Last set of questions... Honest.

[quem98.livejournal.com]

История народа, научно воспроизведенная, становится приходной-расходной его книгой, по которой подсчитываются недочеты и и передержки его прошлого.

My translation:
The history of the people (nation?), scientifically reproduced, becomes the input/output(????) of his book, by which the deficits and overexposures of its past are calculated.

In this sentance, how would one translate приходной-расходной? The definitions I found were something to the effect of income-payment, but that makes absolutely no sense in this context. The whole sentance is, as always a bit wonky... But whatever.

Also, how does one convey the nuances of:
народ, народность, национальность, and этноса in English? For the first two, there aren't any exact translations, but how do you get the idea across?

....just started learning Russian.

[scullydu.livejournal.com]

Hi, I just started trying to learn Russian. I picked up a book on tape to self-teach myself Russian. I am not very far along at all: Currently I am just trying to recognize characters and some spoken words from the tapes. I have set my LiveJournal to read in Russian, and I was wondering how I might be able to type in Russian.

Thanks,
Scully

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[bellefille6520.livejournal.com]

Драствутье
I am just starting to learn. Well, I actually havent started yet but I really want to. The language is just so interesting. Does anyone have any recommendations for beginners to self-teach themselves?
I would really appreciate it, спасибо