|
 |
administrator | ||
 Language Learning Forum : Members profiles |  | |
| randy310 Senior Member United States Joined 6859 days ago 117 posts - 117 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 9 of 12 07 August 2005 at 6:56pm | IP Logged | ||
|
Nephilim,
I believe your statistics is quite sound on this. I think you would have a fairly accurate estimate. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| laxxy Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6913 days ago 172 posts - 177 votes Speaks: Ukrainian, Russian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 10 of 12 12 August 2005 at 9:37am | IP Logged | ||
|
I'd suggest you to pick a book that is interesting to you (I'd avoid XIX century "classics", and would rather get some modern paperback fiction: the vocabulary there will be smaller and more relevant), and to try reading it, without trying to translate, understand and learn each word -- just the ones that are crucial for understanding.
Some words will come up again and again, and once you look them up several times you'll learn them. Plus, this will familiarize you with the language and the most common expressions. Some ppl think that translated literature is easier, I am not sure if that's the case, but you may try that. Places like lib.ru or litportal.ru will give you enough material if you like reading off the monitor or if you would like to just browse and find something interesting. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7170 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 12 12 August 2005 at 10:43am | IP Logged | ||
|
Laxxy, thanks for your interest in my Russian! Yes, this is exactly what I decided to do, and bought a ton of novels translated from American English (Tom Clancy for instance). I also bought the original novels just in case. The problem I have is the number of words describing actions (he jumped, shrugged, bounced, leaped, etc...) which in Russian translate in two different words every time.
The only thing I could not buy is the time to read them - let me know if you can sell me some! I'll keep you posted about my progress or lack thereof. Edited by administrator on 12 August 2005 at 2:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| laxxy Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6913 days ago 172 posts - 177 votes Speaks: Ukrainian, Russian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 12 of 12 12 August 2005 at 11:49am | IP Logged | ||
This method greatly helped me with my English some time ago. Once I get better with my Japanese I'll probably try the same thing.
Yes, the words are not usually translated 1:1... And both English and Russian have a lot of words to distinguish shades of meaning, but they are used and formed so totally differently (English uses synonims, and Russian has prefixes and suffixes) that almost always something is going to be lost in translation... but for a learner that might be a good thing as the vocabulary of a translated book will be generally more useful. 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
