This syllabus is not prepared ahead of time because we want to read about current events (for the most part). Each assignment is posted a couple of days before the class.
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Week 1:
Wednesday 08/27/13 - Tuesday 09/02/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
В Москве разыскивают телефонного террориста, в Махачкале прогремели взрывы |
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Tuesday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Week 2:
Wednesday 09/03/13 - Tuesday 09/09/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Tuesday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Week 3:
Wednesday 09/10/13 - Tuesday 09/16/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Tuesday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
Путин украл кольцо американских чемпионов, объявил владелец через восемь лет |
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Week 4:
Wednesday 09/17/13 - Tuesday 09/23/13
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Friday |
Class cancelled--Slava is sick.
Sorry. |
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Tuesday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
"Итоги": рынок бахчевых в столице контролирует "арбузная мафия" |
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Week 5:
Wednesday 09/24/13 - Tuesday 09/30/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Tuesday |
UNUSUAL ASSIGNMENT: Write a
translation of this story. Edit it until you think it reads well enough to
be published.
Профессор из Японии предложил включить прятки в программу Олимпиад |
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Week 6:
Wednesday 10/01/13 - Tuesday 10/07/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Tuesday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
Экологи провели десятки акций в РФ в поддержку команды Arctic Sunrise |
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Week 7:
Wednesday 10/08/13 - Tuesday 10/13/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
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Tuesday |
Fall break |
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Week 8:
Wednesday 10/15/13 - Tuesday 10/21/13
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Friday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
В замороженных продуктах зачастую больше витаминов, и они полезнее свежих |
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Tuesday |
Read and translate a story that is
assigned for each class. If the story is longer than half a printed page,
translate as much as you have time for.
Магазины фермерских продуктов в Москве: Стоит ли переплачивать за экологически чистую картошку? |
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Week 9:
Wednesday 10/22/13 - Tuesday 10/28/13
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Friday |
UNUSUAL ASSIGNMENT: Write a
well-edited translation of the first story. Treat the second story in the
usual way.
Росстат: потребительская уверенность россиян снизилась в III квартале and Власти РФ хотят ввести обязательное страхование жилья |
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Tuesday |
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR THE
REST OF THE SEMESTER: After translating the story with the usual online
tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to offer your
translation in class from the printed page, without referring to your
computer.
Михаил Прохоров возглавил список мировых знаменитостей, которые боятся компьютера |
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Week 10:
Wednesday 10/29/13 - Tuesday 11/04/13
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Friday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
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Tuesday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
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Week 11:
Wednesday 11/05/13 - Tuesday 11/11/13
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Friday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
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Tuesday |
After translating as much of this
story as you have time for with the usual online tools, print it and bring
the printout to class. Be ready to offer your translation in class from
the printed page, without referring to your computer.
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Week 12:
Wednesday 11/12/13 - Tuesday 11/18/13
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Friday |
UNUSUAL ASSIGNMENT: WRITE A
WELL-EDITED translation of this short story:
О вреде курения (also here) |
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Tuesday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
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Week 13:
Wednesday 11/19/13 - Tuesday 11/25/13
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Friday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
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Tuesday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
В Подмосковье наследники выкинули на свалку политическое завещание Героя Советского Союза |
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Week 14:
Wednesday 11/26/13 - Tuesday 12/02/13
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Tuesday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
Окуня, пережившего Наполеона, Пушкина и СССР, выловили на Аляске |
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Week 15:
Wednesday 12/03/13 - Tuesday 12/09/13
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Friday |
After translating the story with the
usual online tools, print it and bring the printout to class. Be ready to
offer your translation in class from the printed page, without referring
to your computer.
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