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Russian to English: из Булата Окуджавы... General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Russian Антон Палыч Чехов однажды заметил,
что умный любит учиться, а дурак учить.
Скольких дураков в своей жизни я встретил,
мне давно пора уже орден получить.
Дураки обожают собираться в стаю,
впереди главный -- во всей красе.
В детстве я думал, что однажды встану,
а дураков нету -- улетели все!
Ах, детские сны мои, какая ошибка,
в каких облаках я по глупости витал!
У природы на устах коварная улыбка,
видимо, чего-то я не рассчитал.
А умный в одиночестве гуляет кругами,
он ценит одиночество превыше всего.
И его так просто взять голыми руками,
скоро их повыловят всех до одного.
Когда ж их всех повыловят, настанет эпоха,
которую не выдумать и не описать.
С умным -- хлопотно, с дураком -- плохо.
Нужно что-то среднее, да где ж его взять?
Дураком быть выгодно, да очень не хочется.
Умным очень хочется, да кончится битьем...
У природы на устах коварные пророчества.
Но может быть, когда-нибудь к среднему придем?
1979
Translation - English Anton Palych Chekhov once noted,
that the clever likes to learn, and the fool - to teach.
How many fools have I met in my life -
I have well deserved to receive a medal.
Fools can't help but gathering in flocks and herds.
With their main one in the front, and in all his beauty.
When I was a child, I honestly believed, that one day I'd wake up
when all fools are gone.
Oh, my childhood dreams - what a mistake,
only on what clouds was I floating.
Insidious smile off Mother Nature's lips...
I must have miscalculated something or somewhere.
As for the clever, he walks alone around in circles,
he values his loneliness above all.
And he so easily can be caught with bare hands,
so that very soon they all, one by one, will be caught.
When they all will be caught - the epoch will start,
that one can't describe, or even not just think of...
With the clever - it is too troublesome, with the fool - too bad.
Something in the middle, that is what is needed. Where can it be found?
It is beneficial to remain a fool, but too thin,
Want to be a clever one, but will end beaten up...
Insidious prophecies off Mother Nature's lips.
Maybe one day some sort of a middle will be found.
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Russian to English: University curriculum General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: History
Source text - Russian История Казахстана
Введение в «Историю Казахстана». Казахстан в эпоху древности. Древнейшая история Казахстана. Палеолит (древнекаменный век), Мезолит (среднекаменный век), Неолит (новокаменный век). Эпоха бронзы. Ранние государственные образования. Саки. Усуни и кангюи. Гунны. Казахстан в средние века. Государства раннего средневековья (У1-Х вв.). Тюркский каганат. Тюргеши. Карлуки. Огузы. Кимки. Экономическая и культурная жизнь Казахстана У1-Хвв. Государства развитого средневековья (XI- нач. XIII вв.). Караханиды. Каракитаи. Найманы и кереиты. Кипчаки. Развитие экономики и культуры Казахстана Х1-нач. XIII вв. Казахстан в период монгольского завоевания. Золотая Орда. Средневековые государства в Х1У-ХУ вв. Государства Кок-Орда и Ак-Орда. Могулистан. Государство кочевых узбеков. Ногайская орда. Сибирское ханство.
Образование казахской народности. Этноним «казак» (казах). Казахские жузы. Казахское ханство в XV - начало XVIII вв. Культура казахов в ХIУ-нач. XVIII вв
Казахстан в новое время (XVIII- начало XX вв.). Казахстан в первой четверти XVIII в. Казахстан и Россия в условиях нового времени.
Начало эпохи колониализма в Казахстане. Социально-экономическое и политическое развитие Казахстана в XIX -начале XX в. Культура Казахстана (XVIII - начало XX вв.) Казахстан в новейшее время. Октябрьская революция 1917 г. и её предпосылки. Гражданская война - трагедия народа (1918-1920 гг.). Образование Казахской советской государственности. Политика «военного коммунизма в Казахстане» (1918- март 1921гг.). Советское государственное строительство в крае.
Социально-экономические итоги НЭПа. Коллективизация снльского хозяйства – трагедия крестьянства Казахстана.
Индустриализация: характер, темпы, масштабы. Социально-экономическое развитие Казахстана накануне войны. Общественно-политическая ситуация. Казахстан в период Великой Отечественной войны 1941-1945 гг. Казахстан в послевоенные годы (1946-1953 гг.). Казахстан в годы «хрущёвской декады» (1953-1964 гг.). Казахстан во второй половине 1960-х - первой половине 1980-х гг. Политика «пере¬стройки» в Казахстане (1985-1991гг.) Независимый Казахстан. Казахстан на пути к независимости. Провозглашение независимости Казахстана. Создание Содружества Не¬зависимых Государств (СНГ). Государственное строительство Республики Казахстан. Экономическое развитие. Общественно-политическое развитие. Духовное развитие. Внешняя политика РК.
Translation - English History of Kazakhstan
Introduction to “History of Kazakhstan”. Kazakhstan in the ancient period. Ancient History of Kazakhstan. The Paleolithic period (Old Stone Age), the Mesolithic period (Middle Stone Age), the Neolithic period (New Stone Age). Bronze Age. Early state formations. The Sakas. The Wusun and Kangju. The Huns. Kazakhstan during the Middle Ages. States of the Early Middle Ages (VI-X Centuries ). Turkic Khaganate. The Turgesh. The Karluks. The Oghuz. The Kimek. Economic and cultural life of Kazakhstan in VI-X centuries. States of the Developed (High) Middle Ages (XI-early XIII C.E). Karakhanids. Kara-Khitan. Naimans and Keraits. Kipchaks. Economic and cultural development of Kazakhstan in XI-early XIII centuries during the Mongol invasion. Golden Horde. Middle Age states in XIV-XV C.E. Blue Horde and White Horde states. Moghulistan. State of the nomadic Uzbek tribes. Nogai Horde. Khanate of Sibir.
Formation of the Kazakh ethnicity. Ethnonym “Kazak” (Kazakh). The Kazakh Juz. Kazakh Khanate in XV – early XVIII centuries. Kazakh culture in ХIV-early XVIII centuries.
Kazakhstan in the Modern Period (XVIII-early XX Centuries). Kazakhstan in the first quarter of XVIII Century. Kazakhstan and Russia in the environment of the Modern Period.
Beginning of the epoch of colonialism in Kazakhstan. Social-economical and political development of Kazakhstan in XIX – early XX Centuries. Kazakhstan culture (XVIII – early XX Centuries). Kazakhstan in the Post-Modern Era. October Revolution of 1917 and its premises. Civil War – national tragedy (1918-1920). Formation of the Kazakh Soviet statehood. Politics of “Military Communism” in Kazakhstan (1918- March 1921). Soviet state construction in the Region.
Socio-economic results of the NEP. Collectivisation of agriculture – tragedy of the Kazakhstan peasantry.
Industrialisation: nature, rate, scale. Socio-economic development of Kazakhstan in the pre-war period. Social and political situation. Kazakhstan during the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Kazakhstan during the post-war years (1946-1953 ). Kazakhstan during the “Khrushchev Decade” (1953-1964). Kazakhstan during the second half of the 1960s – first half of the 1980s. Politics of “Perestroyka” in Kazakhstan (1985-1991). Independent Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan on the path to independence. Announcement of Independency of Kazakhstan. Foundation of the Commonwealth of the Independent States (CIS). State construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Economic development. Social and political development. Spiritual development. Foreign politics of the RK.
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