How I spent my summer vacation

[missa-gorightry.livejournal.com]

I have to write a composition about what I did this summer, and I'm having a little trouble translating class names.

-Psychology as a Natural Science (i.e. brain chemistry)
-Teaching English as a Second Language
-Class and Money in the American Novel (social class, that is)

Any suggestions appreciated!

Comments

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

-Psychology as a Natural Science (i.e. brain chemistry)
literally: "Психология как Естественная Наука"
but most likely it's "Психология и нейрохимия"

-Teaching English as a Second Language
Преподавание Английского как иностранного языка

-Class and Money in the American Novel (social class, that is)
Классовые и Денежные отношения в Американской Новелле

[rednameless.livejournal.com]

may be "Преподавание английского как второго языка"?

[serialcondition.livejournal.com]

"english as a second language" does not necessarily mean that it's 2nd could be 3rd or 4th etc.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

I agree with serialcondition, "second language" means any language other than "first language", which is your native language.

[botanik1.livejournal.com]

...Американском романе.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/community/learn_russian/284564.html?thread=3932564#t3932564

[oryx_and_crake]

I second botanik1: novel is роман, not новелла.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

But there is a word новелла in Russian, it has some western flavor.
If новелла means the same as роман, why not to use the original word?

[oryx_and_crake]

Новелла does not mean the same as роман. Новелла is a short story.

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Then it should definetely новелла, not роман, because "novel" is also a short story:
A novella is a short, narrative, prose fiction work. Like the English word "novel", the English word "novella" derives from the Italian word "novella" (plural: "novelle"), for a tale, a piece of news. As the etymology suggests, novellas originally were news of town and country life worth repeating for amusement and edification... (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Novella)

[oryx_and_crake]

It said "American novel" in the original post, not "American novella". Your link says that novella is a short story, and about novel it just says that it was derived from the same Latin word. Read your own quote carefully.

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

You are right.
For "novel" Webster has this:
an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events.

Definetely it's a роман.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Please not that in Russian, unlike English, first letter of the words in any titles (excluding the very first word and the personal names) are NEVER capitalized. A very common mistake is to capitalize the names of nations, languages etc. like they do it in English. Correct English: Teaching English; I am a Canadian citizen. Correct Russian: преподавание английского [языка] (NOT Английского); я - канадский гражданин (not Канадский).

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

Yep, I forgot how it was.

Мне нравится, чем люди летом занимаются... :)

[snopova.livejournal.com]

I like it what ppl do in summer)))

[missa-gorightry.livejournal.com]

Спасибо всем!

[russian-bob.livejournal.com]

There was some correction to item #3, it should be:
Классовые и денежные отношения в американском романе

I sought that "novella" and "novel" are the same, sorry, my mistake.

[missa-gorightry.livejournal.com]

No worries, I knew what you meant. Actually one of the books we read, Goodbye, Columbus, is considered a novella. ;)

Thanks for all your help!