!] Today I want to share with you a technique I have used for learning Russian that has helped me immensely: reading the news. \u00ab\u042f \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e<\/span> \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438 \u043f\u043e-\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438, \u0438 \u043f\u043e-\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [I love reading the news in both English and Russian]. It is always interesting to read what is going on \u00ab\u0432 \u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [in the world], and what better way to learn about this than in Russian. \u00ab\u0414\u0430\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c!\u00bb<\/strong> [Let’s read!]<\/em><\/p>\n

The article I am referencing can be read here<\/a> (but don’t worry, I will be quoting from it right on this blog, so you do not need to worry about click the link to read it). It is called \u00ab\u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u0434\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e \u043e \u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0435 \u043f\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0446\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [Putin has proposed organizing an online discussion about the future state agency for national policy].<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041f\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0435<\/span>\u0440-\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0440 \u0420\u0424 \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044e \u0432 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u043e \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u043a\u0430\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u044e \u043e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e-\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0443<\/span>\u044e \u0444\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043c\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0435 \u043f\u043e \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0430\u043c \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u044f \u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0436\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u044f, \u043e \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u043a\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0439 \u043e\u043d \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043b \u0432 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0435<\/span>.\u00bb<\/strong> That sentence is long and looks intimidating, but we can easily break it down and translate it: The prime minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has proposed developing a discussion on the internet about which organizational and legal form the future state agency on national growth and interethnic welfare will take. He wrote about creating this in his {election} program article.<\/em> Yes, I know the original Russian is one long sentence, but the grammar stickler in me will not let me translate that into a run-on sentence in English!<\/p>\n

To continue: \u00ab\u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d, \u0431\u0430\u043b\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b \u0420\u0424, \u0432 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0435<\/span>, \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u0435\u0449\u0451\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0432 “\u041d\u0435\u0437\u0430\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0435”, \u0432 \u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438, \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0420\u0424 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0443 \u043f\u043e \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0430\u043c \u043d\u0430\u0446\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438, \u0443\u0436\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0440\u0435\u0433\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u043c\u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0438 \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u0430 \u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0436\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u044f\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043c\u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0441\u0434\u0430\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u044d\u043a\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044b \u043f\u043e \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0443<\/span> \u0438 \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0430\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0430<\/span>.\u00bb<\/strong> [Putin, who is running for president of RF (Russian Federation), in the article published on Monday in Nezavisimaya Gazeta<\/em>, in part proposed to create in Russia a state agency for {working on} the question of national policy, toughening the laws of migrant registration and sanctions for transgression, and also requiring migrants to take exams on Russian language and fundamentals of law.]<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0412\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0424\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0443\u043c\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0432 \u044e<\/span>\u0433\u0430 \u0420\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u0432 \u041a\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0435 \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a, \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043b, \u0447\u0442\u043e, “\u043a \u0441\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044e, \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0443\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u043e \u043c\u0435\u0436\u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c \u0438 \u043c\u0435\u0436\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f\u043c, \u043e\u043d\u0430<\/span> \u0443 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u043f\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0435”. “\u041d\u043e \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435 \u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0431\u044b\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044b<\/span>\u043c \u0431\u044e\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u043c \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u043c”, – \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043b \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d \u043e \u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u0435.\u00bb<\/strong> [Speaking at a forum in southern Russia in Kislovodsk on Monday, Putin noted that “unfortunately, little attention has been given to work on inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations. It is for us in second place (i.e. not the first priority). But this should not be a simply bureaucratic entity,” Putin said about the new state agency.]<\/p>\n

This was how I used to learn Russian vocabulary, my friends: I would slog through news articles, looking up every word I did not know (and there were quite a lot!). Also, my translation is not so polished \u2013 I tried to stick to a fairly literal one, because I feel that helps the most while learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u00ab\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0440, \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438!\u00bb [Good evening, dear readers!] Today I want to share with you a technique I have used for learning Russian that has helped me immensely: reading the news. \u00ab\u042f \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0438 \u043f\u043e-\u0430\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0438, \u0438 \u043f\u043e-\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00bb [I love reading the news in both English and Russian]. It is always interesting to…<\/p>\n

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