Russian medicine translator?

[msmiss.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know of a website  that identifies Russian medicines (just basic meds for headaches, colds, etc that can be bought at any apteka) and what the equivalent American or British brand/term would be?

Thanks in advance.
~Anna

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[ex-tritopor.livejournal.com]

http://med-lib.ru/spravoch/sprav_lek/index.shtml
http://homefarm.ru/farm-1.html

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

You might check Russian-language Wikipedia (http://ru.wikipedia.org/). Generally when I need a translation of something that I’m not sure how to look up in the dictionary (e.g., “santa claus”), I look up the article on the English wikipedia and then check the “translations” section.

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

cool sites.

cool icon, too btw. if you don't mind my asking, whereabouts did you come across it and does it have a specific relavence/meaning, to you or in general?

[khathi.livejournal.com]

I've seen it elsewhere also -- that's, basically, just an adaptation fo traditional "Nordic
Cross" flag to the America, which was actually first colonized by icelandic vikings. ^_^

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

well, yeah, if you're going to be all 'euro-centric' about things...

as for vikings, i know, i'm in a medieval re-creation group. live close to where some think one of the settlements might have been, menands, ny. thorfin karlsefni and folks ['went south from vin(newfound)land around a cape(cod) and up a fjord(hudson river) until they cam to a waterfall (cohoes, ny, where mohawk river pours down into the hudson, the reason for the erie canal) and established a settlement south of the falls on the western bank (menands).'] (vinlanders saga, as i recall). thorfinn's son snorri was thought to be the first european born in the americas, but like lans au meadeause(sp?)/vinland settlement, the southern/n.y. settlement was short lived, thought to be due to poor crop performance and poor relations with the natives.


my 'geek-fu' is strong.

; ^ D

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Yup, Wikipedia is geek's best friend. ^_^

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

yes it can be, but none of that is from there. some is me or folk i know reading the vinlanders saga, some was a local newspaper article about it when a park was opened on the suspected site.

[msmiss.livejournal.com]

I've read/heard much of what you're saying too. It's quite fascinating, really. :)))

[msmiss.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Much appreciated :)

[msmiss.livejournal.com]

Good call! Thanks... I've been a bit ill so my logical thinking hasn't quite been up to par :( Thanks again! :)

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

i like it. everyone needs a hobby ; ^ )

then there's the saint brendan voyage from ireland in the ~600s (leif erikson's navigator was actually an irishman), and the story about the welsh prince in the 1200's who was educated in ireland to be apart from his brothers(welsh inheritance laws sorta encourage fratricide in the nobility), got really into the st. brendan stories and shipbuilding, built a ship using antler nails, so iron nail wouldn't confuse his new technology, the compass, travelled west across the ocean and didn't return. when the english founded the jamestown setlement in the early 1600s, they found a tribe with lighter skin than the others, occasional blue and green eyes, occasional red and light brown hair, and was able to speak to one of the brittish soldiers in a dialect of welsh ; ^ )