http://english.pravda.ru/English pravda.ruhttp://english.pravda.ru/pix/logo.gifhttp://english.pravda.ru/http://english.pravda.ru/society/anomal/09-02-2012/120463-cultural_communication-0/As a translator, who has translated both from Hindi to English and vice-versa, I have found that a loss in translation may occur due to the failure in communicating shared traditional beliefs from one culture/language to the Other. Although the risk remains throughout, this is largely so when the languages reflect 'different' cultural set-ups.Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:26:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/09-02-2012/120461-teen_suicide-0/Two schoolgirls committed suicide in the town of Lobnya, the Moscow region, two days ago. The girls leapt to their deaths from the top of the apartment building. They took each other's hands, screamed and jumped off the roof of the 16- storeyed building. The problem of teen suicide in Russia should be analyzed on the level of the stateThu, 9 Feb 2012 19:15:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/08-02-2012/120452-zubov_intelligence-0/Legendary Soviet agent Pyotr Zubov used to be the chief of intelligence school. During the Great Patriotic War, he was in charge of the agents working in the enemy's rear. He committed many outstanding actions, which we would like to recollect on the hero's birthday. Pyotr Zubov was born on February 7, 1898 into the family of workers in GeorgiaWed, 8 Feb 2012 17:30:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/06-02-2012/120428-Venezuela_Lessons_in_Socialism-0/President Hugo Chavez highlighted the government’s achievements and gave an outlook on the coming decade. With the Chavez administration, Venezuela has made a great leap forward in many areas. The United Nations and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean confirmed that the country is the least unequal in Latin America.Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:59:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/06-02-2012/120425-vibrator-0/Most people never thought of when and how an electric vibrator was invented. The common misconception is that this device was created for women. Quite the contrary - according to the creator of the vibrator, it was intended for men who could not relax. At the end of the 19th century, a British physician patented the first electric vibratorMon, 6 Feb 2012 11:49:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/01-02-2012/120387-children_families-0/A 15-year-old girl, who was placed in an orphanage two months ago, committed suicide. Supposedly, Christina could not survive separation from her mother. The tragedy has once again raised the question: how effective is the work of social services. The legitimacy of taking the children away from the family is an acute issue for RussiaWed, 1 Feb 2012 12:29:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/sex/31-01-2012/120382-female_foeticide-0/Pankh Organises Signature Campaign Against Female Foeticide: Huge Turnout makes the event a Huge Success. Pankh, a women rights organisation based in India, did a commendable job once again to uphold its stance of opposing all forms of Violence against women. This time it was in the form of a signature campaign, that was held at the Avadh Girls' Degree College, an Institution of higher education at Lucknow.Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/31-01-2012/120379-women_kill_husbands-0/Women's psyche is much less stable than that of men. As a rule, women are psychologically weaker than men. Women are mostly more emotional. They spend much more energy on problems than men do. It goes about the things that men never get to experience in their lives. Women's psyche is prone to periodical changes that take place in women's lifeTue, 31 Jan 2012 18:45:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/30-01-2012/120368-russian_tourists-0/For many years, Russian tourists have been the biggest nightmare for Europe. Many Europeans would prefer not to deal with "always drunk and rude Russians." However, it seems that the situation has changed for the better now. Either Russians became more civilized, or the West no longer follows the stereotype about typical tourists from RussiaMon, 30 Jan 2012 19:12:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/29-01-2012/120352-Gil_defends_importance_of_the_Internet-0/On the anniversary of the start of public demonstrations in Egypt, the singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil championed the Internet as the main agent in the construction of contemporary behavior. He participated on the afternoon of Wednesday (25th) in Global Connections, a thematic event in the Social Forum in Porto Alegre.Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:36:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/27-01-2012/120343-Freedom_of_man-0/This is a time of great reflection on our values...It's time for all to unite in favor of a new society based on the actual values ​​of unity and not division, in which all religions must share for the collective good, because we are all children of the same soil and live on the same planet.Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:27:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/26-01-2012/120339-dog_attacks_little_girl-0/A massive dog attacked and mauled a 12-year-girl several days ago. The owner of the dog was standing nearby, just watching it all happening in front of his very eyes. The dog disfigured a half of the little girl's face. Doctors managed to save the child's life, but her face can only be reconstructed through very expensive plastic surgeryThu, 26 Jan 2012 19:31:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/23-01-2012/120303-space_garbage-0/Some day, people may see piece of space garbage falling down on their heads. The United States - the country that is known for its pragmatism and conservative views about everything - has joined the development of The Code of Space Honor. There are thousands of operating space vehicles on near-Earth orbit. The lion's share of them belongs to the USMon, 23 Jan 2012 17:09:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/22-01-2012/120295-World_Social_Forum_2012-0/Porto Alegre will host, on 24-29 January, the World Social Forum (WSF) centered on the theme "capitalist crisis - social and environmental justice." The event is one of the preparatory activities of the Peoples' Summit of Rio +20, which will meet in the Marvelous City between June 20 and 21, 2012.Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:07:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/19-01-2012/120276-overweight_airlines-0/As many as 78 million people suffer from excessive weight in the USA. In other words, it goes about a third of the US population. The majority of obese individuals in the country are women. The trend for the growing number of overweight people is registered in all countries of the world. Overweights can indeed cause big problems to airlinesThu, 19 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/sex/17-01-2012/120257-millions_prostitutes-0/The Fondation Scelles has released its latest report on sexual exploitation in which it links the oldest profession in the world directly to organised crime, generating huge profits for those who engage in human trafficking and in which it claims there are currently between 40 and 42 million people caught in prostitution, many of them children.Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:12:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/16-01-2012/120246-mummified_bodies-0/A specialist from Russia's Nizhny Novgorod was arrested for exhuming bodies from graves on the territory of the region. Police officers found 29 mummified bodies in his apartment. The mummies, which the police discovered in Anatoly Moskvin's apartment, were the bodies of young females from 15 to 25 years of ageMon, 16 Jan 2012 20:56:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/13-01-2012/120228-saudi_hacker_israel-0/He is only 17 years old, but the Israeli hacker known by the nickname as 0xOmer has already hit the headlines of many newspapers of the world. The man published hundreds of numbers of Saudi credit cards, in retaliation for the actions of hackers from Saudi Arabia, who previously published tens of thousands of Israeli credit card numbersFri, 13 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/anomal/13-01-2012/120222-violence_women-0/2011 was a promising year for UN Women in its campaign to reverse trends of endemic violence against women, to provide support for abused women and girls and to make inroads in communities in which gender-based violence is a daily reality. UN Women calls on the citizens of the world community to stand up and take action.Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:28:00 +0400http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/12-01-2012/120215-nursing_home-0/Providing three square meals a days and receiving help with getting dressed in a nursing home should really be no longer acceptable. This is the traditional way. If you have someone in a long-term facility and they become ill, rush to their side and stay with them around the clock to provide any type of caregiving you canThu, 12 Jan 2012 12:32:00 +0400